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Wonder Woman 3: Patty Jenkins has hit the pause button on the sequel

By Monita Mohan

GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
GAL GADOT as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure “WONDER WOMAN 1984,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. /
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Director Patty Jenkins revealed in a new interview that she’s putting work on Wonder Woman 3 on hold till the pandemic is over.

Now that the release date of Wonder Woman 1984 has been pushed back to Fall 2020 due to the ongoing pandemic, director Patty Jenkins has a lot on her mind regarding the future of her DC Extended Universe franchise.

Despite having story ideas for the threequel, Jenkins revealed in an interview with Total Film (via Batman-News) that she is not proceeding with work on Wonder Woman 3.

Jenkins has plans to create a spin-off about the Amazons, which she hopes to release before the third film. However, she has ‘paused’ work on the third instalment of Wonder Woman as she feels the plotline was indicative of the creative team’s thinking from several months ago. The world has changed since then and Jenkins wants to absorb what’s happening before proceeding with the plot of the film.

Letting the real world influence Wonder Woman 3.

(L-R) Director Patty Jenkins, President, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures, Sue Kroll and actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "Wonder Woman"
HOLLYWOOD, CA – MAY 25: (L-R) Director Patty Jenkins, President, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution for Warner Bros. Pictures, Sue Kroll and actors Gal Gadot and Lynda Carter attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Wonder Woman” at the Pantages Theatre on May 25, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) /

From the interview, it appears that Jenkins wants the upcoming Wonder Woman films to reflect the real world’s struggle with the global pandemic. This may or not impact the final story, but she wants the story to be ‘influenced’ by the current situation. Jenkins had previously indicated that the third film would be set in present-day – as opposed to the first two Diana Prince films which take place in the past. Since the Amazon warrior was seen charging through No Man’s Land in 2017’s Wonder Woman, it’s no wonder that Jenkins is looking for ways to incorporate the pandemic into her story.

The director also hinted at the possibility that she may not be helming either of the films; though she may be attempting to be more pragmatic about the state of the world.

Jenkins took the world by storm by becoming the first female director to direct a big budget comic book adaptation in 2017 and fans are excited about the sequel.

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Warner Bros. is insistent on the theatrical release for Wonder Woman 1984, which has led to the film’s release date being shifted multiple times. Starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal and Kristen Wiig, as of now, the second instalment is scheduled to release on October 2, 2020.

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