Wonder Woman 2 will hit theaters sooner than we expected

Wonder Woman 2 has just been set to hit theaters November 1, 2019 a full six weeks earlier than the previously announced December 13, 2019 release date. No official reason was given for the change, but it probably has something to do with the fact that Disney has Star Wars: Episode IX set for December 20, 2019. And maybe also the fact that Thor: Ragnarok just did ginormous numbers in the corresponding weekend of this year. As of now, Wonder Woman has that November 1, 2019 release date all to itself though Fox has November 22, 2019 reserved for an as-yet-untitled Marvel movie. (Yeah, the superhero movie wave doesn't look like it's slowing down anytime soon.) Whatever the thought process behind this shift, we're not complaining. Patty Jenkins will return to direct Wonder Woman 2. Gal Gadot is expected to reprise the lead role, although a recent report suggested she might not return if producer Brett Ratner does.

Gal Gadot won’t star in the Wonder Woman sequel until Warner Bros. dumps Brett Ratner

If Warner Bros. wants a Wonder Woman sequel with its wondrous new star Gal Gadot, it’s going to have to dump producer Brett Ratner in the wake of sexual assault allegations made against him. According to a Page Six, Gadot apparently won’t sign on for the sequel until Ratner, whose RatPac-Dune Entertainment helped produced the first film, is removed from the project. Page Six reports: A Hollywood source tells Page Six that Gadot who last month backed out of a dinner honoring Ratner, where she was due to present him with an award is taking a strong stance on sexual harassment in Hollywood and doesn’t want her hit “Wonder Woman” franchise to benefit a man accused of sexual misconduct. Wonder Woman was a massive box office success for Warner Bros., hauling in more than $800 million worldwide. It’s the biggest live-action film in history directed by a woman, and it garnered rave reviews from critics. Gadot’s performance as the earnest, buoyant Diana Prince, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, was core to the movie. Earlier this month, six women went on the record with the Los Angeles Times to accuse Ratner of sexual harassment and abuse. And last week, actress Ellen Page penned a Facebook post recounting a moment on the set of X-Men: The Last Stand which Ratner directed alleging that Ratner harassed her by specifically telling another woman to “fuck her to make her realize she’s [Page is] gay.” Actress Anna Paquin, who starred alongside Page in that movie, said she witnessed that moment. Presumably, Warner Bros. won’t let go of Gadot and would probably like to lose Ratner. After the LA Times’s report on Ratner was published, Warner Bros. announced it was severing ties with him and RatPac-Dune Entertainment, but it’s currently unclear how that might affect the Wonder Woman sequel or what kind of deal is already in place. Warner Bros. has denied the reports of Gadot’s holdout to Page Six, and neither Gadot nor Ratner has publicly commented on the story.