The fate of the world rests in Wonder Womanâs hands once again.
The first full-length trailer for âWonder Woman 1984â was unveiled by director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot, who also served as a producer for the sequel, at the Comic Con Experience in SĂŁo Paolo, Brazil, on Sunday.
Jenkins said that the superhero will be âunleashed on the modern worldâ in the new film, which boasts real wire work and major stunt moments shot on location around the globe â as opposed to the more typical CGI-heavy effects weâve come to expect from comic book fare in recent years.
The eye-popping trailer kicks off on a more subdued note with Diana bonding with Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) â who later becomes one of her greatest foes â about past loves. And before long, Dianaâs former flame Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), who seemingly met his end in the first film, blasts in for a brand new adventure.
Set to the New Order track âBlue Monday,â the trailer thrusts Diana into a bold, new, totally â80s world, as she kicks butt Amazonian-style, leaping to new heights and putting Thor to shame by seemingly lassoing a bolt of lightning. We also get a peek at Dianaâs homeland of Themyscira, where much of the first film was set.
On Sunday, fans were also treated to four new character posters featuring the first look at Wiigâs Barbara Minerva (aka the villain Cheetah); Pedro Pascal as Maxwell Lord; and Pine in the new film.
A teaser video featured glimpses of Diana disarming a cadre of gun-toting bad guys whetted fansâ appetites a day before the full trailer dropped.
DC has been expectedly tight-lipped about the next chapter of Dianaâs story, which will hit theaters three years after the record-breaking original film. The studio has so far only released a log line thatâs light on details:
âFast forward to the 1980s as Wonder Womanâs next big screen adventure finds her facing an all-new foe: The Cheetah. âWonder Woman 1984â will also be helmed by acclaimed director Patty Jenkins, and star Gal Gadot in the title role. As previously announced, the film also stars Kristen Wiig in the role of the Super-Villain The Cheetah, as well as Pedro Pascal. And Chris Pine returns as Steve Trevor.â
And while the âWonder Woman 1984â wonât be released until next summer â it was originally slated to be released this year â Gadot is already raising expectations that the film is more engrossing than the original.
âI was so invested even though I shot the whole movie and I read the script a million times and we did it and filmed it for eight whole months,â she said of her experience screening the film for the first time. âAll of a sudden seeing all the puzzle pieces coming together and seeing this huge, grand ⊠I called Patty crying.â
She added: âI had an even bigger reaction than I did for the first one.â
âWonder Woman 1984â arrives in theaters on June 5, 2020.