Gadot With Ellison as Arjona’s Wonder Woman Hangs in Limbo

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Here is a photo op the DC internet could not stop zooming in on. On Wednesday night, Nov. 11, Skydance boss David Ellison stood with Gal Gadot, the studio’s former Wonder Woman, at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s gala in Beverly Hills, and posted the pictures to 1.5 million views. Less than 24 hours later, Nexus Point News reported that the studio has not decided whether to keep Adria Arjona’s still-unannounced Wonder Woman in “Man of Tomorrow.”

The featured image shows Gal Gadot, left, at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017 and Adria Arjona, right, at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025.

The Lowdown

Nobody has said Gadot is coming back, and the one outlet that addressed the idea head-on called it nonsense. But timing is everything in Hollywood. The man who now owns DC was all smiles with the old Wonder Woman the same week insiders said the new one could be cut. Add Rob Liefeld’s word from “friends at Skydance” that DC is not for sale but some of its comics “families” could be licensed, and you have the hottest water-cooler debate in comic-book movies.

Key Takeaways

David Ellison posted photos with Gal Gadot from the Simon Wiesenthal Center dinner, where Gadot presented Skydance co-CEO Ynon Kreiz with the Humanitarian Award on Nov. 11.
Nexus Point News, in a segment it says shares information “we haven’t been able to confirm fully,” reports “Man of Tomorrow” reshoots are coming and Blue Beetle and Supergirl may be cut. It later updated to say Supergirl is in the film.
The same report says Adria Arjona is playing Wonder Woman, but that Skydance has not decided whether to keep her or cut her scenes and recast.
Rob Liefeld says Skydance contacts told him a DC sale is “likely a no,” but licensing “certain families” of comics is possible.

Proud to celebrate my good friend and partner Ynon tonight as he received a well-deserved honor from the @SimonWiesenthal Center. Congratulations!

And thank you to everyone at the SWC for the incredibly important work you do.
— David Ellison (@davidellison) November 12, 2026

The Full Story

The Night Out

The occasion had nothing to do with capes. Gadot presented the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s 2026 Humanitarian Award to Ynon Kreiz, Ellison’s co-CEO at the newly merged Skydance, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, TheWrap reported. Ellison and producer Jeffrey Katzenberg also spoke.

“I’m frightened by how quickly hatred of Jews is spreading,” Gadot told the room, according to Variety, before praising Kreiz as a leader who is “standing firm.” Ellison called Kreiz “a leader in the truest sense of the word.” Deadline noted that the dinner came six weeks after Kreiz, the former Mattel boss, was named to the top Skydance job.

Ellison captioned his photos “my good friend and partner Ynon.” Gadot is in them. That is all the post says. The rest is the internet doing what it does.

What the “Man of Tomorrow” Report Says

Late Thursday, Nexus Point News published a “Nexus Off the Record” segment, which the site says covers information it has not fully confirmed. Its sources say James Gunn will likely not keep final cut on “Man of Tomorrow,” several planned cameos are expected to be removed, and reshoots are “happening soon.”

Blue Beetle and Supergirl were named as characters who “may not make the final cut.” Hours later the outlet added an update at the top of the piece: “Supergirl is in Man of Tomorrow.” David Corenswet, the report says, is expected to stay on as Superman.

On Wonder Woman, the report goes further than anyone at DC has on the record: sources say Adria Arjona “is indeed playing Wonder Woman,” but that the studio could keep her or “remove her scenes entirely and recast the character without any damage since the character has not been officially confirmed. A decision is yet to be made.”

Arjona joined the film in April in a role that has never been named. Trade reports have pegged her as Maxima, and fans have long bet on Wonder Woman. After James Gunn and Peter Safran exited DC Studios, the Wall Street Journal’s Ben Fritz posted that the duo were “debuting Wonder Woman in Man of Tomorrow,” Polygon reported. “Man of Tomorrow” is due July 9, 2027.

World of Reel, which echoed the Nexus report, also shut one door: despite “odd rumors” in the past day, it wrote, “no, Gal Gadot is not coming back as Wonder Woman.” Skydance and DC have not commented on any of it.

Sell DC? Liefeld Says Probably Not

The other rumor of the week came from fan account @DCUHypeGuy, which wrote that Skydance was considering building up DC’s biggest characters and then selling the DC Comics IP to pay down what it called $100 billion in post-merger debt.

Rob Liefeld, the “Deadpool” co-creator, pushed back the next morning.

Talked to friends at Skydance, sale is likely a no, but was told that licensing the comics, certain families, would not be out of the question. Money in without money out is always attractive.
— robliefeld (@robertliefeld) November 12, 2026

Liefeld added in a follow-up: “Full disclosure – I have movies at Skydance.” Neither Skydance nor DC has announced any plan to sell or license DC’s publishing arm.

The Fan Fallout

Not everyone is reading the tea leaves calmly. Commentator John Rocha shared the Nexus report with an “I told you so,” calling the new owner “MAGA Ellison” and accusing “the new DC brain trust” of “taking out the Latino superhero,” a reference to Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle. That is his opinion; the report itself says nothing about motive.

For the bigger picture on where the new regime is headed, see our story on Jeremy Latcham’s reported Justice League mandate.

The PCP Take

We are not going to tell you a photo at a charity dinner means anything about casting. It might mean nothing at all. But Skydance is now the studio that has to decide who wears the tiara, and the only Wonder Woman its owner has been photographed with this week is the one who already did. Arjona fans: is your hero safe, or is this the start of a Gadot comeback campaign? Sound off.