

In present-day Paris, Diana Prince receives a photographic plate from Wayne Enterprises of herself and four men taken during World War I, prompting her to recall her past. A third film is in development with Jenkins and Gadot set to return. A sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, was released in December 2020, with Jenkins returning as director and Gadot, Pine, Wright and Nielsen reprising their roles. The American Film Institute selected it as one of the top ten films of 2017 and it won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2018. It grossed over $822 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2017 and was the highest-grossing film by a solo female director until it was overtaken by Hi, Mom. The film received positive reviews, with praise for its direction, acting, visuals, action sequences and musical score. Wonder Woman had its world premiere in at Pantages Theatre in Hollywood on May 26, 2017, and was theatrically released worldwide on June 2, 2017, by Warner Bros. Additional filming took place in November 2016. Principal photography began on November 21, 2015, with filming taking place in the United Kingdom, France and Italy before finishing on May 6, 2016, the 123rd anniversary of Marston's birth. Inspiration for Wonder Woman was drawn from Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston's 1940s stories and George Pérez's 1980s stories about Wonder Woman, as well as the New 52 incarnation of the character. announced the film in 2010 and Jenkins signed on to direct in 2015. The project floundered in development hell for many years Jon Cohen, Todd Alcott and Joss Whedon, among others, were also attached to the project at various points. In Wonder Woman, the Amazon princess Diana sets out to stop World War I, believing the conflict was started by the longtime enemy of the Amazons, Ares, after American pilot and spy Steve Trevor crash-lands on their island Themyscira and informs her about it.ĭevelopment of a live-action Wonder Woman film began in 1996, with Ivan Reitman to produce and possibly direct. It is the second live action theatrical film featuring Wonder Woman following her debut in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Directed by Patty Jenkins and written by Allan Heinberg from a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs, Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot in the title role, alongside Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen and Elena Anaya. Pictures, it is the fourth installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), the first film of the Wonder Woman trilogy within the shared universe, and a prequel spin-off to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Cruel and Unusual Films, and distributed by Warner Bros. Wonder Woman is a 2017 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
