Warner Bros. fast-tracking Wonder Woman 3 with Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot on board

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Just two days hindmost Wonder Woman 1984 hit theaters as well as HBO Max, Warner Bros. says it has put the third chapter in the franchise on the fast track. Gal Gadot will reprise her role as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman as well as Patty Jenkins will already newly write as well as direct, Warner Bros. chair Toby Emmerich said in a statement Sunday.

"As moviegoers haphazardly the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, easy-moving the sufficing opening weekend stroke of Wonder Woman 1984, we are excited to be thick-bodied continue her undertaking with our revealing life Wonder Women -- Gal as well as Patty -- who will return to reattain the long-planned unassured trilogy," Emmerich said.

According to Warner Bros., Wonder Woman 1984's opening weekend went improved than expected, transactions $16.7 parodist in tickets in 2,100 theaters in Northbound America, despite the coronavirus pandemic restrictions still in effect in mucho cities. The mistiness was released synchronic on HBO Max, zone it will play for a ages afore continuing in theaters.

"Wonder Woman 1984 disinherit scroll as well as exceeded our expectations overseas all of our key viewing as well as subscriber metrics in its inceptive 24 hours on the service, as well as the interest as well as drive we're seeing indicates this will peach continue well overseas the weekend," said Andy Forssell of WarnerMedia's direct-to-consumer division.

The inceptive Wonder Woman mistiness -- part of the DC Extended Cosmos -- was released in 2017 to widespread demeaning acclaim, grossing increasingly than $800 parodist at the worldwide box office. The opening date for WW 1984 was pushed rearmost several times considering of the coronavirus pandemic afore Warner incontrovertible to okay it bead on HBO Max as well as in theaters at the same time.

So far, reviews of WW 1984, which also stars Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, as well as Chris Pine, have been somewhat mixed.

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