The numbers are in: DC’s Wonder Woman is critical darling and box office monster, sitting at a genre-best 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and a massive $233 million global opening weekend. While a sequel has not been officially green lit, director Patty Jenkins is planning on it and is contracted for another film.
Given those numbers, it’s hard to imagine that Gal Gadot and Jenkins wouldn’t get another shot to dazzle us on the big screen. However, it does leave a big question: what would the sequel cover? Luckily there are some fairly big clues from the DCEU and comics as to what a sequel, whenever it does arrive, would likely be about. Here are 5 things to expect the next time we see Diana grace the screen.
*The following contains significant spoilers for BvS, Wonder Woman, and a bunch of comics. You’ve been warned.*
1. Diana settling back into being Wonder Woman
Batman v. Superman made it clear that Diana was reluctant to return as Wonder Woman. The horrors of WWI and the realization that Ares did not in fact cause mankind to be awful to each other caused her to turn away. As she is reminded several times throughout her film, mankind did not deserve Wonder Woman.
The arrival of Superman, Zod, and Doomsday forced Diana to come back into the spotlight. By the end, it isn’t clear if she will help Bruce Wayne find the “others” to help fight in Superman’s absence (though the Justice League trailers make the answer pretty clear). But the end of her solo film does confirm that Wonder Woman is back. Diana has chosen, perhaps due to being reminded of her first adventure in the mortal world, to return to mankind.
But this doesn’t mean that Diana’s transition back will be smooth, and that seems like a good bet for a personal conflict in Justice League or her sequel. As far as we know she’s been on her own, or at the very least not in combat with a team, for quite some time. Now she’ll have to contend with greenhorns like Flash and Cyborg, who won’t have her experience or control; overly dominant veterans like Batman, who will assume the leadership role despite her experience, and wildcards like Aquaman, who may not be reliable. Count on seeing Diana learning to deal with these new team dynamics, among other conflicts, in Justice League.
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