It grants a user's wish, but exacts an equally strong toll unless they renounce the wish or destroy the stone. His wish is to 'become' the stone and gain its wish-granting powers whenever he grants someone else's desire, he is able to take what he wants from the wisher, resulting in worldwide chaos, destruction and instability.ĭiana discovers that the Dreamstone was created by Dolos/Mendacius, The God of Lies, also known as the Duke of Deception. Failing businessman Maxwell 'Max Lord' Lorenzano steals the Dreamstone, hoping to use its power to save his nearly bankrupt oil company. He is resurrected in another man's body the two are reunited at a Smithsonian gala. Neither openly takes the inscription seriously, but Barbara wishes to become like Diana and unintentionally acquires the same superpowers, while Diana yearns for her deceased lover Steve Trevor. New museum employee Barbara Ann Minerva, a shy geologist and cryptozoologist, has trouble getting noticed by her co-workers, but quickly finds a friend in Diana.Īfter the FBI asks the museum to identify stolen antiquities from a robbery that Wonder Woman recently foiled, Barbara and Diana notice one of the artifacts, later identified as the Dreamstone, has a Latin inscription claiming to grant the holder one wish. In 1984, Diana is working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while secretly performing heroic deeds as Wonder Woman. Antiope removes her from the race for cheating, explaining anything worthwhile must be obtained honestly, while her mother Hippolyta advises her to be patient in her pursuit of glory and honor. After being knocked off her horse while looking back at her opponents, Diana takes a shortcut and remounts, but misses a checkpoint. Two follow-ups are in development: a sequel with Jenkins and Gadot returning and a spin-off produced by Jenkins focusing on the Amazons of Themyscira.Īs a young child, Diana participates in an athletic competition on Themyscira against adult Amazons.

The film grossed $169.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $200 million, failing to break even due to limited theaters during the COVID-19 pandemic but became the most-watched straight-to-streaming film of 2020. Critics praised its depiction of the 1980s, escapist qualities, performances of the cast and Jenkins's direction but the plot received some criticism. Pictures on December 25, 2020, both theatrically and via the HBO Max streaming service. The film premiered on December 15, 2020, via the DC FanDome virtual platform, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Wonder Woman 1984 was originally scheduled for a wide theatrical release on June 5, 2020, but was delayed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Production wrapped on December 22, 2018, after a six-month shoot, with additional filming in July 2019. Studios, Leavesden in England, as well as the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia in the U.S., London and Duxford in England, Tenerife and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and Almería in Andalusia, Spain. Principal photography began on June 13, 2018, with filming taking place at Warner Bros. Set in 1984 during the Cold War, the film follows Diana and her past love Steve Trevor as they face off against Maxwell Lord and Cheetah.ĭiscussion of a sequel began shortly after the release of the first film in June 2017 and the decision to proceed was confirmed the following month. Directed by Patty Jenkins and written by Jenkins, Geoff Johns and Dave Callaham from a story by Johns and Jenkins, it stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, alongside Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen. Pictures, it is the sequel to the 2017 film Wonder Woman and the ninth film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and The Stone Quarry, and distributed by Warner Bros. Wonder Woman 1984 (also known as WW84 ) is a 2020 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman.

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