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  • 'Wonder Woman 1984' Pushed Back Until Christmas in Latest Delay Amid Pandemic

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    The ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel fronted by Gal Gadot is facing a delay yet again as the movie is now held back until December as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
    Sep 12, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The launch of the highly-anticipated “Wonder Woman” sequel has been officially pushed back until Christmas (20).
    Theatre shutdowns across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic had already prompted studio bosses at Warner Bros. to delay its original June release for Gal Gadot’s return as the DC Comics superhero until August, and then October, but now they have opted to make fans wait a little longer as indoor cinemas remain closed in a number of key U.S. markets.
    Now “Wonder Woman 1984” will land on 25 December.
    Confirming the news on Friday (11Sep20), director Patty Jenkins shares in a statement, “First and foremost let me say how much Gal and I love all our devoted Wonder Woman fans around the world, and your excitement for WW84 couldn’t make us happier or more eager for you to see the movie.”
    “Because I know how important it is to bring this movie to you on a big screen when all of us can share the experience together, I’m hopeful you won’t mind waiting just a little bit longer. With the new date on Christmas Day, we can’t wait to spend the holidays with you!”
    The latest delay will come as a big blow to theatre owners as they attempt to draw film fans back to big screens amid the ongoing pandemic.
    Christopher Nolan’s recently-released sci-fi epic, “Tenet”, was the first blockbuster to hit theatres in the post-COVID-19 era, with James Bond action thriller “No Time to Die” still set to open in November (20).
    Disney’s next Marvel movie, “Black Widow”, is currently still scheduled for a 6 November opening in the U.S. although rumours suggest another delay is likely due to continued box office concerns.

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  • 'Wonder Woman 1984' FanDome Trailer Shows Kristen Wiig's Full Transformation Into Cheetah

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    The star-studded DC FanDome virtual event treats fans to a new trailer for the second ‘Wonder Woman’ movie which shows the villainess Cheetah in her full glory.
    Aug 23, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Director Patty Jenkins and her “Wonder Woman 1984” cast were given a big surprise as they launched the 24-hour DC FanDome virtual event on Saturday (22Aug20) – Lynda Carter jumped on live to be part of the panel.
    The filmmaker, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, and Pedro Pascal were answering questions from fans when the original Wonder Woman appeared before them and heaped praise on the cast for keeping the character alive and inspiring women around the world.
    “Hello you beautiful woman,” Gadot gushed, calling her appearance “a delightful surprise.”
    “Thank you for everything you’ve done for me. Now this thing (DC FanDome panel) is whole, because you’re here.”
    Jenkins added, “We think about you every day and we talk about you all the time.”
    Wiig confessed she was a huge Carter fan, revealing she used to dress up as Wonder Woman for Halloween.
    “I am so excited to meet you,” she said. “I have been a fan from day one.”
    Jenkins and the cast also took a fan question from tennis ace Venus Williams, who asked who would win a tennis match between Wonder Woman and Wiig’s villain Cheetah. Both stars argued their character would be victorious on the court, with Kristen joking that Wonder Woman’s gold tennis racket would be too heavy and slow her down.
    After the panel, Jenkins offered up a new “Wonder Woman 1984” trailer, which chronicled Wiig’s full transformation from Barbara Minerva to Cheetah.
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    Hours later, Venus returned for a chat with Jenkins, and revealed Wonder Woman was a big part of her childhood and she was a huge fan of the TV series, starring Carter. The tennis star also suggested there should be a superheroine called Venus.
    Carter returned later during the DC FanDome event to unveil the new Wonder Woman logo for next year’s 80th anniversary of the comic book character, alongside Jenkins and Gadot.

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  • Patty Jenkins Plans to Leave 'Wonder Woman' Franchise After Third Film

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    Opening up about her plans for the ‘Wonder Woman’ trilogy, the director says an upcoming follow-up to ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ might be her last in the DC female superhero franchise.
    Aug 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Director Patty Jenkins will “probably” step away from the “Wonder Woman” film franchise after turning the superhero series into a trilogy.
    The filmmaker is currently waiting to launch “Wonder Woman 1984” in theaters after the blockbuster’s original summer release was postponed until October due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
    Despite the delay, Jenkins has started making plans for another movie about the titular Amazon princess-turned-warrior, played by Gal Gadot, and the project will likely be her last in the franchise.
    However, Jenkins warns fans there may be a bit of a wait in between releases, because she doesn’t want to jump straight back into the DC Comics world, as she had with the forthcoming 1984 after the success of 2017’s “Wonder Woman”.
    In a new interview with German publication Geek, translated and posted on Twitter fan account @DCMovieNews2, she explains, “It’s just a matter of, will we change our minds (about the storyline), and when (to make it).”
    “I think what we don’t want to do is do it back-to-back. It’s been great doing these two movies back-to-back, but I think it’s important to give it a little rest in between. And I like doing other things in between. And Gal has other things to do.”
    Discussing her future with the franchise, Jenkins added, “The next one is probably my last Wonder Woman movie, so I have to put everything I want to show there. We have to think carefully.”
    “WW84 gave me a chance to do a lot of things that I couldn’t accommodate in the first movie,” she explained. “I was so happy to tell the ‘Wonder Woman’ origin story. It was almost her birth, but we really haven’t seen what she is capable of.”

    Patty Jenkins opened up about her plans for the ‘Wonder Woman’ trilogy.
    “It is exciting for me to show her at the peak of her strength. But it is also very important that she fights an internal struggle: she is a Goddess and tries to help humanity. She is not only someone who fights evil, she tries to show bad people how to improve. It’s an interesting dilemma.”

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    New Release Date for 'Tenet' Pushes 'Wonder Woman 1984' to October

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    Gal Gadot’s much-anticipated return as Diana Prince and her superhero alter ego is no longer set to hit theaters on August 14, whereas Russell Crowe’s ‘Unhinged’ gets one week delay.
    Jun 15, 2020
    AceShowbiz – “Wonder Woman” has met her match in filmmaker Christopher Nolan.
    Gal Gadot’s much-anticipated return to the big screen in America, as Diana Prince and her superhero alter ego, has been delayed to October, following news that Nolan’s “Tenet” will hit the big screen two weeks later than expected on 31 July.
    “Wonder Woman 1984” was scheduled to debut on 14 August but film bosses fear “Tenet” will still be the blockbuster to beat two weeks after its release, and they’ve decided to move the sequel.
    Movie experts expect “Tenet” to be the biggest film to hit cinemas following the U.S. COVID-19 shutdown.
    Meanwhile, Russell Crowe’s new film, “Unhinged”, which was billed as this summer’s big Independence Day holiday release in America, has also moved from 1 July to 10 July, and Angelina Jolie’s “The One and Only Ivan” will no longer hit the big screen this summer, as planned.
    Instead, the film will be released exclusively on the Disney+ streaming service.
    Jolie produced the movie and voices one of the characters in the film, which will hit the small screen on 21 August.
    Bryan Cranston, Helen Mirren and Chaka Khan also voice characters.

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    'Wonder Woman' Director Going to Try Really Hard Not to Direct Spin-Off

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    When expressing hopes to steer clear from the upcoming Amazon Prime film, director Patty Jenkins admits that ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ has left her feeling creatively depleted.
    May 4, 2020
    AceShowbiz – Director Patty Jenkins has no interest in directing an upcoming spin-off of her record-breaking “Wonder Woman” film.
    The filmmaker recently won a pitch for another adaptation of the DC Comics superheroine’s story to stream exclusively on Amazon Prime, but she is hoping she won’t be asked to direct the project.
    “I’m not going to direct (the Amazon film) hopefully,” she tells Total Film magazine. “I’m going to try really hard not to. It’s not going to be easy.”
    “But (comic book writer) Geoff Johns and I came up with the story and we sold the pitch, and we’re going to get it going. I’ll produce it, for sure.”
    Patty, who made history as the first woman to direct a big budget superhero film with “Wonder Woman”, starring Gal Gadot, admits she feels creatively depleted after wrapping up the sequel, “Wonder Woman 1984″.
    ”I’m not going to nail down a fresh thought about it (the Amazon Prime spin-off) until this movie (‘Wonder Woman 1984’) comes out, because I kind of want to give myself a palate cleanser, and be fresh of mind,” she shares.
    “Wonder Woman 1984”, starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal and Robin Wright Penn, is scheduled for release this summer.

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    'Wonder Woman 1984' and 'In the Heights' to Be Rescheduled Amid Coronavirus Crisis

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    While the release of the ‘Wonder Woman’ sequel gets pushed back around two months from its original plan, the film adaptation of the Broadway show has been postponed indefinitely.
    Mar 25, 2020
    AceShowbiz – The much-anticipated “Wonder Woman 1984” and “In the Heights” are the latest films to be postponed due to coronavirus concerns.
    The sequel to 2017’s “Wonder Woman” has joined rescheduled blockbusters like “No Time to Die”, “Black Widow” and “F9” and will now hit screens in mid-August.
    The film’s original release date was 5 June.
    “When we greenlit ‘WW 1984’ it was with every intention to be viewed on the big screen and are excited to announce that Warner Bros. Pictures will be bringing the film to theatres on August 14th,” Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group Chairman Toby Emmerich said in a statement. “We hope the world will be in a safer and healthier place by then.”
    Meanwhile, the movie adaptation of Broadway show “In the Heights” has also been removed from the studio’s upcoming release slate. Initially scheduled for 26 June, it has been postponed indefinitely.

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