Third time’s the charm! Wonder Woman 3 officially has the green light — and Warner Bros. has already revealed some juicy details about the superhero film.
The studio initially announced the third movie in December 2020, just days after Wonder Woman 1984 started streaming on HBO Max. Gal Gadot, who plays the iconic Diana Prince, will collaborate with director Patty Jenkins for the third time.
“We are excited to be able to continue [Wonder Woman’s] story with our real-life Wonder Women – Gal and Patty – who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,” WB chairman Toby Emmerich said in a statement at the time.
It isn’t clear whether this is the final film for Gadot’s Wonder Woman, but the third solo outing will likely tie up any remaining loose ends. “I want to see a third movie, too, to have ‘a nice closure,’” Gadot told the “Just for Variety” podcast with Marc Malkin the same month.
Jenkins, who is set to write and direct the third Wonder Woman film, has been toying with a concept for a while. However, the Emmy nominee revealed that she wasn’t ready to commit to the story until the team gets closer to filming.
“I’ve really hit the pause button. Because the truth is, where that plotline was coming from was our state of being six months ago,” she told Total Film in June 2020. “And so I want to make sure that I’m totally absorbing whatever the result of this [coronavirus] pandemic is.”
Third time’s the charm! Wonder Woman 3 officially has the green light — and Warner Bros. has already revealed some juicy details about the superhero film.
The studio initially announced the third movie in December 2020, just days after Wonder Woman 1984 started streaming on HBO Max. Gal Gadot, who plays the iconic Diana Prince, will collaborate with director Patty Jenkins for the third time.
“We are excited to be able to continue [Wonder Woman’s] story with our real-life Wonder Women – Gal and Patty – who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,” WB chairman Toby Emmerich said in a statement at the time.
It isn’t clear whether this is the final film for Gadot’s Wonder Woman, but the third solo outing will likely tie up any remaining loose ends. “I want to see a third movie, too, to have ‘a nice closure,’” Gadot told the “Just for Variety” podcast with Marc Malkin the same month.
Jenkins, who is set to write and direct the third Wonder Woman film, has been toying with a concept for a while. However, the Emmy nominee revealed that she wasn’t ready to commit to the story until the team gets closer to filming.
“I’ve really hit the pause button. Because the truth is, where that plotline was coming from was our state of being six months ago,” she told Total Film in June 2020. “And so I want to make sure that I’m totally absorbing whatever the result of this [coronavirus] pandemic is.”
The first Wonder Woman was released in June 2017 and took place in 1918 at the height of World War I as the superhero learned about the human world and discovered her gifts. In 2020, the debut of Wonder Woman 1984 revealed that Diana still had much to learn about her powers, including her ability to fly. The third movie, however, is unlikely to take place in the distant past.
“I’m not planning to put it in the past again, because where are you going to go? You have to go forward,” Jenkins told The Hollywood Reporter in January 2019. “It’s definitely a contemporary story. That’s all I can say.”
DC Comics fans know that Diana Prince’s superhero alter ego is completely unknown by the public when the events of 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice happen, so the upcoming flick might explain why Wonder Woman seemingly put down her golden lasso.
Scroll down for everything we know so far about Wonder Woman 3:
Release Date
No release date has been announced yet, and with Jenkins busy making a Star Wars movie that’s due in December 2023, it seems like Wonder Woman devotees should prepare for a long hiatus.
Concluding a Trilogy
Warner Bros. announced that this will “conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,” but fans will have to wait to find out what exactly that means for Gadot and Jenkins.
Goodbye, Steve Trevor
Diana was temporarily reunited with her true love, played by Chris Pine, in the second film. However, the ending hinted that she could finally move on and find love again, so don’t expect Steve to make yet another return from the dead.
“I think Steve’s done,” Pine told Entertainment Tonight in 2019 after he was announced as part of the sequel’s cast. “I think Steve’s done his bit.”
Lynda Carter Is Back
The original Wonder Woman actress had a cameo in the 2020 sequel as Asteria, but she’ll get a bigger role when she returns in the third film.
“Who would have thought in my life — at this time in my life — that this gift would just present itself to me, and that’s so cool,” Carter said at DC Fandome in October 2021. “And that’s what I’m hoping for all of the fans of Wonder Woman … to know that your life is full of surprises, and the Wonder Woman in you is alive and well.”
Cheetah Could Return
Kristen Wiig‘s villainous character was intentionally given an open ending. “I have my reasons for making it ambiguous, and I think it’s not clear what her point of view [is] on everything that just happened,” Jenkins told Den of Geek in December 2020. “I love that we wrap up Max Lord’s point of view, and that you see the culmination of that story line, I think is so important. But the truth is there may or may not be more to come [for Barbara].”
A Contemporary Setting
Jenkins isn’t quite sure what year the film will be set in yet. “Where we put it and how that gets figured out, I haven’t totally nailed down,” she told THR in 2019.
Excited to Suit Up Again
Gadot teased her excitement to return to the role during an October 2021 interview with Entertainment Tonight.
“The most amazing thing, other than the fact that I get to wear the Wonder Woman costume again and get inside her boots, is the fact that I can work with my amazing collaborators and work with Patty Jenkins again and I’m super, super grateful for that,” she told the outlet.
