You would be forgiven for thinking the second Wonder Woman movie—titled Wonder Woman 1984—is a sequel. It bears all the classic hallmarks of one, including, most importantly, its nature as the second installment in a particular franchise. But according to director Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 isn’t really a sequel to the 2017 superhero movie; it’s, instead, another entry in a broader series. Sure!

“She was just determined that this movie should be the next iteration of Wonder Woman but not a sequel,” producer Charles Roven told Vulture in a recent interview. “And she’s definitely delivering on that. It’s a completely different time frame and you’ll get a sense of what Diana-slash–Wonder Woman had been doing in the intervening years. But it’s a completely different story that we’re telling. Even though it’ll have a lot of the same emotional things, a lot of humor, a lot of brave action. Tugs at the heartstrings as well.”

Wonder Woman 1984 picks up after the World War I-era events of the first film, flashing ahead to the glorious era of fanny packs and busy malls. Gal Gadot reprises her role as Wonder Woman, a.k.a. Diana Prince, and Chris Pine, somehow, reprises his role as Steve Trevor, despite the fact that the character dies in the first film.

So, the story is chronological and follows the same characters, but it’s not a sequel. If that’s hard to wrap your mind around, a source close to Jenkins described it to Vulture this way: “It’s a stand-alone film in the same way that Indiana Jones or Bond films are, instead of one continuous story that requires many installments.” Jenkins did not confirm or deny the statement to the outlet.

However, the director did allude to this line of thinking last July, saying she didn’t want to do another Wonder Woman just for the sake of doing it. “I never want to do more of anything for the wrong reason,” she said. “I don’t even want to go to that place in my head of how you keep it going and cash in. I want to make great movies in my lifetime . . . we can make a whole new movie about something completely new, and as unique in its own right as the first one.”

That’s exactly what she’s doing, apparently. Wonder Woman 1984 is set for a June 5, 2020, release date.

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