One of Hollywood’s biggest gossip journalists is going all-in for her own blog launch with a rumor about comics fandom’s No. 1 Most-Wanted: An actual sighting of a Wonder Woman film.
Nikki Finke, former founder and editor-in-chief of Deadline, launched her own blog yesterday, NikkiFinke.com. She hit the ground running, claiming to have gotten a major scoop that reveals DC Comics is planning a major San Diego Comic-Con announcement: a Wonder Woman movie scheduled for 2017.
DC recently announced a slate of films through 2018 that included titles for several other members of the Justice League, including a Justice League movie. But while Gal Gadot is contracted to play the Amazonian superhero for at least three films, a Wonder Woman movie was nowhere on the list.
Could DC Comics have simply been saving the big announcement for Comic-Con? The 2017 release date for a Wonder Woman film slots nicely in with Marvel’s October announcement that it had no plans for a female-led movie before 2017.
In the meantime, there are plenty of other surprises on DC’s rumored Comic-Con list—if true: