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New filming details forWonder Woman 2reveal the DC sequel is headed to the coast of West Africa , badger the mirthful ledger origins of the villain Cheetah might play into the moving-picture show . While most comic book plastic film have a three - year window minimum between sequels , Warner Bros. and DC were wise to moveWonder Woman 2into yield quickly . The first moving-picture show was the DCEU ’s most financially and critically successful film to date , and it ’s in all probability the continuation will do even better at the box office - making it no surprisePatty Jenkins tripled herWonder Womanpaydayfor the new pic .
tarradiddle details are still scarce with the film over a year away , but early entropy has set out to slowly issue . The biggest news so far has been Kristen Wiig coming aboard as the long - stand Wonder Woman villain Cheetah , with sports fan curious just how the unusual look character will be bring to life . Pedro Pascal has joinedWonder Woman 2as well , though his role is still unknown . But it ’s belike the bulk of the plot will focus on Diana and Cheetah , and the pic will be traveling the world to do so .
Omega Undergroundis reporting thatWonder Woman 2is set to film on Tenerife in Spain ’s Canary Islands . place off the coast of West Africa , it ’s a prime spot to shoot more Themyscira scenes , but it may also double as the place where Dr. Barbara Minerva is transformed into the Cheetah .
debut in 1987’sWonder Woman#7 , Dr. Minerva ’s story see the wealthy Internet Explorer on the hunt for an artefact in Africa that take her to the cloistered Urzkartagan tribe . Events apace spiral out of controller , however , when the village is attacked and only she , a fellow Doctor of the Church , and the tribe ’s high priest Chuma remain . When Dr. Minerva learns of a ritual to transform Chuma into the cheetah god Urzkartaga , she demands to take her stead and kills her brother to complete the sacrifice .
Wonder Woman 2will belike provide better reasoning for Dr. Minerva ’s willingness to mutilate someone in insensate blood and transform into a were - cheetah , but the location of Tenerife could very well hint that a distant kin and their secret ritual will play into Cheetah ’s origin . The MCU has shied away from flat - out illusion , claiming into to be complex skill rather . The DCEU , however , has leaned into the mystical backstories of characters like Wonder Woman , so Cheetah ’s more grotesque nature would certainly check mightily in .
Beyond a few global locations we ’ve learned about , we knowWonder Woman 2will be set in the ‘ 80s . Though we ’ve seen Diana during World War I and in the modernistic day , it will be interesting to see the DCEU ’s take on the 1980s and find out what point Wonder Woman is on her journeying after the adult clock time jump from her first film . With filming place to get down before the year ’s out , look plenty more point to emerge regardingWonder Woman 2soon .
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origin : Omega Underground
