Wondering about ‘Wonder Woman 2’?
We look around the Universe for what’s next
After the smashing success of
Wonder Woman ($206 million and counting), where does the DC Extended Universe go from here? USA TODAY scopes out the future of Diana Prince and friends.
WONDER WOMAN WILL BE BACK SOONER THAN YOU THINK
Wonder Woman’s many fans won’t have to wait long before the Amazon princess is back on the big screen. In Justice League (in theaters Nov. 17), Diana (Gal Gadot) pairs up again with Batman (Ben Affleck) and welcomes Aquaman (Jason Momoa), The Flash (Ezra Miller) and Cyborg (Ray Fisher) to the superhero fold.
“Literally, the day (after) I wrapped Wonder Woman, I started to shoot Justice League,” Gadot told USA TODAY. “It feels really good to know your character to a degree where you are very opinionated about what she should do and what she shouldn’t do.” The prequel nature of Wonder
Woman will dovetail with “the why of Justice League and who she is finally realized. We know now where she comes from,” director Zack Snyder told USA TODAY.
Following the death of his 20-year-old daughter, Snyder has handed over the post-production reins to Joss Whedon, who is filming new scenes to finish the project.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT, WHEN DOES WONDER WOMAN MEET HARLEY QUINN?
Fans would probably salivate over a meeting between Wonder Woman and Margot Robbie’s Suicide Squad bad girl Harley Quinn. If so, she’d have to visit Batman’s hometown in Gotham City Sirens, an all-female villain-centric film in development that will reteam Robbie with Squad director David Ayer. Another dose of Suicide also is in the works, with Adam Cozad ( The Legend of Tarzan) tapped to write the sequel.
WE’RE ALSO GETTING A BATGIRL MOVIE!
Whedon was hired to write and direct Batgirl, and while there’s no Barbara Gordon cast yet, he’s open to a fresh face: “Somebody who is willing to go the distance. It is going to be hard. I want somebody who’s going to get in the trenches with me,” he told USA TODAY.
WHAT ELSE CAN WE EXPECT?
Momoa’s Aquaman solo film (out Dec. 21, 2018) is filming in Australia with director James Wan ( Furious 7) and a cast that includes Nicole Kidman, Patrick Wilson and Amber Heard, who’s been sharing photos of Aquaman’s love match Mera. Affleck originally signed to direct and star in the planned The Batman project, but he’s handed the director reins to Matt Reeves ( War for the Planet of the Apes). Miller and Fisher also have solo films in development, Dwayne Johnson is on tap to play the supervillain Black Adam in a future Shazam movie, and down the line, there’s Green Lantern Corps, featuring DC’s resident space cops, and a Justice League Dark movie, which would deal with the more magical corners of Wonder Woman’s world.