8 Big Questions About The Future Of DC Film Universe

6. Will The DCEU Be Scrapped If Wonder Woman Completely Fails?

Wonder Woman Gal Gadot
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Three strikes, and you're out! While Man of Steel wasn't quite the widely-beloved smash Warner Bros had surely hoped for, it did well enough to be considered a success - evidently, since the studio chose to push forward with the DCEU and director Zack Snyder.

But audience response to their movies has only worsened; the studio's very firmly on two strikes now with BvS and Suicide Squad, so can their cinematic universe withstand a third, should Wonder Woman come out to just as cold a reception?

The studio has films slated all the way up to 2020, but release dates can change and projects can be dropped - Fantastic Four 2 and X-Men Origins: Magneto were both planned over at Fox before their predecessors tanked.

Warner Bros has attempted to create a cinematic universe before too, with Green Lantern - and we all know how that turned out. The studio's no stranger to cancelling plans then, and if Wonder Woman proves a financial disappointment or a complete, utter mess, there's a strong possibility that the DCEU could be reworked - or abandoned - entirely.

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