Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman from "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" was unveiled at 2014's San Diego Comic-Con. She is the latest in a long line of women who have shown that they have what it takes to fight their way out of any situation. Here are a few more sci-fi female action heroines (with some fantasy thrown in). 
The new film "Lucy" stars Scarlett Johansson as a woman who becomes super-powered after more of her brain capacity is unlocked. 
Buffy Summers, played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, was vampires' worst nightmare in the beloved TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." 
Lucy Lawless found fame on TV as the force of nature that was "Xena, Warrior Princess." 
Sigourney Weaver faced off with aliens not once, but four times in the "Alien" films and became the very model of the modern sci-fi heroine. 
Blasting her way out of the Death Star, we knew fairly quickly that Leia was not one to be trifled with in the "Star Wars" films. Carrie Fisher played the role. 
Linda Hamilton (pictured) was the best known Sarah, but we look forward to seeing how Emilia Clarke takes on the Terminator in the upcoming reboot. 
Leela, the pilot of the Planet Express ship, often acts as the voice of reason between Fry, Professor Farnsworth and the others in her crew on "Futurama." Katey Sagal is the voice of Leela. 
Mal trusts no one more than his right-hand woman Zoe, played by Gina Torres, in the beloved, short-lived series "Firefly." 
Carrie-Anne Moss' Trinity was the first main character we saw in the "Matrix" and immediately, we were hooked. 
Thanks to Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal of Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" films young women everywhere started learning archery. 
Zoe Saldana has been playing her in the movies of late, but we have to harken back to Nichelle Nichols (pictured) as the original communications officer on the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series. 
Tatiana Maslany's "clone club" brings new meaning to the term "girl power" on the critically-acclaimed BBC America series "Orphan Black." Maslany plays Sarah Manning on the show. 
She may not have "wanted to believe" like her partner Fox Mulder, but Gillian Anderson as Scully on "The X-Files" was one of the best sci-fi characters of the past 20 years. 
It's hard to choose a favorite Lois as there's been so many over the years, but we'll go with Margot Kidder's tough as nails reporter from the Christopher Reeve "Superman" movie series. 
They switched genders on us with this character in the 2000s reboot, and casting Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck in "Battlestar Galactica" was a stroke of genius. 
We didn't even see her face but when she used her katana to slice through zombies at the end of season two, we knew we really liked Michonne, actress Danai Gurira, from "The Walking Dead" right away. 
Emma Watson's Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" movies always knew just the right spell to get out of any situation. 
Emilia Clarke's Daenerys Targaryen from "Game of Thrones" is so tough that she will literally walk through fire. 
We'd rather not remember Halle Berry's take on the seductive thief, Catwoman, but Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether and Anne Hathaway were all splendid in the role. But for our money, Michelle Pfeiffer (pictured) in "Batman Returns" is the Catwoman to beat. 
Scarlett Johansson is also here a second time, because we can't possibly leave out the character who stole the movie in her first scene in "The Avengers" -- not an easy thing to do. Black Widow was pretty kickass in the film.
- "Wonder Woman" is one of many new DC Comics based films announced Wednesday
- J.K. Rowling's "Fantastic Beasts" will be a trilogy in the second half of this decade
- "Lego Movie" will have two follow-ups
(CNN) -- The Amazon Princess' ardent fans have demanded it for years, and it's finally happening: Wonder Woman will get her own movie in 2017, Warner Bros. Pictures announced on Wednesday. The movie will star Gal Gadot in the title role.
And she won't be alone.
Rumors that Jason Momoa was going to play Aquaman in his own movie were confirmed as well, with that film slated for 2018, along with "The Flash" starring Ezra Miller ("The Perks of Being a Wallflower").
All these movies will follow 2016's highly anticipated "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice" (with Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck and Gadot).
2017 will see "Justice League Part One," which will gather all the DC Comics heroes, similar to "Marvel's the Avengers" in 2012. A second part is slated for 2019, and Zack Snyder, the director "Batman v. Superman" will helm both films.
"Shazam," the story of a child who turns into a superhero when he utters the fateful word, will bow in 2019. 2020's "Cyborg" will star Ray Fisher, who will also be seen in "Batman v. Superman."
Those who were disappointed by Ryan Reynolds' take on "Green Lantern" will see a reboot come 2020.
Warner Bros., which is owned by Time Warner, as is CNN, also announced more "Lego Movies:" one about "Lego Batman" (with Will Arnett voicing the caped crusader) in 2017, and "Lego Movie 2" the next year.
Potterheads have much to look forward to as well. J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut will take the form of a trilogy of "Fantastic Beasts" movies, in 2016, 2018 and 2020.
Fans of superheroes, wizards and toy blocks may need to start saving up now for all those movie tickets.
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