The last time Warner Bros. hired a female director, in addition to public goodwill, the studio benefitted with its most successful domestic film to date, the critic and fan-favorite movie, Wonder Woman.
Cathy Yan has just one movie to her name, the indie film, Dead Pigs, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Award for Ensemble Acting at Sundance this year.
Cathy Yan is an unlikely candidate but an interesting one.
She also will become the first Asian female to ever direct a superhero film.