Wonder Woman
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- character of Wonder Woman
- In Wonder Woman: Post-Crisis Wonder Woman and film success
…for Patty Jenkins’s 2017 film Wonder Woman. Studio executives had long questioned whether Wonder Woman could generate enough interest for a major Hollywood release, but those concerns were demolished by the critical and audience response to Gal Gadot’s star-making portrayal as the Amazon princess. By far the best-received entry in…
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- In Wonder Woman: Post-Crisis Wonder Woman and film success
- history of film
- In history of film: United States
…but her best-known films were Wonder Woman (2017) and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), both starring Gal Gadot. Coppola, the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, made her feature film debut with The Virgin Suicides (1999), a drama about loss of innocence. Her screenplay for Lost in Translation (2003) earned her an…
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- In history of film: United States
role of
- Gadot
- In Gal Gadot
…star in the highly anticipated Wonder Woman (2017)—directed by Patty Jenkins—which cemented Gadot’s status as an international star. Prior to filming, Gadot spent several months engaged in physically demanding training to prepare for the role of the superhero, and once again she did much of her own stunt work. She…
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- In Gal Gadot
- Pine
- In Chris Pine: Jack Ryan and superhero movies
…Pine played Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman, about the comic book heroine. It grossed more than \$800 million worldwide, making it Pine’s most successful movie to date. He was especially busy in 2018. That year he had major roles in the adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s book A Wrinkle in Time…
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- In Chris Pine: Jack Ryan and superhero movies