Power Ranking Every 2017 Comic Book Movie By Hype
6. Wonder Woman
Release: 2nd June
With the weight of diversity on her shoulders, Wonder Woman gets her first solo outing in the DCEU, basically becoming DC's Captain America with a period set story of her origin as a saviour of Man. Hopefully, this will be the first great DC Universe movie. You know, like Suicide Squad and Batman v Superman were supposed to be.
The Selling Point:
Wonder Woman has deserved a film for as long as she's been on the page - even with some studios questioning the real appeal of female lead superheroes - and what we've seen of Patty Jenkins' adaptation does look good. Gal Gadot has also already earned herself lots of goodwill by not sucking in Batman v Superman.
And though DC fanboys will fall over in rage at the comparison, the approach of basically doing the same as Captain America did in the MCU is a great move. He skipped to the present too quickly, and there's more than enough scope for a war-setting superhero movie or two.
The Concerns:
There was a former disgruntled WB employee who said Wonder Woman was terrible, but let's just put that down to the disgruntlement and the bitterness, rather than any actual facts.
More concerning is the overall approach to the DCEU: if this isn't completely different it's doomed to relive the same problems as its forebears.