We’ve long been hearing thatWonder Woman 2will be another period piece that takes place in the 1980s, withPrincess Dianasquaring off against a Soviet threat. That has seemingly been confirmed today by a new production listing. It also confirms the shooting start date.
Wonder Womanis one of the biggest movies of the year. It became a true pop culture phenomenon when it was released this past June. And it didn’t take long for Warner Bros. to confirm a sequel. Gal Gadot will return to reprise her role as the title character, and originaldirector Patty Jenkinshas made Hollywood history as thehighest paid female directorwith her contract to return for this follow-up.Wonder Womanfinally gave DC and Warner Bros. a reason to be proud, afterBatman V SupermanandSuicide Squadfaced a critical lashing.
Wonder Womanalso proved that a female-led superhero movie could bring in big box office. And it broke ground where Marvel has feared to trek. Now that both Gadot and Jenkins are locked in, preproduction onWonder Woman 2is really starting to heat up. Patty Jenkins confirmed over the summer that she was already working on the new script with DC Films boss Geoff Johns, an acclaimed comic book writer who has begun to steer DC’s massive ship in the right direction.
Early rumors indicated thatWonder Woman 2will take place beforeBatman V SupermanandJustice League, two movies that prominently feature Gal Gadot’s hero. And this production update backs up that claim. It states the following.
“Thesequel will be a period piece, with Princess Diana facing off against the Soviet Union during the 1980s.”
Wonder Woman 2will begin production sometime in June of 2018, according to the new report posted onOmega Underground. At this time, no production information has been released to the public beyond its start date. Updates should start to pour in now that Warner Bros. is locking everything into place. Though it’s unclear if Jenkins, Gadot and their team will actually shoot on location in the Soviet Union, as there has been much friction between the U.S. and Russia over the past two years. Which makes the plot all the more timely. Chris Pine is rumored to return for the sequel, but that hasn’t been confirmed at this time.
It was announced earlier this week that Gal Gadot is in talks to star in director Justin Kurzel’s World War II thrillerRuin, which, if her deal is finalized, will be shot early next year, before the actress gets to work onWonder Woman 2. It’s possible thatRuincould start shooting as early as January, with Gadot jumping directly from one project to the next, just as she did with the originalWonder WomanandJustice League, which didn’t allow her to take much of a break.
Ruinis set in the aftermath of World War II, and is a gritty period revenge thriller in the same vein asInglorious BasterdsandFury. The story follows a “nameless ex-Nazi captain” who wanders through the ruins of Germany following the war’s end. Wanting to make amends for his horrific war crimes, he decides to track down the surviving members of his Nazi SS Death Squad. Gal Gadot is the first cast member to come aboard. As forWonder Woman 2, it will bein theaters December 2019.
