Wonder Woman TBC
Released 2 June
Director Patty Jenkins
Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Lucy Davis
Wonder Woman
Well, it’s about time! Twenty-one years
after the idea was first mooted (with
Ivan Reitman attached to direct), the
world’s most iconic female superhero is finally
getting her own feature-length cinematic
outing. And if the trailers are anything to
go by, we’re in for a barnstorming treat.
Titled simply Wonder Woman, this fourth
instalment in the DC Extended Universe
series sees Gal Gadot reprising her role from
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice for an
origin story that reveals how Diana, Princess
of the Amazons, first became the lasso-
cracking, sword-wielding, bullet-
deflecting Goddess of Truth.
For a comic-book movie (the
plots of which are usually
shrouded in
2
JUN
secrecy), we know a fair bit. The film is set
at the height of WW1 and sees US fighter
pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine – Captain Kirk
in the rebooted Star Trek series) being
rescued by a tall, armour-clad warrior
princess after his plane crash-lands in the
ocean. When Steve regains consciousness,
he finds himself on Themyscira, an idyllic
island populated by an all-female Amazonian
tribe, including Robin Wright’s General
Antiope, Connie Nielsen’s Queen Hippolyta
and Gadot’s Diana (his rescuer). Steve
tells the women about the massive conflict
raging around the globe and the young
princess vows to help – thus taking her
first steps to becoming Wonder Woman.
Darkness within
Tone-wise, it’s hard to think of a more
bleak setting than the First World War,
and Wonder Woman’s preview monologue
hints at the film’s dark underbelly: “I used
to want to save the world, this beautiful
place. But the closer you get, the more
you see the great darkness within...”
But the trailers suggest a lighter
side, too, with Lucy Davis (The
Office – UK version) providing
comic relief as Etta Candy,
Steve’s secretary who
takes it upon herself to
look after our titular
duck out of water.
Power. Grace.
Wisdom.
Wonder. We
Watch the trailer
can’t wait!
• A live-action version of Disney’s animated classic Aladdin is in the works. Expect a whole new world of fun!
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How did the Goddess of Truth come to be? We’re about to find out...