Former WB Employee Says ‘Wonder Woman’ Is “A Mess”; Director Patty Jenkins Responds
A pattern is emerging from Warner Bros.' DC universe movies, and it’s not an encouraging one. FirstMan of Steelgot the franchise off to a shaky start, drawing mixed reviews and polarizing fans.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewas supposed to get the series back on track, but instead just seemed to derail it further. So pressure fell onSuicide Squadto turn things around… only forSuicide Squadto prove just as divisive as its predecessors.
Which means all eyes are now on next year’sWonder Womanto save the day. After all, the character was one of the highlights ofBatman v Superman, andthe firstWonder Womantrailerabsolutely killed at Comic-Con. If anyone can make things right, it might beGal Gadot’s Diana Prince. Or so we thought. But according to an anonymous insider,Wonder Womanis “a mess” as well. Naturally, directorPatty Jenkinsdisagrees.
Word ofWonder Woman’s potential woes comes from a scathing open letter to Warner Bros. CEOKevin Tsujihara, penned by a former employee. “Gracie Law” takes Tsujihara to task for delivering a string of flops and disappointments, up to and includingSuicide Squad. Tsujihara has nevertheless held on to his job, as have top-level talents like Zack Snyder, while those lower down the ladder lose their jobs every time Warner Bros. turns in another stinker.The whole essayis well worth reading in full, but here’s the relevant part forWonder Womanfans:
What are you even doing? I wish to God you were forced to live out of a car until you made a #1 movie of the year. Maybe Wonder Woman wouldn’t be such a mess. Don’t attempt to hide behind the great trailer. People inside are already confirming it’s another mess. It is almost impressive how you keep rewarding the same producers and executives for making the same mistakes, over and over.
Okay, let’s get a few caveats out of the way. First, “Gracie Law” is an “angry” former employee, so maybe not someone predisposed to seeingWonder Womanin the most favorable light. Next,Wonder Woman’s release is still 10 months away. (It’s set forJune 2, 2017.) It’s not agreatsign that insiders are already whispering aboutWonder Womanbeing another misfire, but plenty of wonderful movies have come out of troubled productions, and the filmmakers still have time to fix some issues. It’s far too early to say how the finished theatrical cut ofWonder Womanwill turn out, so we can’t write it off completely at this point.
And for what it’s worth, director Patty Jenkins insists the reports are “made up.”
Woah, just saw this press about WW having problems. Are they serious? This is some made up bs right here. Made up! Produce a source, anyone.
— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks)August 24, 2025
Zero about the movie we are making has been called a mess by anyone in the know. Fact.
All that said… is anyone really shocked to hearWonder Womanmight be in trouble?Suicide Squadwas plagued byrumors of extensive reshoots, and after the film came out we got even more reports about itsbehind-the-scenes woes.Batman v Superman, too, was getting bad buzz before it had even screened for critics, and only got worse buzz once reviewers and everyday fans had actually seen it. It’s deeply disappointing to hear Warner Bros. might be screwing upWonder Woman. But given their track record, frankly, it might be more surprising if they somehow managed to get it right.
It’s true that all three films have raked in plenty of money, if not quite as much as the studio might have hoped. (For example,Batman v Superman’s $872 million worldwide gross is impressive, but well short of the billion-dollar mark cleared by competitors like Marvel and Lucasfilm.) But if Warner Bros. keeps disappointing audiences, eventually they’re going to run out of chances to turn the franchise around. And if there’s one thing we’ve learned this brutal summer, it’s that sequelsare not a sure bet. If a moviegoer has already seen and dislikedMan of Steel,Batman v Superman, andSuicide Squad, what incentive do they have to turn out forWonder Woman,Justice League,The Flash,Aquaman,Cyborg, andGreen Lantern Corps?
Warner Bros. has made some much-publicized efforts to right the ship. They gotBen Affleckto executive produceJustice League, and reduced the role of producerCharles Roven. They created a DC Films division and setGeoff JohnsandJon Bergto lead it.The Flashlost first-time director Seth Grahame-Smith, and picked up the more experiencedRick Famuyiwa. They invited a bunch of journalists tothe set ofJustice Leagueand tried like hell to say all the right things. So it’s not as if the studio has somehow failed to notice that their DC universe is struggling. For the sake of everyone at Warner Bros. and all of us who watch their movies, let’s hope those measures are enough.
