A little over a year since its originally-planned release last December, it appears that Warner Bros. Pictures is done kicking the can down the road further and has resigned to a releasing the long-awaited Wonder Woman 1984 simultaneously in 3D/2D/IMAX theaters and via HBO Max.
With Marvel continuing to break records with its slate, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment are towing things a bit carefully as they play catch-up with their comic book film schedule. Wonder Woman was an unquestionably significant step forward for the studio both commerically as well as critically and socially for fans proving to be a worthy shepherdess for female empowerment in cinema.
Production is now months away from filming its sequel which will be set in a modern period following the World War II backdrop of the first film that ultimately pit actress Gal Gadot in the title role against Ares. For this, Deadline has it on good terms that SNL veteran, actress and comedian Kristen Wiig (Ghostbusters, Zoolander 2) is up to play the villainess role of Cheetah for Patty Jenkins’ return to the helm ahead of its Novemeber 1, 2019 release.
According to comic book lore, there are two female versions known in Marv Wolfman’s Crisis On Infinite Earths series in 1985, and a male AND female version post-Crisis. That’s four different incarnations in total, and while we can probably rule out at least one, we still need details on what the film’s plot will observe. This ought to make things interesting.
Further casting remains pending. Stay tuned!
It was likely a matter of time following last month’s update regarding Patty Jenkins’s stirring talks to return to the helm for Wonder Woman 2. That said, it looks as if the deal has officially been sealed for Patty Jenkins to direct the sequel which opens on December 13, 2019.
Wonder Woman opened to critical and box office acclaim in the months that followed its June 2 release, topping $410 million dollars domestically within its global gross of $813 million dollars. Its initial weekend opening garnered it as the largest female-lead superhero movie opening of all time, as well as the biggest opening in June for a superhero movie, and the biggest opening in June for a Warner Bros. film. It earned $100.5 million at the top of its release making it the highest opening weekend box office of all time for a female director.
Variety reports that Jenkins’s return could ver well mean an $8 million dollar pay package to to write, direct and produce, in addition to receiving a substantial back end of box office earnings, which would make her the highest paid female director of all time.
Production details remain pending while actress Gal Gadot is expected to reprise the title role for the fourth time in Warner Bros.’s current expansion of the DC cinematic universe which began with actor Henry Cavill’s 2013 headliner, Man Of Steel, from director Zack Snyder. Gadot and Cavill will reunite once more following Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice in Snyder’s Justice League this November.
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Just as fans have hoped, it became clearer on Thursday evening that filmmaker Patty Jenkins was more than qualified to return to the director’s chair for the upcoming Wonder Woman sequel. With payday kinks still being worked on, reports finally came in more than two and a half months after the film’s principal release that the acclaimed Monster helmer was in final talks to return for the second film reprising actress Gal Gadot in the title role once more.
The first film was a long-awaited feat after years of having the character presented in comic book pages by creator William Moulton Marston, as well as on television and other media and merchandise. Written by Allan Heinberg and hailed with a powerful score by Rupert Gregson-Williams, the movie follows Gadot’s portrayal from her debut in last year’s Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice, exploring the primary tale of young, ambitious Diana whose idyllic life on the interdimensional Amazonian island of Themyscira is challenged with the looming threat of World War II in association with the hidden auspices of the pious evil known as Ares.
Wonder Woman went on to reach several ‘bests and other milestones, including for its director; Apart from earning a global gross of more than $797 million dollars to date with Japan markets still in tow, the film managed to rake in a domestic total of $400 million dollars earlier this month, making it the highest earning film of the summer and marking it as the third-highest grossing Warner Bros. Pictures film ever, as well as the third to ever surpass $400 million.
“When ‘Wonder Woman’ opened to such a terrific number in June, we thought, ‘This is truly a moment’—for the film, for our industry, for director Patty Jenkins and, of course, for Gal Gadot.” said Sue Kroll, President of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. “Now, more than two months later, ‘Wonder Woman’ has become a phenomenon, the must-see movie of the summer. Audiences have embraced this character and her story in such a spectacular fashion, and we couldn’t be happier for everyone involved in bringing this incredible property to life and to cinemas across the country.”
Gadot will return along with the warrioresses of Themyscira and a line-up of tentpole superheroes for Justice League on November 17, 2018 before succeeding with Wonder Woman 2 on December 13, 2019. (Deadline)
Disputes over the facts regarding title actress Gal Gadot’s pay aside, the past century has been a sausage fest of male-led superhero films in live-action form and Wonder Woman is only just now able to rightfully claim her spotlight in a growing film universe. The film is still running in theaters and pre-orders are up for all the various Blu-Rays and combo packs and so on.
Notwithstanding the qustions regarding the lax markering of Warner Bros.’s latest DCU outing, Wonder Woman, I’d say the studio is doing a fine job of letting everyone else do their work – inadvertantly or other. Apart from that, we now have a final trailer airing online as of late Sunday…I was in bed and frankly I don’t know what the deal is with these late evening trailers.
Ah well, at any rate the latest trailer invites fans to catch Gal Gadot in the title role opposite Spanish actress Elena Anaya debuting DC villainess, Doctor Poison. Chris Pine, Robin Wright and Danny Huston also star with Patty Jenkins at the helm, lending a bit more to the plot than some of the regular fish-out-of-water comedy bits like Gal fashioning some kick-friendly threads and trying to maneuver around town with a sword in her hand and so on… yeah I’m already sold but hopefully the timing will bode well for the film itself ahead of its June 2 release.
The studio still has a lot to accomplish in matching the pacing and output of Marvel’s big screen titles and after the critical blunder that Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice and Suicide Squad took last year despite the millions both rolled in, it’s clear that the wiggle room to fumble at WB is decreasing a bit. Gadot has pretty much earned her place in action stardom with this one after starring in three Fast And Furious films for Universal, but this one still needs to be a commercial hit, as well as critical. Stay the course as they may, but there’s work to be done.
Check out the trailer below!
Not to be outdone this week by Charlize Theron’s vicious decor in the world of espionage is one other stake in female-centric thrills with actress Gal Gadot headlining. Thus, after not one, not two but three teaser annoucements on Friday, a brand new trailer for Wonder Woman arrived online ahead of its June 2 theatrical release from Warner Bros. Pictures.
If there were ever a better time for the longstanding DC comic book legend, Wonder Woman, that time has come. Sure, it’s taken decades for the character to see anything other than TV and animated properties like her other male counterparts, though the market these days is reportedly tons more profitable for film now, and I’d bet that director Patty Jenkins couldn’t be more pleased.
The first teaser trailer shined over the summer amid Comic Con fevor and at least one international spot circulated. On Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures threw the signal once more for fans to revel in actress Gal Gadot’s latest iteration of the cinematic superheroine following this year’s Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
SYNOPSIS:
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner, and Saïd Taghmaoui also star from a script by Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns. June 2 is the date to save until then, so check out the official trailer below now!
While the wait has surely been long, it may undoubtedly turn out to be worth it for DC Comics fans rooting for actress Gal Gadot in the wake of premiering this year in Zack Snyder’s Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice as superheroine favorite, Wonder Woman. Just in time for her 75th anniversary celebration, Comic-Con International is readying the amazonian savior’s promotional run of her new standalone feature film from Monster helmer Patty Jenkins whose appointment as director of the big scale DC property from Warner Bros. hasn’t been without its stumbles, and needless to say, the first phase of the hard part is finally over.
SYNOPSIS:
Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny.
And now, the next phase begins as it has following a first look glimpse on TV earlier this year and with teasers and trailers now pending. This week, Entertainment Weekly is getting in on the fun with a small but solid batch of production stills which you can check out below.
Gadot is joined by Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, David Thewlis, Danny Huston, Elena Anaya, Ewen Bremner and Saïd Taghmaoui. Allan Heinberg and Geoff Johns wrote the film with story by Zack Snyder & Allan Heinberg inspired by William Moulton Marston’s original creation.
Wonder Woman opens in theaters on June 2, 2017. Check out the pics below!
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