Gal Gadot’s ‘Cleopatra’ Movie Finds New Director in ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s Kari Skogland
Patty Jenkins will still serve as producer for the upcoming epic movie, though.
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins decided to change the capacity of her involvement in the upcoming Cleopatra movie starring Gal Gadot. Jenkins is still set to produce the epic biopic but is handing the director’s chair over to Emmy nominee Kari Skogland, who most recently directed all six episodes of Disney+’s Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Deadline revealed that Skogland will take over because Jenkins decided to focus on Wonder Woman 3 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, her next two projects as director. Since Paramount is probably eyeing a release window for Cleopatra sooner rather than later, it’s understandable that Jenkins would choose to step down as she’d be stretched pretty thin with three practically simultaneous blockbuster directing gigs under her belt. Not that Jenkins will have a lot of downtime: as she will still serve as producer for Cleopatra, she will continue to have a massive involvement in the movie’s development.
Skogland, on the other hand, is dusting off her feature film director hat, since she hasn’t helmed a project for the big screen since 2008’s 50 Dead Men Walking. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s blockbuster-like setting, however, interested Jenkins, Gadot, and Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) – producers of Cleopatra – enough to invite Skogland to lead what is set to be an epic story in scale. The fresh-appointed Cleopatra director has had a vast experience on TV, where she directed episodes from series like Queer as Folk, The Borgias, Vikings, The Walking Dead, The Handmaid’s Tale, and many others.
Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins decided to change the capacity of her involvement in the upcoming Cleopatra movie starring Gal Gadot. Jenkins is still set to produce the epic biopic but is handing the director’s chair over to Emmy nominee Kari Skogland, who most recently directed all six episodes of Disney+’s Marvel series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Deadline revealed that Skogland will take over because Jenkins decided to focus on Wonder Woman 3 and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, her next two projects as director. Since Paramount is probably eyeing a release window for Cleopatra sooner rather than later, it’s understandable that Jenkins would choose to step down as she’d be stretched pretty thin with three practically simultaneous blockbuster directing gigs under her belt. Not that Jenkins will have a lot of downtime: as she will still serve as producer for Cleopatra, she will continue to have a massive involvement in the movie’s development.
Skogland, on the other hand, is dusting off her feature film director hat, since she hasn’t helmed a project for the big screen since 2008’s 50 Dead Men Walking. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s blockbuster-like setting, however, interested Jenkins, Gadot, and Charles Roven (The Dark Knight) – producers of Cleopatra – enough to invite Skogland to lead what is set to be an epic story in scale. The fresh-appointed Cleopatra director has had a vast experience on TV, where she directed episodes from series like Queer as Folk, The Borgias, Vikings, The Walking Dead, The Handmaid’s Tale, and many others.
