Zatanna movie: Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell to write script

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Brush up on your blood magic and call forth the demon bunnies because Emerald Fennell, the Oscar-nominated director of Promising Young Woman, will pen DC's Zatanna film.

The film is being summoned by Warner Bros.' DC Films and J.J. Abrams's Bad Robot Productions. Set for a theatrical release, this will be the fan-favorite character's first franchise appearance. Zatanna, created by Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson, is known throughout the DCU as a powerful Homo Magi, meaning she's a sub-race of naturally magic-wielding humans. As the daughter of magician Giovanni "John" Zatara and Sindella, Zatanna Zatara casts her magic by speaking spell words in a backward fashion. Per DC Fandom, she is also a direct descendant of the artist and magician Leonardo da Vinci and is related to Nostradamus, Alessandro Cagliostro, the noted alchemists Nicholas Flamel and Evan Fulcanelli, and Lord Arion of Atlantis. Personally, I've seen Zatanna do some wicked things on the comic book page, and don't even get me started about her on-again-off-again love affair with John Constantine. Those two are a match made in Hell, and I love it!

DC Films' Zatanna has yet to find its director, though might I suggest an extension to Fennell's contract for the task? After all, she delivered one of 2020's best films with Promising Young Woman and would be a perfect fit for DC's next female-fronted superhero movie.

Who would you cast in the role of Zatanna Zatara for DC Films' upcoming movie filled with magic and madness? Do you think John Constantine will be a part of the film, or would that undercut Zatanna's time to cast a spell over audiences? Let us know if you're excited about this project in the comments below.