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Related: About this forumRumor is the upcoming Wonder Woman trilogy is epic
We know theres a Wonder Woman movie coming in 2017. We know it will star Gal Gadot in the lead, and she also appears in Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice.
But as of this date, we presumed it would be set in the modern day. Well, why wouldnt we?
Its not. I have been informed by those who have seen the greenlit treatment that the film will spends the first half on Paradise Island with warring Amazon factions vying for control.
An arrival of a man on the island changes that status quo, as he asks the Amazons for help. Not necessarily Steve Trevor either
Because when Wonder Woman joins him on his return to the world of Man, we all discover that it is the 1920s. And the film will then show Diana exploring that world a world where women have only just got the vote from her
unique perspective.
A planned sequel would then take place during World War II in the thirties and forties. This of course was the period that the seventies TV show began in, before shifting to the then-modern day.
And a threequel would then take place in the modern day, with the Justice League Of America.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/10/30/the-first-wonder-woman-movie-to-be-set-in-the-1920s-and-its-sequel-during-world-war-ii/
GeorgeGist
(25,319 posts)FSogol
(45,476 posts)wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)FSogol
(45,476 posts)wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)A spec script Warners optioned in 2005 for a Wonder Woman movie was also set in WWII.
We could make comparisons all day long between Cap America and Wonder Woman but Marvel certainly doesn't have a monopoly on super hero movies set in the 1940s nor were they the first to have a live action character there.
FSogol
(45,476 posts)Movies are a different game since they bring in more viewers than comics fans. None of the reviews of the Cap America movie mentioned WW or any other comic book character active in WWII. However, in the movies, Cap got there first. When a WW movie comes out, the reviews will mention the Captain America movie and in the eyes of the movie-going public, the WW movie will be derivative. Likewise, any JLA movie review will mention the Avengers. Like it or not, DC comics is playing catch up to Marvel.
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)Yes they are. But the character are the same.
None of the reviews of the Cap America movie mentioned WW or any other comic book character active in WWII.
So?
However, in the movies, Cap got there first.
Overall, Wonder Woman got there first. But so? I mean, we could say Batman go to the 'rich guy with toys' before Iron Man but no one is arguing that point.
Like it or not, DC comics is playing catch up to Marvel.
Sure they are. But as a fan, I'm not looking at it as a sporting event or race.
FSogol
(45,476 posts)disagrees on the "epic-ness" of the announcement?
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)Why would you equate 'sensitivity' with discussing the history of two characters?
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Hopefully, she's a powerhouse that takes down S-Man a few pegs.