Wonder Woman 1984 Trivia | 60 facts about the new DCEU film

Wonder Woman 1984 is a sequel to the 2017 Wonder Woman film. The film premiered on HBO Max on December 25th, 2020.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film.

1. Wonder Woman 1984 is a 2020 American superhero film
2. The title is stylized as WW84
3. The film is based on the DC Comics character Wonder Woman
4. It is the sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman
5. It is the ninth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU)
6. The film is directed by Patty Jenkins
7. Jenkins wrote the script with Geoff Johns and David Callaham
8. It is based on a story by Johns and Jenkins
9. Gal Gadot stars as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman
10. Alongside Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen
11. It is set in 1984 during the Cold War
12. The film follows Diana and her past love Steve Trevor as they face off against Maxwell Lord and Cheetah
13. Discussion of a sequel began shortly after the release of the first film in June 2017 and the decision to proceed was confirmed the following month
14. Principal photography began on June 13, 2018
15. Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden in England, as well as the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia in the United States, London and Duxford in England, Tenerife and Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, and Almería in Andalusia, Spain
16. Production wrapped on December 22, 2018, after a six-month shoot
17. Additional filming was done in July 2019
18. Wonder Woman 1984 premiered on December 15, 2020, via the DC FanDome virtual platform
19. It was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 25, 2020
20. It is also made available to be streamed digitally on HBO Max for a month
21. In international markets that do not have HBO Max, the film was theatrically released beginning on December 16, 2020
22. Critics praised its “escapist qualities” and Jenkins’ direction
23. Many found it “overindulgent or cliché”
24. In August 2018, Hans Zimmer was announced as the composer for Wonder Woman 1984
25. Replacing Rupert Gregson-Williams who scored the first film
26. Zimmer previously scored Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the first and second films in the DC Extended Universe
27. The latter also featured Wonder Woman
28. The first track from the score, “Themyscira”, was released as part of DC FanDome 2020
29. Another track, “Open Road”, was released on December 10, 2020, as part of the “Week of Wonder” social media promotion leading up to the film’s release
30. The album was released on December 16, 2020, by WaterTower Music
31. Other music featured in the movie according to the closing credits include Welcome to the Pleasuredome, Voi Che Sapete by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio in D Minor by John Murphy, M.E. by Gary Numan, Rio by Duran Duran, I Won’t Leave You by Clinton Shorter
32. In the United States and Canada, Wonder Woman 1984 was released alongside News of the World, Promising Young Woman, and Pinocchio
33. It is projected to gross around $10 million from 2,150 theaters in its opening weekend
34. Internationally, the film was expected to debut to around $60 million from 32 countries
35. In China, the film had a disappointing first-day opening, only grossing $4.6 million
36. Global projections were subsequently lowered to $35- 40 million
37. The film went on to debut to $38.2 million, including $5 million from IMAX screens
38. China was the largest opening with $18.8 million
39. Followed by Taiwan ($3.6 million), Thailand ($2 million), Brazil ($1.7 million), Japan ($1.6 million), Mexico ($1.6 million), Singapore ($1.3 million), the United Kingdom ($1.2 million) and Spain ($1.1 million)
40. Wonder Woman 1984 received praise from critics for its “escapist qualities” and Jenkins’ take on the 1980s, though many commentators found the film “overindulgent or cliché”
41. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 67%
42. 268 critics have given the film a positive review
43. With an average rating of 6.3/10
44. The website’s critical consensus reads: “Wonder Woman 1984 struggles with sequel overload, but still offers enough vibrant escapism to satisfy fans of the franchise and its classic central character”
45. According to Metacritic, which sampled 55 critic reviews
46. It calculated a weighted average score of 59 out of 100
47. The film received “mixed or average reviews”
48. In January 2019, after principal photography on Wonder Woman 1984 was completed, director and co-writer Patty Jenkins announced that the plot for a third Wonder Woman film was mapped out
49. The filmmaker stated that the plot of the next installment would take place during the modern day
50. By December 2019, Jenkins expressed that the wait between the second and third films will be longer than the time it took to release the first sequel
51. In April 2020, Jenkins said she had a story arc that would take in all four Wonder Woman films, including an Amazons film, and then a third Wonder Woman film
52. In late June 2020, speaking to Heroic Hollywood about the third film’s status, Jenkins revealed that she had stopped working on the story which she had been developing six months prior so she could see how to absorb the result of the COVID-19 pandemic into the story
53. In an interview with the Happy Sad Confused podcast in December 2020, however, Jenkins stated that while she and Geoff Johns had already “beat out an entire story” for a third film, she now has doubts about whether she wants to make it with the world’s current state, unsure if it will be her next film and if her feelings about it will change
54. When interviewed by MTV News about what she would want to see in a third film, Gal Gadot stated that she wants the third film to take place in the present
55. Having no interest on revisiting the past as she feels that those time periods on Wonder Woman’s life have been handled perfectly
56. In December 2019, director Patty Jenkins announced that a Wonder Woman spin-off film was in development, with the story focusing on the Amazons of Themyscira
57. Jenkins is attached as executive producer
58. By April 2020, Jenkins revealed that she will not direct the spin-off, though she will serve as producer
59. Later that year, the filmmaker stated that the spin-off will take place after Diana leaves Themyscira
60. This will be linked to the events between Wonder Woman 1984 and the third Wonder Woman film