With the first reactions toWonder Woman 1984now out, hype for the DC sequel is palpable, with a new teaser for the movie having been released duringCCXP. While a lot of the footage is familiar, the short teaser does feature a few previously unseen shots, including Wonder Woman flying through the air. Well, sort of flying, it’s a bit more like falling with style. Still, the action-packed teaser should get fans even more excited than they already are for the movie’s imminent release.
Wonder Woman 1984findsGal Gadot once again suiting upas the titular DC icon. Picking up with the Amazonian superhero in the 1980s, the sequel finds Diana Prince living during the height of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The highly anticipated sequel finds Diana coming into conflict with not one, but two formidable foes in the form of Barbara Ann Minerva aka Cheetah and the mysterious media mogul Maxwell Lord. If that was not already enough for her to contend with, Diana will also be reunited with her former love-interest Steve Trevor, who has returned from the dead under mysterious, and possibly nefarious circumstances.
Directed byWonder Woman’sPatty Jenkins from a script she wrote with Geoff Johns and David Callaham and a story by Johns and Jenkins,Wonder Woman 1984stars Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, alongside Chris Pine as Steve Trevor,Kristen Wiig as Barbara Ann Minerva/Cheetah, Pedro Pascal as Maxwell Lord, Robin Wright as Antiope and Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta, the queen of Themyscira and Diana’s mother.
After several delays, audiences will soon have the pleasure of once again joining Diana Prince on another epic adventure, with the first reactions toWonder Woman 1984suggesting that the sequel is more than worth the extended wait. “Wonder Woman 1984 is fantastic!” says Cinemablend’s Eric Eisenberg. “The story is excellent & has a great, timely message; it packs in a ton of surprises; and amazing work is done with both Cheetah & Max Lord (Wiig & Pascal are both stellar). Get hyped, because it’s the real deal.”
Gizmodo’s Germain Lussier meanwhile said thatWonder Woman 1984is “full of much needed hope,” with another early reaction saying that, while “not everything adds up” the movie’s “value of selflessness, love and compassion do shine through.”
You can judgeWonder Woman 1984for yourself when it hits theaters and HBO Max on December 25th. This comes to us fromthe official Twitter account for HBO Max.
