DC puts Amanda Waller series with Viola Davis, Wonder Woman spinoff “Paradise Lost” on the back burner
DC puts Amanda Waller series with Viola Davis, Wonder Woman spinoff “Paradise Lost” on the back burner
Nick RomanoWed, August 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM UTC
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Viola Davis as Amanda Waller in ‘Suicide Squad’; Wonder Woman from the animated ‘Wonder Woman’ movieCredit: Warner Bros.(2)Key Points -
DC Studios puts 2 TV shows on the back burner.
The Amanda Waller series starring Viola Davis is no longer a priority but remains in development at DC, if not HBO.
Paradise Lost, the Wonder Woman offshoot, is also still in development but not at HBO at this time.
As DC prepares for the launch of its latest TV show this Sunday with HBO’s Lanterns, two other planned projects hit the back burner.
Waller, the Peacemaker spinoff focused on Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller, is no longer in active development at HBO. While the show was originally meant to be one of the first TV projects for the new era of DC, it’s no longer a priority but remains in development at DC Studios, Entertainment Weekly has learned.
Paradise Lost, the Wonder Woman-adjacent show about the Amazons of Themyscira, is now similarly taking a backseat at HBO, though we’re told it could still see the light of day in the future.
Viola Davis as Amanda Waller in ‘Suicide Squad’Credit: Clay Enos/Warner Bros.
The Ankler was the first to report the news. EW reached out to representatives for HBO and DC Studios.
DC Studios co-head James Gunn announced both shows all the way back in January 2023 when he revealed the planned entertainment slate. Waller, written by Christal Henry (Watchmen) and Jeremy Carver (Supernatural), was said to feature Team Peacemaker. Paradise Lost was then described as in the vein of Game of Thrones with “the genesis and political intrigue of an island of all women.”
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Other shows revealed alongside Waller and Paradise Lost were Creature Commandos (released in 2024), Peacemaker season 2 (premiered last year), Lanterns (premiering this Sunday), and Booster Gold (still in development and on the hunt for a new writer).
Wonder Woman of DC ComicsCredit: DC Comics
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Though we haven’t had a firm update on Waller in a while, as of late April, Gunn wrote on Threads that Paradise Lost was “in extreme development.” Meanwhile, a proper Wonder Woman movie is still in the works with Supergirl scribe Ana Nogueira attached.
Lanterns is the latest TV offering from DC, headed by both Gunn and Peter Safran. From showrunner Chris Mundy (Ozark) and executive producers Damon Lindelof (Watchmen) and Tom King (DC Comics), the drama stars Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart. Hal, a veteran of the Green Lantern Corps, begrudgingly mentors his new replacement while unraveling an alien mystery in rural Nebraska.
A series focusing on Jimmy Olsen (Skyler Gisondo), comics character Gorilla Grodd (Jimmy Tatro), and the Daily Planet newsroom from Superman is currently filming. Meanwhile, the adult animated show Mister Miracle, showrun by King and featuring Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, is coming down the pipeline.
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