‘Wonder Woman’ Will Shoot This Fall
Gal Gadotwill be back in her Wonder Woman armor before long. Though she’s not set to make her debut as the DC superheroine until next year, Warner Bros. is pushing ahead with theWonder Womanstandalone. According to a new report, it’ll shoot before the end of the year. More on theWonder Womanstandalone shooting schedule after the jump.
According toDeadline, who buried the news in an unrelated casting story*,Wonder Womanwill shoot this fall.Michelle MacLarenis directing the film from a script byJason Fuchs. Warner Bros. already hasJune 23, 2017earmarked for the movie. Gadot is also expected to reprise the role for theJustice League Part 1, due outNovember 17, 2017.
A recent rumorindicated that Warner Bros. wants an entire Wonder Woman trilogy, and that the first film will center on Paradise Island’s first contact with the outside world in the 1920s. That same report claims the second Wonder Woman movie will be set during World War II, and the third will bring Wonder Woman into the modern day. As of now, though, Warner Bros. has only confirmed the one Wonder Woman movie.Wonder Womanis MacLaren’s second feature, after the direct-to-video thrillerPopulation 436. However, she’s an accomplished TV director, with episodes ofGame of Thrones,The Walking Dead, andBreaking Badunder her belt. Fuchs' previous credits include Joe Wright’sPanandIce Age: Continental Drift.
Up until very recently, Gadot was best known for her work in theFast & Furiousseries. Her other upcoming features are Ariel Vroman’sCriminaland John Hillcoat’sTriple Nine. Her first appearance as Wonder Woman comes inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opensMarch 25, 2016.
(* Oh, and here’s the casting story, if you’re curious: Gadot is in talks forKeeping Up With the Jonses, directed byGreg Mottola. She’ll joinZach Galifianakis,Isla Fisher, andJon Hamm. Production begins in April.)
