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Hollywood movie studio Warner Bros. on Tuesday
announced a December 2019 date for the return of the female
superhero, played by Gal Gadot, who smashed box office records
in June.
Israeli actress Gadot is set to reprise her role as Diana Prince
but director Patty Jenkins is yet to be confirmed as directing
the sequel.
"Wonder Woman" was the first superhero movie to star a woman
since 2005 and the first to be directed by a woman. It rode to
the top of the box office on a wave of good reviews and female
empowerment, and is now the second-biggest movie of the year in
North America after the live action version of "Beauty and the
Beast."
"Wonder Woman" has taken in some $780 million at the worldwide
box office.
The Warner Bros. statement gave no details about the sequel
saying only that "Wonder Woman 2" would be released on Dec. 13,
2019.
Hollywood trade paper Variety reported in June that Jenkins was
already working on a script for a sequel and that it would
likely be set again in the past, but not during the World War
One era of the first movie.
A teaser at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego over the
weekend gave a glimpse of "Wonder Woman II," the presumed
sequel.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Chris Reese)
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