Warner Bros. is certainly wasting no time moving forward onWonder Woman 2. Just two days afterWonder Woman 2 directorPatty Jenkins closed her deal to direct the superhero sequel, the studio has brought in writer Dave Callaham (The Expendables) to work on the script with the director and Geoff Johns. Unfortunately, no story details for the sequel have been confirmed, but with a new writer on board, we may hear more about this superhero sequel soon.
The Hollywood Reporterbroke the news today, revealing that both Patty Jenkins and Geoff Johns had been working on aWonder Woman 2 treatmentfor the past several months, and now Dave Callaham will join the writing fold. Patty Jenkins has talked about setting this sequel in two very different time periods. Just after the theatrical release ofWonder Woman, the director stated that she plans to bring the story back to present day for the sequel, but, more recently, she hinted that the story would be set in the 1980s during the Cold War era.
Apresent day Wonder Woman sequelwould certainly make the most sense, sinceWonder Womanis bookended by two scenes set in the present, with Gal Gadot’s immortal Diana Prince continuing her work with antiquities. Then again, that was likely done to set the scene for Diana of Themyscira’s return inJustice League, and not necessarily for a sequel. Still, a Cold War era story could mean that Chris Pine may be able to return as Steve Rogers, with the report from last month claiming that the treatment Geoff Johns and Patty Jenkins are working on is set during the closing days of the Cold War, which would send Diana up against Soviet Union forces. Now that another writer has come aboard, their direction could change once again.
The Hollywood Reporter reveals that it was Patty Jenkins herself that brought Dave Callaham in to work on thisWonder Womanfollow-up starring Gal Gadot asDiana of Themyscira, since they already have a strong working relationship. The writers have both been working on an adaptation of the Jo Nesbo novelJackpot, which Patty Jenkins had been planning to direct next, before she landed the covetedWonder Womandirecting gig. Dave Callaham broke into the screenwriting game with the 2005 video game adaptationDoom, which lead to him writing a pair of 2009 movies,Tell TaleandHorsemen, and he also received story credit forThe Expendables, since he wrote the first draft which Sylvster Stallone based his own script on.
Dave Callaham also received story credit on Warner Bros.‘Godzilla, with Max Borenstein getting full screenplay credit. He has also been tapped to write the script forZombieland 2and theMortal Kombatreboot, and he also created the upcoming Amazon Studios seriesJean-Claude Van Johnson, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. As forWonder Woman 2, there have been rumors that theoriginal Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, may be coming aboard for a cameo in this sequel, although that has yet to be confirmed. With a December 2019 release date already set, filming likely won’t begin until late 2018, giving Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham plenty of time to get the story put together.
