15 Movies You Thought Were Doomed (But Weren't)
8. Wonder Woman
2016 was not a good year for the DC Extended Universe, with both Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad falling far short of their immense hype, with executive meddling largely to blame.
In early August of that year, a report emerged that the next DCEU movie, Wonder Woman, was also in trouble, with a leaker deeming it a "total mess" in its current state.
It didn't help that reshoots took place several months later, with speculation ramping up that Warner Bros. was desperately attempting to salvage the movie ahead of its summer 2017 release.
To the surprise of just about everyone, Wonder Woman opened to not merely broadly positive reviews but effusive raves, scoring by far the strongest reviews of the DCEU to date. It even passed $800 milllion at the box office, very nearly topping Batman v Superman in the process.
With last year's Justice League being an absolute trainwreck of a production that ultimately turned in mediocre results critically and commercially, Warner Bros. is basically all-in on Wonder Woman now, with the sequel currently shooting for a November 2019 release.