Overview
- Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Fennell described her script as really dark and demented, focused on a woman in the middle of a nervous breakdown.
- She said she has not reread the script in years and felt she had not delivered what the studio wanted, adding the film was unlikely even before the DCU leadership reset.
- Fennell’s Zatanna was initiated in 2021 under J.J. Abrams’ Justice League Dark development, which was later scrapped when DC Studios overhauled prior plans.
- The broader supernatural push also faltered, including a Constantine series that reached casting with Sope Dirisu and earlier Justice League Dark ambitions linked to Guillermo del Toro.
- There are no current DC Studios plans for Zatanna, though some outlets note design touches like a Zatara mural and a Clayface set location as possible future seeds, a notion that remains unconfirmed.