The comic book genre has been thriving for years now, thanks to various shared universes occupying the big screen. Folks who watched the DC movies in order will recall that Gal Gadot played Wonder Woman for years, with her DCEU appearances steaming with a HBO Max subscription. And the Fast and Furious actress recently spoke about ending her tenure as Diana Prince, and the way that her co-stars like Henry Cavill were dropped by the studio.
When co-CEO James Gunn was brought on to lead DC Studios, the entire DCEU was dropped in favor of a new shared universe. We're a few titles into the first phase of projects Gods and Monsters, but information about the handoff is still trickling out. While promoting her new movie The Runner on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked when she was told her time as Diana Prince had come to an end. It turns out that's not what happened, as she told it:
