Filming Begins on Wonder Woman

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According to deadline.com, filming has begun on the cinema adaptation of DC’s Wonder Woman. Lead actress Gal Gadot Tweeted and Instagrammed the news and a photo during the wee hours overnight. As Gadot perhaps unconsciously suggested in her message “Almost 75 years in the making …,” Wonder Woman has not had an easy path from comic book to big screen. And just as things were finally, really and truly moving forward, Michelle MacLaren abruptly left the production in mid-April, with the familiar “creative differences” cited as the reason. But very quickly, WB/DC put Patty Jenkins (Monster) in the director’s chair, keeping the project on track (and sticking a lid on any grumbling about sexism).

Wonder Woman also stars Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Ewen Bremner, Saïd Taghmaoui, Elena Anaya and Lucy Davis. Gadot will make her first appearance as the character in next year’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which opens on 25 March 2016, making it the first big-budget Hollywood superhero movie of 2016. Wonder Woman is currently slated to hit cinemas on 23 June 2017.