Wonder Woman Isn’t Official Yet: All Signs Point to Adria Arjona

Warner Bros. is still keeping its mouth shut about Wonder Woman, but right now all signs point to Adria Arjona stepping in as the heroine of the new DC Universe.

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The secondhand embarrassment around Gal Gadot and her Wonder Woman future has been something to behold. The actress at one point said that DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn had assured her she’d star in a third installment, but after a very long wait, it all led nowhere.

In the end, the only thing left was to admit what was right there in front of everyone: Warner Bros. and DC Studios never had any intention of bringing Gal Gadot into the new DC Universe, and she had built up a whole story in her own head. In her own head, anyway.

A New Wonder Woman

Warner Bros. still doesn’t want to show its hand, but all the pieces seem to be falling into place for a new actress to take over Wonder Woman’s mantle in Man of Tomorrow. It all lines up, from Gal Gadot’s kind words to the attention now swirling around Adria Arjona and her (ahem, ahem) mysterious character. So mysterious that the only thing missing is a W in the middle of her chest.

The actress in question is Adria Arjona, who’s dodging the questions as best she can because, officially, she’s only supposed to be playing Maxima, saying: “Yes, it’s an iconic character. I love my suit. Really. Both. Both characters, Wonder Woman and Maxima, if you’re a comic-book fan, have incredible costumes”.

We’ve still got more than a year of this cat-and-mouse game ahead of us. Or, better yet, super-cat and super-mouse.

Arjona also said, “I’ve sworn to secrecy, and I don’t like secrets. I hate secrets. I’m very bad at keeping them.” That’s an awful lot of secrecy for Maxima, isn’t it?

“When I meet with DC Studios co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran, I want to be on the safe side—especially when you’re playing such an iconic character—you want that security blanket”. Sure, of course. As iconic as, ahem, Maxima. With those two Ms you could flip around and turn into two Ws.