DJariya

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/pa...or-1202548413/

Patty Jenkins officially back as director for the sequel.

devilshalo

Isn't that what I just posted?

islandclaws

Cool?

I know it's a great success for her - and women in Hollywood - but there was zero distinction between her directing and, say, Snyder. Anyone could have helmed the first one and I'm sure the next will look and feel no different.

DJariya

Settle down tiger. We posted it the exact same time.

Dan

I was going to make a joke about how maybe they should consider having a man direct the sequel instead, just to try out something new for a change, but...

sigh

TheMovieman

brayzie

Considering how well received Wonder Woman was, and how much flack B v S got, I don't think that's true.

TheMovieman

'The Expendables' Writer Joins Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns to Write 'Wonder Woman 2' (Exclusive)

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hea...g-team-1038759

Obi-Wanma

The action sequences were pretty much no different than a Zack Snyder movie, and that's not a negative, if there's anything Snyder can do and do well, it's action sequences.

The more intimate character sequences, the ones that actually made us care about the movie? No, I do not believe that Zack Snyder could have produced those.

Mike86

Yeah, I know Wonder Woman is loved and I already know I'll get the standard Mike86 is a DC hater, but I think people are willing to give the film a pass on a lot that it doesn't do better than other DCEU films. It's really not as great as it's been made out to be in my opinion. It's very good but the way people act you'd think it's a masterpiece or something which it's not. Patty Jenkins definitely seemed to take a lot of cues from Snyder for action scenes in particular and I honestly didn't think they were much better than what we've seen previously by Snyder. The slow mo shit is horrible and took me out of any scene it was used in and the final boss battle was a standard CG character bloated battle mess.

DJariya

I'm going to guess that Jenkins and Johns are coming up with the story and outline and they hired Callaham to polish things and write the screenplay.

TheMovieman

Still waiting for the news release this gets moved to June 5, 2020.

DJariya

They should move it. Being stuck in the same month and being out 6 days earlier than Star Wars will hurt it's box office. it will have a massive week 2 drop with the competition.

TheMovieman

Not should, they will. I pointed out the June 5 slot since right now it's an "Untitled DC Film". And in reality, it's for the best. Thought December 2019 would be pushing it, rather give it some extra time for both the screenplay and any re-shoots.

stingermck

"Ugh. Taking a writer from a manly movie like Expendables and putting him on Wonder Woman. What a cuck."

Did I do that right?

brayzie

I was thinking having having men write Wonder Woman would be a source of criticism. I didn't know the first one was written by Allan Heinberg.
I really didn't like the 5 issue reboot he did for Wonder Woman back in the day.

TheMovieman

He's credited but it's known Jenkins and Geoff Johns worked on the script, just apparently not enough to get credit by the WGA.

Abob Teff

Guess I'll hold off on the Blu-Ray for now ... $24.99 is the cheapest I'm finding it. Does that make me sexist or just cheap?

DJariya

You must be tired. This is the sequel news thread, not the BD thread in HD Talk.

Obi-Wanma

Either that or he's a time traveler.

How did the sequel come out future boy?

majorjoe23

Shockingly, DC films released between now and Wonder Woman 2 are so good that Marvel retired from making movies, saying they wouldn't bother if they couldn't compete, and Mike86 will become the president of the Zack Snyder fan club.

Giantrobo

Dan

It's...
It's a mainstream comic book movie. Or, just a big modern action movie.

In the realm of mainstream comic book movies, it does more right than it does wrong. That's it. That's why it's better than most of the other mainstream comic book movies, especially after the abysmal BvS, SS, and Avengers 2. That's why people are maybe a little exaggerated when they talk about it; like Deadpool or GotG. Having a strong female lead helped this one, too.

It ain't no masterpiece, though. Not even The Dark Knight is. Maybe "Which comic book movies would you consider masterpieces?" would be an interesting thread. My answer (not really thinking too hard about it) is zero. None are. But I'm willing to hear out opinions of those who see way more of these films than I do.

majorjoe23

If you're opening it to comic book movies instead of superhero movies, I think American Splendor and Persepolis might qualify. Road to Perdition, A History of Violence, Akira and Blue is the Warmest Color might also fit.

Mike86

I'm not saying it's a bad film at all but I definitely don't feel like it lives up to the hype. Especially when some are saying it deserves a shot at being in the running for Oscars I'm sorry but it's become overrated. It definitely feels like it fell in the good graces of many people because it was a superhero film led by a female and had a female director. I have nothing against that but it follows a lot of the same tropes that people criticize other films in the genre for (weak villains, fairly cookie cutter plot, overly stylized action scenes). To me it was a fairly average film at best. Better than what came before it in the DCEU (which I think is another reason people are more forgiving of the film because after three less than stellar films a decent film was needed) but really no better than any average Marvel film either.