“Wonder Woman 1984” stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristin Wiig, and Pedro Pascal and director Patty Jenkins unveiled a new trailer for the superhero movie at the DC FanDome convention on Saturday.
The trailer revealed a more comprehensive look at the film’s two villains, Barbara Ann Minerva, aka Cheetah (Wiig), and Maxwell Lord (Pascal). It turns out that Lord has discovered a way to give people their deepest desires, which for Diana Prince (Gadot) is the return of her long, long, lang lost love Steve Trevor (Pine), who apparently died at the end of the 2017 ‘Wonder Woman’.
It also gives fans their first real look at Wiig as Cheetah, which turns out to be a progressive transformation that ultimately results in her growing fur and full tail.
This is the first extended look at one of the most anticipated films of the year since the first trailer for “Wonder Woman 1984” was released in December 2019.
As with all major films this summer, “Wonder Woman 1984” left its original June release date in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and is currently scheduled to open on October 2, 2020.
Whether the film actually stays on that date remains an open question that will be largely thickened by concerns about public health, and how many people will go to theaters in the coming weeks to see films such as the Marvel adaptation “The New Mutants” and the Christopher Nolan thriller “Tenet.”
One thing that was clear from the trailer and the panel is that “Wonder Woman 1984” probably won’t debut on premium VOD.
‘We’ve all worked so hard to bring something that would be a great visual spectacular. That’s what we’ll make out of it – we believe in putting it in the cinema, “Jenkins said in the panel, before he unfortunately preferred to name a specific release date.”I can not wait until the movie comes out gau!“
The trailer also lists no release date, only noting that the film “only opens in cinemas.”
To give a sense of the scope of the film, Pine noted that the production Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington DC under production.
“The little eight-year-old kid in you can’t believe you’re doing what you’re doing and that you’re privileged to do it,” Pine said.
A standout moment in the panel came with the surprising appearance of Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the TV show that appeared from 1975 to 1979. Wiig was especially excited to meet Carter, though pure, and shook that she offered the show as a child, dressed as Wonder Woman for Halloween, and even wore Wonder Woman underoos.
“If I met you, you could give me an advantage,” Carter replied. “Could you throw your arms around me?”
The “Wonder Woman 1984” panel kicked off the first wave of DC FanDome events that air all day in virtual panels, most focusing on Warner Bros. upcoming slate of features based on DC Comics features. A follow-up event that is largely concentrated on TV will be held on Sept. 12.
