Will Do Wonder Woman 3 Only When Warner Bros Goes Back To Being A Full Theatrical Studio, Says Patty Jenkins

Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins says that making of a third film in Wonder Woman franchise is "questionable" amidat the coronavirus pandemic. “Before the pandemic, the world would have gone along. We probably would have even made a deal for ‘Wonder Woman 3’ and figured out when and how I could fit that into my schedule. Now it all really is much more questionable whether we will do it at all and how we will do it," she told PTI adding that for now, she has decided to put the possibility on hold.

"So, that’s going to be an interesting thing. I would still love to do it but only (if) Warner Bros goes back to being a full theatrical studio,” the director shared her view about the Studio's decision to opt for a theatrical-and-digital model to release its films.

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Jenkins, who directed the Gal Gadot-starrer Wonder Woman in 2017, is now eagerly looking forward to the Christmas Day release of the sequel Wonder Woman 1984. She had earlier said, "I've really hit the pause button. Because the truth is, where that plotline was coming from was our state of being six months ago. And so I want to make sure that I'm totally absorbing whatever the result of this pandemic is. We're not starting to work on that movie right away." She added that the third movie in the superhero franchise will “probably” be her last, thus she is taking as much time as possible to work on it “carefully”.

Equal pay in Hollywood

The second instalment of Wonder Woman gets an HBO Max and US theatrical release in December 2020. Reportedly, for the sequel, Jenkins received a 10 million dollar paycheck, a record salary for a female filmmaker.

Talking to Variety, Jenkins had earlier opined on the topic of equal pay in Hollywood saying, “Women who have not been in a system that allows them to build up the same level of pay as men are not able to be paid the same as men forever if that’s the way it continues. You have to ask for it to happen, and you have to ask when you’re the appropriate person.”

During a recent interview on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the director revealed that she almost left the project over pay disparities.

“I started to walk away. I was gonna’ walk away. I even said I’d be happy to go to another studio and make a quarter as much because it’s not a sequel, on principle, no problem. It’s interesting as someone who never made any profit in my career up until Wonder Woman, that I was always at peace with it. I was like, ‘Hey I get it.’ But now I was like, ‘Listen, I never made any money in my career because you always had the leverage and I didn’t,’ but now the shoe is on the other foot so it’s time to turn the tables.”

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Jenkins’ Wonder Woman was the first women-centric film to have earned critical and commercial triumphs. She rose to fame in 2017 when she became the first woman to direct a major superhero film. She also is the first woman to direct a movie with a budget over $100 million, with Wonder Woman, which has grossed a massive $821 million worldwide. Her other works including Oscar-winning feature debut, Monster. Her directorial work for shows such as Arrested Development and The Killing have been praised too. Jenkins also received a Primetime Emmy Award for directing the pilot episode of The Killing.

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