It took a little longer than expected, but Patty Jenkins has now officially closed her deal to co-write, produce, and direct WONDER WOMAN 2, and now the writing team for the much-anticipated sequel has come together. Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns have been working on a treatment for several months, and now THR reports that Dave Callaham (THE EXPENDABLES) will be joining the pair.
According to Variety, Callaham's inclusion came at the request of Patty Jenkins, who had previously worked with the screenwriter on an English-language remake of Jo Nesbø's JACKPOT, which was to be Jenkins' next project until WONDER WOMAN came calling. We still don't know all that much about where the upcoming sequel will take Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), but Jenkins has said that she'd like the sequel to take place in America during the Cold War. Patty Jenkins has also teased that WONDER WOMAN 2 will finally showcase the "full-blown" Wonder Woman.
The greatest thing about making this movie was the fact that you’re really building to the Wonder Woman that we all love, but not until the end of the movie. The most exciting thing about [the sequel] is literally seeing her loose in the world now, living those classic stories. Here’s Wonder Woman, and what can she do? It should be a totally different movie, but a grand and now full-blown Wonder Woman in the world.
WONDER WOMAN 2 is already slated for a December 13, 2019 release.