Draft:Paradise Lost (upcoming TV series)

Paradise Lost is an upcoming American television series based on the DC Comics island of Themyscira. Produced by DC Studios, it will be the fourth television series in the DC Universe (DCU). It explores the scheming and power struggle on the all-female Themyscira before the birth of Wonder Woman.

After James Gunn and Peter Safran became co-CEOs of DC Studios in October 2022, they halted development on a sequel to the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) films Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) and instead began work on Paradise Lost, a series set in their new DCU. It was announced in January 2023 as a Game of Thrones (2011–2019)-style political drama set in the early times of Themyscira.

Paradise Lost will be released on the streaming service Max. It will be part of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.

Background
Allan Heinberg was writing a Wonder Woman origin story television series for the CW by September 2012, titled Amazon. It focused on a young version of the character growing up on the island of Themyscira. The series ultimately did not move forward, though Heinberg went on to write the script for the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Wonder Woman (2017). In April 2022, Discovery, Inc. and Warner Bros.' parent company WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), led by president and CEO David Zaslav. The new company was expected to restructure DC Entertainment and Zaslav began searching for an equivalent to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige to lead the new subsidiary. Writer/director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran were announced as the co-chairs and co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios at the end of October 2022. A week after starting their new roles, the pair had begun working with a group of writers to develop an eight-to-ten-year plan for a new DC Universe (DCU) that would be a "soft reboot" of the DCEU.

Development
In December 2022, Wonder Woman and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) director Patty Jenkins was revealed to no longer be developing a sequel to those films after being told by Gunn and Safran that such a film did not fit within their new plans. On January 31, Gunn and Safran unveiled the first projects from their DCU slate, which begins with Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. The fourth television series in the slate was Paradise Lost, a Game of Thrones (2011–2019)-style political drama about the scheming and power struggles on the all-female Themyscira before the birth of Wonder Woman. The title of the series is similar to "Paradise Island Lost", a comic book story arc by Phil Jimenez and George Pérez about a civil war on Themyscira.

Release
Paradise Lost is scheduled to be released on the streaming service Max. It will be part of the DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.