Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. It stars Gal Gadot in the title role, alongside Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, and Saïd Taghmaoui. The film received largely positive reviews, with praise for its direction, acting, visuals, action sequences, and musical score. It grossed over USD 821 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2017. A sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, is scheduled for release in December 2020.
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Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Directed by Patty Jenkins from a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story by Heinberg, Zack Snyder, and Jason Fuchs. It stars Gal Gadot in the title role, alongside Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen, Elena Anaya, and Saïd Taghmaoui. It is the second live action theatrical film featuring Wonder Woman following her debut in 2016’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. A sequel, Wonder Woman 1984, is scheduled to be released on December 25, 2020, with Jenkins returning as director, and Gadot, Pine, Wright and Nielsen reprising their roles. The film received largely positive reviews, with praise for its direction, acting, visuals, action sequences, and musical score. It grossed over USD 821 million worldwide, making it the tenth highest-grossing film of 2017. The American Film Institute selected it as one of the top ten films of 2017 and it won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation in 2018. It was released in the U.S. on June 2, 2017, in 4DX, RealD 3D, and IMAX 3D by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie is the fourth installment in the DC Extended Universe, and the first in the “Superman” series. The sequel, “Wonder Woman 1984,” is scheduled for release in December 2020. It will be the first time Wonder Woman has appeared in two films at the same time, following in the footsteps of “Batman v Superman” and “Batman & Robin” The film is based on Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston’s 1940s stories and George Pérez’s 1980s stories about the character.
The inspiration for Wonder Woman was drawn from the New 52 incarnation of the character, as well as the original 1940s and 1950s Wonder Woman stories. The story is set in present-day Paris, where Diana Prince receives a photographic plate from Wayne Enterprises of herself and four men taken during World War I, prompting her to recall her past. In 1918, Diana, now a young woman, rescues US pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast. The Amazons kill the crew, but Antiope sacrifices herself to save Diana. The island is soon invaded by German soldiers, who had been pursuing Steve. Believing Ares to be responsible for the war, Diana arms herself with the lasso of Hestia and leaves Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares. In London, they deliver Maru’s notebook to the Supreme War Council, where Sir Patrick Morgan is trying to negotiate an armistice with Germany. He has stolen a notebook from the Germans’ chemist, Dr Isabel Maru, who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff. Although forbidden by his commander to act, he recruits Charlie Morgan, a Scottish Native Chief.
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