‘Wonder Woman 3’ in the works with Director Patty Jenkins

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

[url]https://variety.com/2020/film/news/wonder-who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,

I don't think people understand what a trilogy is anymore. More people from the current generation just saying words.

And the sequel cemented it - the Wonder Woman movies are not a trilogy. There is no overarching connection, and then second one had no links to an overarching struggle or so on. These aren't trilogies. It's just three movies. Full of melodrama.

For anyone that doesn't really understand this - here's an example.

Star Trek The Motion Picture + The Wrath of Khan + The Search For Spock does not = "trilogy"
The Wrath of Khan + The Search for Spock + The Voyage Home = Trilogy

As far as quality? I really liked the first one when it came out, but I've come to realize with hindsight as clarity that I thought the first one was better than it actually is because it surrendered it's social pandering and instead delivered on a likeable female character and relationship. And I was jazzed because of that - that the first Wonder Woman didn't embrace the woke bull $#!( of it's era.

But in hindsight, the first movie isn't that good as a movie. Neither was the second. They aren't bad. But they aren't good and they certainty haven't done any 'trilogy building'.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by IMJ

As fart is quality?

Heh. One never gets too old for those kinda laughs.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Heh. One never gets too old for those kinda laughs.

OMG, lol that was supposed to read "as far as quality" so either the Technodrome Gremlins struck or autocorrect did not do my post a favor hahahahaha

Good God.

[Andrew NDB]

Pretty much every single sequel that has ever been announced while the current movie is barely in theaters... those never happen.

Green Lantern 2 was announced this way, the second Imagi TMNT movie was announced this way, and so on. It's practically the same mentality as when they announce "This is actually the first movie in a TRILOGY!!!" before the box office is even tallied.

[Leo656]

As IMJ eloquently explained, calling three singular Wonder Woman movies with no linking arc "a trilogy" just because there are indeed three of them is nonsense. Assuming it happens, it's not a "trilogy", it's JUST a series of three films. There IS a difference.

Although I wouldn't doubt they'll find a way to cram Steve Trevor in yet AGAIN for the third one, just so they can claim that there IS an arc and thus justify calling it "a trilogy".

There's also already some minor but percolating blowback to this announcement and the timing of it. A good number of people saying they may have even already seen enough of Patty Jenkins's "vision" for the character after this one's misfiring.

Hey, this'll be fun. Just to spite someone else, I'm gonna do something I normally refuse to do and post a link, just because I happen to be on the site and have it handy right now! Skip the puff piece and head right to the Comments section for what I mean.

https://411mania.com/movies/patty-je...onder-woman-3/

It's just one site but it's consistent with a lot of what I'm seeing elsewhere. And I'll once again reiterate the fact that a good number of these exact commenters really liked the first WW movie, so it's not like they're being "haters". They just didn't like what they saw this time and aren't sure they want to see any more.

[Andrew NDB]

Steve Trevor in WW3 in some new "unseen" scene from WW1, I bet. At a key moment.

They really need to give WW a heavy hitter to fight against now. This movie was a joke in that regard. I say Genocide, the character from Gail Simone's run.

[Shark_Blade]

Wonder Woman 3 Is Being Fast-Tracked After Impressive Box Office For WW84

Wonder Woman 1984 opened to the highest box office since the pandemic began.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/wo...9T17%3A06%3A57

While the bar for a successful theatrical release isn't high in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wonder Woman 1984 has cleared it, reporting a box office of $16.7 million over its three-day Christmas opening weekend according to a press release. This figure is the best any movie has reported since the pandemic began, beating out Tenet and The Croods: A New Age's COVID-affected openings.

While the numbers would be disappointing in a normal year, Wonder Woman 1984 has done better than expected given the circumstances. It currently boasts a total box office of $85 million, with $68.3 million of that coming from outside the USA. And because of this, Wonder Woman 3 is being fast-tracked.

Wonder Woman 1984 was the first of Warner Bros' movies to release simultaneous in theatres and on HBO Max, as the company will do with all its film releases in 2021. Warner Media revealed that over half of HBO Max's subscribers viewed Wonder Woman 1984 on the day it dropped, though the company hasn't said if the release led to increased numbers of new subscribers to the platform. Not all Americans have had the chance to see Wonder Woman in theaters, with over half of the country's theaters still closed due to the pandemic.

Wonder Woman 1984 has received a mixed bag of positive and negative reviews (GameSpot's was one of the former, with a score of 9/10), resulting in an ambivalent score of 59 on Metacritic. Gal Gadot is attached for the next installment, with Patty Jenkins returning to write and direct. The next film may be a while off, however, with Jenkins already attached to an upcoming Star Wars Rogue Squadron movie with Disney.