After giving DC its
most successful film
Wonder Woman this year, Patty Jenkins is officially set to return as the director for its sequel. She has closed a deal with Warner Bros to helm, co-write and produce the follow-up to the Gal Gadot-starrer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [caption id=“attachment_4034679” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins on the sets of Wonder Woman. Image from Twitter[/caption] Jenkins will reportedly receive a seven-figure directing and writing fee, which is said to be in the range of $7 million to $9 million. This will make her Hollywood’s highest paid female director. Notably, she was paid only $1 million for the first installment of Wonder Woman, and her contract did not explicitly include a role in the sequel. The first film has earned Patty Jenkins the distinction of being the director of the
highest grossing
film made by a woman, leaving behind Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey. It recently crossed the
$410 million
mark in North America, and its overseas box office collection is pegged at over $800 million. Wonder Woman is now the
11th most successful
superhero film in terms of box office collections, beating fan-favourites like Deadpool, Spider-Man 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy. Marvel’s The Avengers is at the top spot, and it is followed by Avengers: Age of Ultron and Iron Man 3. The Wonder Woman sequel was confirmed last month at San Diego Comic-Con and a 13 December 2019 release date was also announced. Gadot has also been tapped to return for the sequel. Also read on Firstpost:
What Wonder Woman’s box office records mean for women in front of and behind the camera in Hollywood
With inputs from PTI
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