Wonder Woman Solo Movie ‘Pretty Dark,’ Says Gal Gadot

Viewers who have complained that existing DC Extended Universe movies have been too dark and downbeat might not want to get their hopes up that their first female solo movie will be too different.

Gal Gadot says the upcoming ‘Wonder Woman’ solo movie is “pretty dark,” suggesting something following much the same tone as the divisive ‘Man of Steel’ and ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.’

The actress tells Digital Spy, “In ‘Batman v Superman,’ you get a glimpse of who she is but not where she comes from. In ‘Wonder Woman,’ this would be the first time we ever tell the coming-of-age story of how Diana becomes Wonder Woman,

“It’s very interesting. It has moments of humour, but it’s pretty dark… We all saw before the beautiful coming of age of Batman, Spider-Man, Superman. We don’t know anything about Wonder Woman.”

The ‘Wonder Woman’ solo movie will be a landmark film in many respects. For starters, it will be the first time the original superheroine has headlined her own solo movie, after Gadot gave the character her live-action big screen debut in ‘Batman V Superman.’

In addition, it will be the first modern superhero movie to be directed by a woman (unless we count 2008′s ‘Punisher: War Zone,’ from director Lexi Alexander), with Patty Jenkins (’Monster’) at the helm.

Effectively a prequel to ‘Batman V Superman,’ Gadot explains the film will also give us a very different take on the character than we saw from Zack Snyder’s movie:

“We go back 100 years to when she’s more naïve… She’s this young idealist. She’s pure. Very different to the experienced, super-confident, grown-up woman you’ve seen.”

Having not long since completed work on the movie, Gadot will be getting straight back to work on ‘Justice League Part 1,’ which begins production this month.

‘Wonder Woman’ will open on 2 June 2017.

Picture Credit: Warner Bros, WENN

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