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Reports: Patty Jenkins to Direct 'Wonder Woman' 2019 Sequel

by Reuters

   LOS ANGELES --

   Patty Jenkins will return to direct the 2019 sequel to this year's hit
   superhero movie "Wonder Woman," film trade publications said on Monday,
   after she became the highest-grossing female director in Hollywood
   history.

   Jenkins, 46, will once again direct Israeli actress Gal Gadot as the
   titular superhero in "Wonder Woman 2," scheduled for release on Dec.
   13, 2019, publications including Variety and Hollywood Reporter said.

   Movie studio Warner Bros did not comment on the news and has not given
   any further details on the sequel.

   "Wonder Woman," was the first standalone movie to star a female
   superhero since 2005's box office dud "Elektra," and the first to be
   directed by a woman.

   It rode to the top of the box office in June on a wave of good reviews
   and female empowerment, and with $816.4 million at the worldwide box
   office, it is now the second-biggest movie of the year after the live
   action version of "Beauty and the Beast."

   Jenkins overtook Phyllida Lloyd, who directed 2008's musical "Mamma
   Mia!," for the title of highest-grossing female director.

   Gadot's Wonder Woman will next be seen in November's superhero ensemble
   movie "Justice League," alongside Ben Affleck's Batman and Henry
   Cavill's Superman.

   "Wonder Woman," the fourth film in Warner Bros' current iteration of DC
   Comics' cinematic franchise, helped boost profits for Warner Bros.'
   parent company Time Warner Inc.