‘Wonder Woman 2’ Gets A Patty Jenkins-Approved Writer
Wonder Woman 2is adding another writer to pen the script alongsidePatty JenkinsandGeoff Johns.Dave Callaham, who co-wroteThe Expendablesand has worked with Jenkins on the upcoming movieJackpot, is joining theWonder Womanwriting team.
Callaham’s hiring came at the behest of Jenkins, according toVariety, after she closed her historic deal to co-write, produce, and direct the sequel to her runaway hit,Wonder Woman.
Callaham and Jenkins had worked together onJackpotlast year, a remake of the 2011 Norwegian action comedy set to star Mila Kunis and Bryan Cranston. It seems that Jenkins brought Callaham on after she and DC Film co-head Geoff Johns hadgotten started on a scriptthey began as early as this summer. That puts a lot of hands in the pot with Jenkins and Johns already penning the script, though Jenkins may want more eyes on the story afterRobotechnabbedWonder Womanwriter Jason Fuchsor because Johns is plenty busy running Warner Bros.' DC Films division withJon Berg.
While no plot details have been released forWonder Woman 2, Jenkins has said that she wants toset the story in the United States during the 1980s, at the tail end of the Cold War.Gal Gadotis set to return as Diana of Themyscira. The sequel would reportedly pit Diana against agents in Moscow, just before the Soviet Union collapses. It may also feature the return ofChris Pine’s Steve Trevor, whose character met a rather definite end inWonder Woman
Jenkins hadrecently closed the deal with Warner Bros.to directWonder Woman 2after extended negotiations that had fans worried whether she would return to helm the sequel to her record-breaking superhero film. But we had nothing to worry about, as Jenkins struck a deal that made her thehighest-paid female director in Hollywood— well-deserved afterWonder Womanbecameone of the biggest hits of the summer.
