Even with incredible directors such as Ava DuVernay, Sofia Coppola, and Kathryn Bigelow being critically acclaimed and commercially viable, not a single studio has ‘entrusted’ a woman to direct a live-action film with a budget of over $100 million.
While speaking to an audience about women in the film industry, Athena Film Festival artistic director Melissa Silverstein said (via Variety): “[Wonder Woman] is the first movie that a woman has directed — a live-action movie — with a $100 million budget.
Finally, that has changed, as the budget for Warner Bros. and DC’s Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, has been revealed.
Meanwhile, in other DC film news, Warner Bros. accidentally revealed the identity of the dead Robin in Batman v Superman, a film that debuted Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman.