Wonder Woman 1984
Director Patty Jenkins confirm that Pedro Pascal is playing Maxwell Lord inWonder Woman 1984.Set in the eighties , Diana Prince ’s ( Gal Gadot ) 2nd standalone adventure will find the Themysciran princess during the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union where she ’ll fight off a brand new threat inKristen Wiig ’s Barbara Ann Minerva aka Cheetah . Plot details for the film , which was theorise to come out next month before it was advertise back to summer 2020 , have been tightly kept under wraps apart from the several roll information includingChris Pine ’s recurrence as Steve TrevorwhichScreen Rant first reportedin 2017 .
While previously confirmed to joinWonder Woman 1984 , Pascal ’s role in the film was held off . Jenkins did sharefans ' first feel at the thespian in persona , but remained tightlipped about the role he ’s playact . Rumors , meanwhile , get down whirl abouthis secret part as Lord - a powerful businessman in the comics . And now , as the fans near the discharge of the film ’s first trailer , the director herself announces that Pascal is indeed playing the DC baddie .
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rent it to her official Twitter account , Jenkinsposted an image of Maxwell Lord from the strip with the caption:“Well hello … Max . “The filmmaker did n’t ask to elaborate on her social medium post as fans immediately caught on with her subtle proclamation . Of course it helped that out of all the illustrations of the baddie out there , Jenkins picked something that resembles Pascal in his first in - character reference image for the film . Check out the tweet below :
Now that it ’s corroborate that Pascal is playing Lord , conversations about a previous rumorlinking the case to Trevor ’s resurrectionare go gain grip again . According to the claim , the DC scoundrel is looking for magical artifacts that will hopefully serve him become a powerful deity . He teams up with Minerva , but their partnership give out awry after she ’s curse and transformed into Cheetah . This results in Lord seeking Diana ’s help , promising he ’ll find a manner to add Trevor back to animation . Whether or not this whole plot come to fruition in the moving-picture show remains to be seen , but for now , nothing out the region of possibility especially with how little is known aboutWonder Woman 1984 .
WiththeWonder Woman 1984trailer tip to entry in December , fans can expect more details , alongside merchandising materials to come out as Warner Bros. tardily go its marketing run . Assuming that Lord ’s rumored link to Diana is true , it seems like the sequel will betesting Diana ’s morals- something that both Jenkins and Gadot have been vocal about need to search . With the possibility of Trevor coming back swing in front of her , it ’s odd to see how her reaction will be .
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