UPDATE: Man Of Tomorrow Star Adria Arjona Won't Clarify Which Character She's Playing In James Gunn's Sequel

UPDATE: Man Of Tomorrow Star Adria Arjona Won't Clarify Which Character She's Playing In James Gunn's Sequel

We've been led to believe that Adria Arjona is playing the villainous Maxima in Man of Tomorrow, but the Onslaught star wouldn't clarify her role during a new interview...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 29, 2026 06:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Man of Tomorrow

UPDATE: "How do I answer this without f*cking myself?"

We now have a clip from a new video interview with Arjona, in which she's asked what scared her most about joining the DCU in Man of Tomorrow.

Clearly, the Onslaught star has been told not to discuss her character (the trades are still claiming it's Maxima), and steers her answer towards feeling comfortable about reteaming with James Gunn and Peter Safran after working with them on The Belko Experiment.

Original story follows.

If Adria Arjona is playing Maxima in Man of Tomorrow, she should have no problem clarifying her role... right?

The Andor star is believed to be playing the powerful villain in James Gunn's Superman sequel, but speculation continues to mount that she has actually been cast as the DCU's Wonder Woman.

While speaking to Screen Rant, Arjona "wasn’t able to clarify her Man of Tomorrow character." This has only added more fuel to the fire, and fans are more convinced than ever that she's actually playing Diana.

Whoever Arjona is playing in the movie, she has gotten into tremendous shape for the role.

“I have muscles that I've never had in my life. I'm training two to three hours a day on a crazy diet. Drinking coffee is the only thing that keeps me up. And I’m really excited!”

Arjona did share her excitement about reuniting with DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran, who cast her in 2016's The Belko Experiment.

“I'm excited to be reunited with the family that started everything for me, which is Peter Safran and James Gunn. They gave me my first movie. I wouldn't have done any of the movies that we've spoken about today if not for them. I wouldn't be in Andor if it hadn't been for Peter Safran and James Gunn, so it feels really f--king cool and really exciting to reunite with that team and to be in that family. And that's all I'm going to tell you!”

Do you think Arjona is really playing Wonder Woman? Let us know in the comments.

The plot of MOT will focus on the Man of Steel (Corenswet) and Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult) putting their differences aside and joining forces to defend the planet against Brainiac (Lars Eidinger).

Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Skyler Gisondo (Jimmy Olsen), Sara Sampaio (Eve Teschmacher), Isabela Merced (Hawkgirl), and Maria Gabriella de Faria (The Engineer) have all been confirmed to return, and we recently learned that Aaron Pierre will reprise his Lanterns role as John Stewart.

Xolo Maridueña has also been confirmed to reprise the role of Blue Beetle.

"At its core, it’s about Clark and Lex," Gunn said in a recent interview. "I relate to both of them. I relate to Lex’s ambition and obsession — minus the murder. And I relate to Superman’s belief in people, his Midwestern values. They’re two sides of me."

Man of Tomorrow will hit theaters on July 9, 2027.

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thedrudo
thedrudo - 8/27/2026, 4:43 PM
Can’t wait for Onslaught next week!
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 8/27/2026, 4:47 PM
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BiffDitko
BiffDitko - 8/29/2026, 7:46 AM
@thedrudo - Same! It's also a type of sequel to one of my FAVORITE Wingard movies:
"THE GUEST"!
lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 8/27/2026, 4:47 PM
First off, we don't need Wonder Woman yet. Plus, having a major player getting scean time with Supes just won't work. All the other characters are b-level so it can't threaten Superman being front and center.

Secondly, if Gunn is so fond of lesser known characters that haven't been on screen yet, shes probably going to be Maxima.
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 8/27/2026, 5:06 PM
@lazlodaytona - Brainiac is a worldwide threat. If Gunn wants to give this movie a sense of scale, he'll cut to different places all over the world of heroes fighting Brainiac drones. Bruce and Diana don't even have to meet Clark. Just show that the invasion is hitting Gotham and DC at the same time as Metropolis.

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Hell, throw Aquaman, Black Adam, and Geo-Force in there too.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/27/2026, 6:53 PM
@lazlodaytona - DC needs it because they have no other big IP. Similar to Spiderman Homecoming or Civil War she will probably only be in it for 15 or 20 mins. They can't use Batman or Joker yet and the DCU can't rely on waiting for Superman every 2 years.

Flash and Aquaman are dead ips, Green Lantern is a small screen star, and nobody cares about B-level characters like the rumored Blue Beetle/Booster Gold, Death Stroke/Bane, or Sgt Rock movies. If they don't have another Big IP, then we don't have a a DCU we only a series of Superman films.
jst5
jst5 - 8/27/2026, 7:41 PM
@lazlodaytona - This site must be looking over the very loud rumor months ago that the reason this casting is a mystery is because the character was changed.Was going to be WW ...Paramount made Gunn change the character so script changes had to be made.
jst5
jst5 - 8/27/2026, 7:44 PM
@InfinitePunches - How could he do that???No newly casted actor can be signed to a contract post 2027 anymore unless Paramount approves and they are not doing that.You can say give them 1 year movie deals...sure don't expect any type of talent to play the part but still the issue is you have to get Paramount to approve said role which isn't going to happened.
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 8/28/2026, 10:05 AM
@jst5 - You could find a way around that by having "Potential Batman" make his return.

Arrow, Gotham Knights, Birds of Prey 2002, Titans, and Creature Commandos all utilized "Potential Batman" when they wanted to make his presence known without committing to a costume design or actor.

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MisterBones
MisterBones - 8/27/2026, 4:52 PM
She is Maxima. Its obvious. No need for Diana in this kind of story.

Gunn is also gonna get all he can get out of Lois being jealous of this super powered woman pushing up on Clark.
ClarkJoeKent
ClarkJoeKent - 8/27/2026, 5:03 PM
@MisterBones - Nothing was interesting between her & Superman in the last weak film. All he did was cry to her then ran to her in the end to kiss & float(rushed scenes) Cant even watch Gunns wacky goofy Superman2025 twice! It like Thor Love & Thunder
Nolanite
Nolanite - 8/27/2026, 7:34 PM
@MisterBones -

Why does the movie need Maxima then?
Especially if she's a villain?

Nolanite out
ClarkJoeKent
ClarkJoeKent - 8/27/2026, 4:59 PM
James Gunn isn't NOT allowed to USE BATMAN or Wonder Woman without consent from Paramount who DID NOT ReNew his contract which is up Feb 2027!! Thank God. Get rid of this wacky, goofy DCU(Dead Cinematic Universe)
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 8/27/2026, 7:04 PM
@ClarkJoeKent - That Paramount deal is not going through, they are still being sued. Negotiations are going to take a whole another year in which WB is likely just going to walk away with the free 7 billion dollars Paramount owes them due to the delay.

WB has no idea on how to sell any other character besides Batman and Joker. Even if he doesn't get a full contract renewal for another 4 years he is definitely getting an extension of at least 2 years. Paramount has stated they want Gunn so whether WB gets acquired or not, I don't see Gunn leaving for at least 8 to 10 years unless Batman 2 and Superman 2 flop as bad as Supergirl.
ClarkJoeKent
ClarkJoeKent - 8/28/2026, 8:17 AM
@mastakilla39 - In order to have a JOB as a studio CEO/Director you NEED a VALID CONTRACT thru said years. Gunn/Safran contracts have NOT been extended & OR have NOT been RENEWED. In Hollywood terms it means YOUR FIRED on the last day of that contract! Ask everyone at WB/DC animated films that contracts ran out LAST WEEK!!😂😂😂
Talk about COPE0-A-MANIA!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
InfinitePunches
InfinitePunches - 8/27/2026, 5:07 PM
Get her some Brandon Routh-ian blue contacts, stat!

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SADFFLECK
SADFFLECK - 8/27/2026, 5:23 PM
@InfinitePunches - them things look uncanny for some reason
ModernAudience
ModernAudience - 8/27/2026, 5:52 PM
@SADFFLECK - because the pupils never change. Dill eyes
KetracelWhite74
KetracelWhite74 - 8/27/2026, 5:12 PM
She's either playing Clayface's sister or Gorilla Grodd's banana peeler.
Gambito
Gambito - 8/27/2026, 5:13 PM
She is Diana otherwise there’s absolutely no point in being so coy and James Gunn knows it
SADFFLECK
SADFFLECK - 8/27/2026, 5:26 PM
@Gambito - this Universe is so [frick]ED!
damn
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/27/2026, 5:29 PM
Honestly I would be more suspicious about her neither confirming nor denying who she is playing if we didn’t have other actors new to the cast whose characters we don’t know either such as Matthew Lillard , Andre Royo & Sinqua Walls so I think that’s moreso in general then for her specifically.

I wouldn’t mind if she’s just playing Maxima but if she is DCU Diana (which I doubt) then I think she could make a good Wonder Woman going by some of her past work tbh!!.

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UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/27/2026, 5:36 PM
Someone's smelling burnt toast over this...
Forthas
Forthas - 8/27/2026, 7:48 PM
Adria Arjona is an up an coming star...she should look at what happened to Millie Alcock and get out of this project altogether.
JFerguson
JFerguson - 8/27/2026, 8:04 PM
This [frick]ing dude James Gunn casts pretty latinas in everything he does. What tf is this guys obsession with pretty latinas. Buddy boy must be steaming at the fact he couldn't cast Inde Navarette as Zatanna. Although knowing his track record with obscure characters, he'd cast her as Madame Xanadu or something.

vectorsigma
vectorsigma - 8/28/2026, 3:25 AM
@JFerguson - dude, his wife is white 😂
ClarkJoeKent
ClarkJoeKent - 8/28/2026, 8:18 AM
@vectorsigma - Your here GLAZING again!😂😂
JFerguson
JFerguson - 8/28/2026, 1:59 PM
@vectorsigma - buddy Gunn cucked himself by letting the chad John Cena smooch up his wife. Wouldn’t surprise me if he has a cuck Latina fetish
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 8/29/2026, 7:39 AM
@JFerguson - Are you... complaining that he frequently casts pretty Latinas?!?!?
VampMime187cbm
VampMime187cbm - 8/27/2026, 8:50 PM
Who cares. She only gonna her two times before that bitch Gunn gets fired. Won’t even get her own movie.
UltimaRex
UltimaRex - 8/29/2026, 7:25 AM
@VampMime187cbm - sorry, who's firing Gunn? Ellison is still backing him.

See you in 2036.
TDKRnry88
TDKRnry88 - 8/29/2026, 7:52 AM
@VampMime187cbm - "that bitch Gunn"

Ooh! We've got a tough guy over here! You're on a comic book movie forum. Calm down.
BestAtWhatIDo
BestAtWhatIDo - 8/29/2026, 9:50 AM
@TDKRnry88 - lol why do people hate Gunn so much? He's perhaps the second or third most influential guy in comic book movies, he's partly responsible for their resurgence. Is it because he's liberal? I've got bad news about most of the creators of your favorite comics.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/28/2026, 4:37 AM
She's being this secretive about her character and yet people still think she's Maxima?!

They weren't even secretive about Green Lantern, Hawkgirl and Mr Terrific why the [frick] would they keep Maxima a secret?!

It's Wonder Woman you idiots lol.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 8/28/2026, 8:40 AM
Unlike Sadie/Jean...I don't actually think she will play WW here....which is unfortunate personally...
BestAtWhatIDo
BestAtWhatIDo - 8/29/2026, 9:51 AM
It would be a pretty big waste of her talent to cast her as Maxima, unless they intend to do something radical with the character. Plus she's Gunn's pal? I think it's pretty clear, good choice.
Timerider
Timerider - 8/29/2026, 10:19 AM
She’s playing Wonder Woman. She’s tall, in shape, and she can act. They probably don’t want to hurt Gal Gadot’s feelings.

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