James Gunn Confirms the Viola Davis Waller Series Is, In Fact, Still in Development

Marvel brag James Gunn wants you to know: the rumors aren’t true. The DC Studios caput has officially confirmed that the upcoming Waller tv bid is, successful fact, inactive successful development.

The longtime shaper took to Threads precocious to corroborate the show’s presumption successful effect to a instrumentality who asked if the rumors astir Waller being reworked into a Checkmate amusement were untrue. He confirmed that they were untrue with a one-word “yes” effect to the fan.

Another instrumentality past swooped successful to corroborate successful nary uncertain terms, “So Waller is inactive successful development?” and Gunn gave different one-word “yes” answer.

It’s bully to perceive a hard confirmation from the DCU boss, considering helium precocious acknowledged that the bid was having immoderate difficulties down the scenes amid the improvement process. “Waller has had a mates of, you know, setbacks, frankly,” Gunn explained astatine a DC Studios property lawsuit alongside co-studio caput Peter Safran backmost successful February.

Otherwise, details person been beauteous sparse astir the bid frankincense far. The amusement was archetypal announced erstwhile the DCU slate was revealed backmost successful January 2023 and was positioned arsenic a spinoff of Peacemaker that would research the aftermath of Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller’s daughter, Danielle Brooks’ Leota Adebayo, exposing the beingness of Task Force X astatine the extremity of the archetypal season. However, the 2023 strikes did enactment a wrench successful that mix, forcing the squad to rewrite to enactment with the caller DCU timeline, which delayed accumulation significantly, arsenic is present obvious.

The bid was developed by Watchman writer Christal Henry and Doom Patrol creator Henry Carver — but arsenic of close now, determination isn’t overmuch much retired determination astir it, astatine slightest for nationalist consumption. That said, this confirmation from Gunn is simply a immense measurement guardant for the series, which we volition hopefully spot adjacent year. Fingers crossed, anyway.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.