With Patty Jenkins currently hard at work on the script for Wonder Woman 2 with Dave Callaham (The Expendables) and DC’s Geoff Johns, the filmmaker has been speaking to Variety about the sequel to this year’s blockbuster superhero origin story, teasing what we can expect from the 2019 release.
“It’s really still going to other values of hers, and a similar formula insofar as making a great, enjoyable fun movie but that ultimately in its third act turns some very big issues, and a very big experience that will aim to have slightly more weight and profundity than it has to have. Because that’s a formula that I really like, and I like the idea of taking somebody on a very solid, great journey but that arrives at a bigger question being answered. So it’s like that but because she is Wonder Woman and she’s here now and she’s fully developed, it’s got great fun from the start and great big superhero presence from the start, and is funny and a great love story again and a couple new unbelievable characters who I’m so excited about, who are very different than were in the last movie.”
With Jenkins’ comments about a love story sparking lots of headlines about a potential new love interest for Gal Gadot’s Amazon Princess, the filmmaker then took to Twitter to offer the following clarification:
Quite a few people, including this headline, seem to be completely misunderstanding or making some pretty false assumptions based on one of many vague quotes I made about something I can't say ANYTHING about. Just wait. 😉 https://t.co/rJU3CbKTwc
— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) December 1, 2017
But p.s. still enjoyed the article, and don't blame the writer for the assumptions that follow. https://t.co/66Grx8SjXb
— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) December 1, 2017
Details on Wonder Woman 2 are scarce, but it is thought that it will take place in the 1980s, with a Cold War backdrop. It will open on November 1st 2019.
Originally published December 2, 2017. Updated April 18, 2018.
