Posted on 07/22/2017 4:31:49 PM PDT by mountn man
Warner Bros. officially announced Wonder Woman 2 at San Diego's Comic-Con. While the news shouldn't come as a real shock as Wonder Woman is still in the top ten at the box office and has been the DCEU's biggest success thus far, grossing over $770 million as of this writing and still climbing. In addition to it being the DCEU's greatest success, it's also officially the biggest movie of the summer of 2017. While the sequel was announced, there was no further information given about the project. There was no announcement of Patty Jenkins returning or even a year for release.
The announcement was made at Comic-Con and the news comes to us courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. However, the announcement was actually made prior to the Warner Bros. panel by DC's Geoff Johns who revealed in an interview that he was currently writing a script for Wonder Woman 2 that he reportedly just finished. As obvious as the decision is, it's nice to finally have official word from two sources that the sequel is really happening.
Patty Jenkins is expected to return, but no official word has been announced at the moment since she only signed a one-movie deal. But we do know that Jenkins has spoken to original Wonder Woman, TV's Linda Carter about the possibility of a cameo and we also know that Jenkins has some ideas about where to take the character for a sequel. It has also been reported that Wonder Woman 2 will take place in the 1980s and see Diana up against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In addition, Chris Pine's Steve Trevor is reportedly set to come back, though it is unclear just how that would work after the events of the first movie.
The next time we see Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman will be in November when Justice League officially hits theaters, but it's a mystery when we'll see her next after that. When we do see her, she'll have some very fat pockets. DC has Jeff Wan's Aquaman up next after Justice League and then Shazam! will start production in February of 2018. The next project rumored to come after the aforementioned titles is the recently announced Batgirl movie, which is set to be directed by Joss Whedon. Geoff Johns recently revealed that Whedon would begin work on Batgirl next year, which could put the release date ahead of a sequel to Wonder Woman.
There we have it, Wonder Woman 2 is officially happening. We just don't know when or if Patty Jenkins if officially onboard, but it's safe to assume that she will be. The only thing that could possibly stop her from directing the sequel is some kind of crazy contract dispute and one can't really see that happening. Jenkins and Gal Gadot made a compelling, emotional origin story that has resonated with fans all over the world, reigniting the popularity of Wonder Woman for a brand new generation. Until then maybe go check out Wonder Woman again on the big screen because it might be a while before we see her in her own movie.
I love when she dance-transforms.
Great movie, with a ridiculous plot line. Yeah, Wonder Woman fighting in the WWI trenches.
PS - Nobody out-Wonder Woman Lynda Carter.
I hope it is as good as the first one :/
I just saw it Wednesday and want to go back and see it again. (Which I've only done for a handful of movies)
They did a great job of building the character
and about them doing it in WWI...
You do realize its a comic book story?
Just saw WW on Wednesday.
VERY enjoyable movie.
Might go see it again.
I saw it twice in the the theater :)
Yes, they did. That I don't disagree with. The beginning and origins were excellent.
and about them doing it in WWI...
And that's when the movie fell into absurdity, plot-wise. Visually, it was still stunning though. I would have preferred a modern setting with WW facing off against her arch-villain, Cheetah.
You do realize its a comic book story?
No, really? I could have sworn it was a tear-jerker like The Notebook.
Might as well announce WW 3 through 54 with 15 different actresses, like Spiderman .
Hollywood LOVES a brainless franchise where the only work is to outdo the prior one in terms of screen explosions and battles.
The first 30 minutes of #1 was great, followed by complete boredom.
Awesome GIF. I don’t remember her smiling in the movie though. Great movie. The final battle scene was bit over the top but still good.
She’s hot as hell but the notion that the Gerrrrrmanz were soooo evillll in WW1..?
Ridiculous.
I read she was pregnant at the time they filmed the movie. God bless her.
Wont be seeing either/any of them.
But Gal REALLY has a screen presence. Within minutes I was mesmerized.
But it is much more than just physical beauty. She exudes an inner warmth...more like fire.
Without that, she's just another pretty face.
As far as WWI...yeah...it was terrible.
Germany was no different than the other countries in the war. Just that they were on a different side.
The "evil" Germany didn't develop for another 20 years.
BUT... they needed an evil Germany, to push the good vs evil aspect of Wonder Woman.
Go to Youtube and watch vids of interviews with her. She is absolutely delightful.
One in particular, they have the cast on and ask a question to the director of "who broke character and laughed the most" and virtually everybody simultaneously pointed at Gal. They called her "the giggler". You can tell she is just a genuinely happy person.
She seems to personify my tagline.
She was 5 months along during the reshoots.
Sooooooo....you clicked onto a thread
about a movie
where a sequel is announced
Just to say you're not going to see either one.
Aren't you a ray of f**king sunshine!?!?
I won't say I was quite expecting NOT to like it (otherwise I wouldn't have gone)
But I did have somewhat low expectations.
VERY entertaining movie.
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