It will still be a solo outing, taking place (tentatively) during the Cold War, around the 1980s, when relations between America and the Soviet Union were prickly. That means there’s no actual war — just lots of spying and snooping and accusations and Reagan talking smack about Gorbachev and vice versa. Instead of Diana Prince running through trenches and straight into No Man’s Land, she may simply be ’80s-era James Bond, only in duds reserved for a Bond girl.
Geoff Johns (the president of DC Entertainment) is developing the script with director Patty Jenkins, who is in talks to return. Jenkins return, however, isn’t official yet. Chris Pine, who played Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman,” is reportedly optioned by Warner Brothers to appear in the sequel, which is interesting information to know if you’ve seen the movie.
Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor will be back as well, though we’re not sure how. For one thing, he died —
VILLAINS WE WANT TO SEE IN WONDER WOMAN 2
The first Wonder Woman movie used Ares, the God of War, as Diana’s primary antagonist. And while Ares was definitely a worthy villain, we would shy away from using another God as the next big bad for Diana. Wonder Woman’s rogues gallery may not have the deep bench of Batman’s enemies, but Diana’s comic book foes can offer her more personal conflicts while also challenging her in different ways. The best villains are always the ones that the heroes can’t easily defeat, and we’ve picked five who could give Wonder Woman the fight of her life.
Circe is an ancient, immortal sorceress of incredible power. Over 1,200 years B.C., Circe was a princess of Colchis, but according to her own words, her subjects objected to her killing her weak husband. Driven out of the kingdom, she found refuge on a small island, Aeaea, and began to accumulate considerable magical power–but it was limited to the island. She used the Sirens to lure seafarers to the island, but it was not enough to sate her lust for power. The goddess Hecate would answer her prayers, desiring for Circe to be the instrument of Hecate’s own revenge against the Greek gods. She made Circe a proposition: immortality, eternal beauty, and incredible power in exchange for her soul (Hecate’s soul would go to Circe). Circe agreed, and after the exchange, Hecate’s body was destroyed. But before she died, the goddess made a prophecy: “Upon the death of witch and the birth of witch, Hecate, by name and choice, shall repossess her soul.” Circe did not pay much attention to the prophecy at first, elated by her incredible powers. She razed the kingdom of Colchis in a single day and developed the power to turn people into animals. The terror of her name and power quickly spread throughout the ancient world. Circe, driven by Hecate’s hatred, fanned the flames of sexual alienation: men and women had always distrusted one another to an extent, she merely fanned such flames, sewing suspicion and betrayal wherever she went. When the Amazons were born, Circe was wary, but Ares assured her that they were his to destroy. The ancient Amazons were brought down by Heracles, and Antiope led half the Amazons against Athens–but the city was not destroyed, as Theseus and Antiope reached a peace–and then were married. Circe found Ariadne, the former wife of Theseus, and used her powers to let the angered queen slip into Antiope’s bedroom and murder her as she slept. This would prove one of the key events in the history of the Amazons of Bana-Mighdall: Pythia and her Amazons blamed the murder on Theseus, while Theseus blamed them for the death of Antiope.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Magic: Circe is a goddess-level sorceress, known as one of the most powerful sorcerers on Earth and has been for centuries. Circe has nearly limitless magical power. Circe’s primary powers are her abilities to tap and manipulate the mystical forces of the universe. She has demonstrated the ability to project her image, voice, and energy bolts over long distances. Her most popular ability is her power to alter the forms of mortal, but not immortal, beings. With a gesture, she can transform men into animals, with the resultant form usually appropriate to the attitude, appearance or personality of the victim.
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- Projective Animal Metamorphosis: Her most well-known and principle magical feat is, with a gesture, to turn objects and people alike into various sorts of animals, called Beastiamorphs. She has an especial preference for subjecting men to this transformation. In these forms, they are subject to Circe’s will and often in a tranquilized state, unable to resist her.
- Matter Transmogrification: She can transform objects and beings into whatever form she desires.
- Reality Alteration: Her sorcery allows her to manipulate reality to a degree.
- Immortality: As the child of a Titan, she is granted ageless immortality, though she can apparently be physically harmed by a sufficiently strong attack.
- Alter Minds: She can alter minds and control them utterly.
- Magic Blasts: Can fire destructive magical energy blasts.
- Magical Shields: Able to erect physical barriers of magical energy of great durability and strength.
- Clairvoyance: Circe also seems to have limited clairvoyant potential, mostly demonstrating a mystical awareness of guests on her island and the presence of other immortals in her company. She was able to detect Hermes in an invisible state when he visited her.
- Illusion Casting
- Teleportation: Capable of tapping even cosmic energies, she can teleport between dimensions such as from Earth to Olympus.
- Necromancy: (formerly) During her time in Hell, she gained the limited ability to manipulate the dead to do her bidding, but has not often demonstrated these abilities since her return to Earth. She is a sufficiently skilled necromancer that she was able to return Hippolyta from the realm of the dead.
Abilities
- Charisma: She has the ability to seduce others with her natural charm.
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- Seduction: With her ability to seduce others with her natural beauty, Circe is an excellent master manipulator.
- Alchemy: She can create potions to transform individuals or to grant power comparable to that of the Greek gods.
Weaknesses
- Vulnerability to Moly: An herb called Moly disrupts Circe’s magic.
- Immortality Immunity: She is unable to use some of her more basic magics on immortals. Instead, she must plot and plan different strategies to affect immortals such as Wonder Woman and other gods in creative and indirect ways.
Equipment
- Grimoire: The source of Circe’s spells.
In addition to her command over magic, Circe is a master manipulator and extremely ambitious about amassing even greater power. She may actually be too much for Diana to handle in the second movie, so we wouldn’t be too surprised if Circe is held back for a potential third film. But at some point, Circe has to be in these movies. She’s far too important to the Wonder Woman mythos to be left out.
Dr. Barbara Minerva, alias Cheetah is a British archaeologist who had garnered a reputation to go to any lengths to secure an artifact. Born as the heiress of a vast fortune in the ancient family site in Nottinghamshire, her life would change dramatically following an expedition she led into a dense African jungle. She was searching for the legendary lost city of the Urzkartagan tribe. Deep within the jungle, her team was betrayed by their guides and ambushed by the Urzkartagans. Only she and one other, Dr. Tom Leavens, escaped by diving in a river. The two of them found the lost city while it was in the midst of a ritual. One of the other members of their team was sacrificed by the high priest, Chuma. The ritual had been intended to restore to health the ailing woman who was regarded as an avatar for their cheetah god. Before the ritual could be completed, outsiders attacked the village, slaughtering everyone but Chuma, who was saved by Minerva. The two were buried within the cave that was the temple to the god Urzkartaga by a grenade blast.
Chuma explained that the ritual would have turned the old woman into a cheetah god. The ritual, which could only be performed on the full moon and required a blood sacrifice, restored the woman to youth as well. She had been centuries old at the time of her death. Minerva demanded the ritual be done to her so she could have her chance at power and immortality. When Chuma explained there must be a sacrifice, Minerva murdered Dr. Leavens, who had returned just long enough to free them from the cave in and forfeit his life. After she had killed him and drank his blood, the ritual began. Even as Chuma worked tirelessly, the invaders who had destroyed the temple were returning. The ritual complete, Minerva was transformed into Cheetah and slaughtered all the invaders. After the slaughter, she reverted to human form and took Chuma with her back to England.
Unfortunately, there was an unforeseen side effect to the transformation. The sacrifice had called for a virgin and Minerva did not qualify. Hence, rather than grant her youth and vitality, after the transformation she became weak and frail. Only on the night of the full moon, when she became Cheetah, was she strong aga Barbara Ann Minerva, an archaeologist who got close to Wonder Woman. Barbara had ulterior motives for getting Wonder Woman to accept her as a friend, and Diana understandably felt betrayed when she discovered that Barbara only wanted to steal her golden lasso.
Barbara’s cursed transformation into the Cheetah has also been retained in the most recent reboots from DC, and so has her friendship and rivalry with Wonder Woman. Cheetah is also one of the few foes who can truly challenge Diana on a physical level. Despite their past, Wonder Woman still views Cheetah as a lost friend more than an enemy. And while their battles have the potential to be dazzling on the big screen, it’s the very human connection between the two women that would be very compelling to see.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Cheetah Form: Barbara is able to transform into the Cheetah, an ancient enemy of man.
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- Superhuman Strength: As an avatar of a god, Cheetah possesses great strength.
- Superhuman Durability: Cheetah’s physical durability is enough to withstand blows from the likes of Wonder Woman and Superman. Cheetah’s durability doesn’t protect her from bullets, lasers, or other piercing attacks.
- Superhuman Speed: Cheetah possesses greater speed than Wonder Woman, enhanced even further by training with Zoom.
- Superhuman Agility: Cheetah’s body coordination is incredible able to tag very fast superheroes and super-heroines such as Wonder Woman.
- Enhanced Senses: Cheetah’s senses are a lot more powerful than a normal human.
- Claws and Fangs: Cheetah’s claws and fangs are enchanted and allow her to cut almost anything. Even the flesh of super-humanly durable metahumans offers little resistance.
Abilities
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced): Cheetah is very adept at hand to hand combat obviously able to go one on one with Wonder Woman repeatedly.
MEDUSA
Medusa is the chief of the Gorgons. She could turn people into stone with her eyes, a punishment from Pallas Athena for making love to Poseidon in a temple of the goddess of Wisdom. She was eventually beheaded by the hero Perseus.Through the actions of a jealous Hera, Medusa’s two gorgon sisters Euryaleand Stheno were set free from their prison on Themyscira, and immediately schemed to ressurrect their sister. Having only her head, they needed Circe’s help. She refused, but after Poseidon promised her she would be reunited with her daughter Lyta, she agreed.She first attacked the White House and battled Wonder Woman, who was there on a diplomatic mission. She returned and attacked Themysciran Embassy, turning Martin Garibaldi to stone. An angered Wonder Woman nearly killed the gorgon, but when Medusa called out to Ares, challenging her in his name, she had to accept.The battle took place at Yankee Stadium, and Ares transmitted a video feed of the fight to the world. Wonder Woman had to fight blind, first using a cloth and later blinding herself with snake venom. Wonder Woman was victorious and Medusa was decapitated.Medusa’s head was given to Athena’s takeover of Mount Olympus, being used to turn Zeus’ champion Briareos to stone.
The head later came into the possession of the Morrigan.
Medusa is one of the Gorgons and her gaze can turn her victims to stone. One of the more recent incarnations of Medusa to appear in Wonder Woman showed a willingness to strike at those closest to Diana. She also proved to be an extremely formidable fighter.
To defeat Medusa, Wonder Woman would probably have to be willing to make a few major sacrifices. But that’s the thing about Wonder Woman. If it means saving innocent lives, there’s no price that she won’t pay. Medusa is one her few foes who can drive Diana to desperate measures
Powers and Abilities
Powers
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- Flight
- Longevity
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Gorgon Gaze: Medusa can turn living beings into stone statues with direct eye contact.
Abilities
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
- Swordsmanship
She was Dr. Doris Zuel who was suffering from a fatal blood disease. In a desperate bid to save herself, Zuel planned to transfer her life-essence into the body of Wonder Woman, who was in a coma and being kept at the experimental medical facility where Zuel worked.Unfortunately for Zuel, the experiment was only halfway through and was interrupted by Wonder Girl, in which Zuel was declared dead. Subsequently Zuel’s assistant, Branson, discovered Zuel’s essence had been stored in the transference machine’s buffer module, and put her in the body of one of the test animals, a gorilla named Giganta.
Desperate to return her mind to a human body, Zuel/Giganta abducted a comatose, beautiful red-haired ‘strong woman’ named Olga from a traveling circus. She apparently succeeded in transferring her mind into Olga’s body, and most likely, Olga’s mind into the body of the gorilla (although the fate of Olga, the gorilla, and Zuel’s original body have never been revealed). Giganta now possesses the ability to grow to gigantic size – Olga already possessed this power when Zuel stole her body.The source of the ability is unknown, though it may stem from the shaman who placed Olga in a coma prior to Giganta’s attack. Whatever the case, the ability appears to be mystical in nature, as Giganta has been shown aligned with the forces of magic.
Following her transformation, Giganta allied herself with Queen Clea and the modern version of Villainy Inc. in an attempt to conquer the lost world of Skartaris. After their defeat by Wonder Woman, Giganta has also been a member of the united villain front known as The Society.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Size Alteration: Ability to increase her size from roughly 6’6 to several hundred feet in seconds.
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- Superhuman Strength: Above average in normal form, superhuman when gigantic.
- Superhuman Durability: Her durability is higher than an average woman but it is not superhuman until she begins growing.
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect: Giganta is also a brilliant scientist who now retains her full intelligence at any size from normal to maximum.
Weaknesses
- Diminished Intellect (formerly): Giganta becomes less brilliant the more she grows
Donna Troy is a young woman created through a magical clay ritual, intended by the Amazonian sorceress Derinoe to be the successor of the late Hippolyta.
Shortly after her creation, Donna Troy was told by Derinoe that she was to be Themyscira’s savior for enemies both outside and within, and was named the new Queen at the council of Amazons. Donna Troy believed that the island should belong to women alone, and as such, the Sons of Themyscira had to be killed. This brought her into conflict with the former queen, Diana, who had sworn to protect these men.
Donna Troy isn’t an enemy who can be defeated by mere physical might. To triumph in this battle, it would take all of Wonder Woman’s heart and will.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Amazonian Physiology: The Amazons are a race warrior women that have received gifts and blessings from five Olympian goddesses: Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia and Aphrodite. Donna Troy possesses the same potential powers as an average Amazon. These include:
- Enhanced Intellect: A gift from Athena, the Amazons have the wisdom to be guided by peace and justice.
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Stamina
- Superhuman Agility
- Immortality: The Amazons were gifted immortality. The people of Themyscira lived forever, though could be killed in war or in an accident. Those who followed Antiope and Phthia and became the Bana-Mighdall lost their immortality.
- Self-Sustenance: So long as Donna Troy stays on Themyscira, she does not require food, water or any other form of nourishment to maintain her health and vitality.Although they are not susceptible to the throes of hunger, this does not mean that Amazons don’t consume food for enjoyment. The Amazons frequently hold great festivals wherupon food is served.
Abilities
- Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced)
- Photography
Equipment
- Bracelets of Submission
- Donna Troy’s Lasso (formerly)
Transportation
Weapons
Vandar Adg was a caveman and leader of the Blood Tribe who was born 50,000 years ago. A mysterious meteor crashed to the ground, bathing him in radiation, and granting him incredible intellect and immortality. An observer from the Bear Tribe would later approach that same meteorite and become Savage’s eternal nemesis, the Immortal Man, possessing the power to resurrect as a new persona every time he is killed.
He took the name Vandal Savage but he was banned from the Blood Tribe after losing a fight to Bruce Wayne, who was lost in time. His first mark on history came when he and a select group of people successfully undermined and destroyed the lost city of Atlantis. That group of people became known as the Illuminati, with Savage serving as its leader, then and ever since.
In the 26th Century BCE, Nabue, a Lord of Order, created the Scarab of Kha-Ef-Re with the help of a time traveler from the 20th century. This was an attempt to overthrow Savage, who was at that time the pharaoh called Khafre.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Unique Physiology
- Immortality
- Enhanced Intellect
- Superhuman Durability
- Superhuman Strength
- Superhuman Speed
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect
- Leadership
- Martial Arts
- Seamanship
- Swordsmanship
- Tactical Analysis
- Weaponry
- Firearms
Weaknesses
- Blood Sacrifice: Savage renews these powers through the consumption of his enemies’ blood. Savage must also harvest the organs of his blood descendants to sustain his immortal life.
Dr. Edgar Cizko, Dr. Psycho is a telepathic criminal and sworn enemy of Wonder Woman. He was once a psychologist who was often mocked and ridiculed by his peers for his studies in psionics and the power of the mind, even giving him the moniker “Dr. Psycho”, causing him to swear vengeance on all who mocked him. He later developed vast psychic powers that allowed him to enter and sometimes shape people’s dreams, control minds, and project illusions.
Dr. Psycho was first seen impersonating a child psychologist named Dr. Charles Stanton at the Adams Junior High School in Boston, Massachusetts by mentally forcing students to improve their grades, while secretly instigating conflict by controlling the minds of Wonder Woman and Hermes to force them to fight and destroy all the people in Boston as his criminal masterpiece. His control was interrupted after being discovered by Helen Andersen who was trying to investigate the secret to the recent success in student grades, before knocking her out and holding her hostage. He used his mental powers to torture Helen by putting nightmares into the mind of her unborn child to drive her insane and kill her along with her baby, but was stopped by Wonder Woman who managed to find Doctor Psycho by reading the memories of Vanessa Kapatelis, a close friend of Wonder Woman who had been affected by Dr. Psycho’s mind control. He was knocked out after trying to hypnotize Wonder Woman by pretending to be Dr. Stanton.
He somehow managed to escape after being knocked out and was later seen using his powers to kidnap and imprison Julia Kapatelis under orders from the witch Circe before warning her that a traitor was in her midst.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Telepathy: Dr. Psycho is a potent telepath which grants him ability to warp the perceived realities of those around him, mentally dominate others to suit his whims, and can create vivid hallucinations. According to Diana Prince, he is ranked as one of the Earth’s most powerful telepaths. His mind is powerful enough to overcome psychic inhibitors with enough effort. He even managed to overcome and control the mind of an inexperienced Saturn Girl whose mental might has been said to be equal to that of Martian Manhunter.
- Mind Control
- Illusion Casting: Dr. Psycho can create powerful illusions that are influential enough to damage or kill others.
- Ectokinesis: Dr. Psycho can draw ectoplasm into the physical world, which he he can shape into various beings and disguises. He was able to conjure a powerful disguise of Wonder Woman to defeat Donna Troy in combat.
Abilities
- Psychiatry: Edgar Cizko is trained in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He has a particular talent for taking an opponent’s fears and inhibitions and turning them against them.
- Hypnosis: Edgar Cizko is a masterful hypnotist and can use this gift on a nearly superhuman level.
The true origin of the First Born is a secret held by the Gods of Olympus. According to them, the First Born was the very first child of Zeus and Hera. On the day of his birth, a prophecy was recited that some day he would sit upon the throne of his father with the rest of the family as corpses around him. To prevent this from coming to pass, Zeus ordered a witch to kill the baby. Hera pleaded with the witch for mercy and instead she left the the baby in a velt in Africa, to fend for itself.
Using its nascent power, he commandeered a pack of hyenas to bring it food. He grew to adulthood, and became strong. He eventually grew into a giant man and learned of his heritage. He sired a army of Human-Hyena hybrids to take control of countless civilizations and slew a dragon to gain special armor. He eventually tried to take over Olympus only for Poseidon to wipe out his army with a tidal wave and Zeus to bury him beneath the Earth. His armies were then taken by Hades.
Thousands of years later, after the disappearance of his father he broke free of the Earth’s crust in Antarctica and was greeted by his half sister Cassandraand her group of scientists. He ate one of the scientists brains to learn modern English, then lets her join him in his goal of taking over Olympus.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
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- Immortality
- Animal Empathy: He could control hyenas as a baby to bring him food.
- Superhuman Strength: He has claimed that his fists are capable of leveling mountains. he has also fought toe to toe with Wonder Woman and pried open a boom tube.
- Invulnerability: He was able to crawl though the Earth’s crust despite the heat and pressure. He was also able to withstand the full power of Apollo (the sun god) although he was horribly burnt as a result.
- Accelerated Healing
- Energy Absorption: After being burnt by Apollo he was able to dismember veins from his body to use as tentacles that drain life.
- Linguistic Assimilation: He can learn a language by eating someone’s brain.
Veronica Cale was a pharmaceutical tycoon, master manipulator and bio-engineer with a triple PHD from Harvard. She later became president of Oolong Island.Veronica Cale is a billionaire industrialist who harbors a deep-seated hatred of Diana Prince. The reason for this hatred? Ms. Cale resents Wonder Woman’s power and asserts that the Amazon goddess makes success in the world of men look far too easy.Considering herself the real woman wonder, she grew jealous of Wonder Woman, who, she felt, never had to work for her gifts. She disliked everything about the princess. She set out to tarnish her reputation, and was not too concerned about money to do so. With the publication of Reflections, a study of Amazon philosophy, Cale started her campaign from the shadows. Using companies and straw-men, she used selected quotations from the book to spin the media against her.
Powers and Abilities
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect
- Business Management
- Leadership
- Science
Hades is the God of the Underworld that bears his name. He has few concerns for the mortal world, focusing instead on shepherding the dead. When Athena established her domain over Olympus after usurping her father Zeus, Hades led the rebellion consisting of himself, Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares against Athena when she sent Wonder Woman to his realm to retrieve Hermes. At the climax of the fight against Wonder Woman, Ares prevented Hades from killing her and murdered him to take his power and position as King of the Underworld.Hades has fought Diana many times over the years, and they have established a strange dynamic. The beauty of incorporating a villain like Hades into the equation is that (despite the sheer amount of evil associated with the character) he is not always considered a bad guy.
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Phantom Vision: Hades can see ghosts, spirits, or invisible beings
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Azor Ahai is a legendary figure in the faith of R’hllor, the Lord of Light. Thousands of years ago, he forged the sword Lightbringer which he used to defeat the darkness of the Great Other. This came at a price, however, as in order to unleash the sword’s true powers he had to plunge it into the heart of his loving wife, Nissa Nissa. A prophecy foretells that he will be reborn as 
Nissa Nissa was the wife of the legendary hero Azor Ahai. In order to unleash the powers of the sword Lightbringer so that he could defeat the darkness of the Great Other, he had to sacrifice her by plunging it into her heart.
The Children of the Forest are a mysterious non-human race that were reportedly the original inhabitants of the continent of Westeros. They were already living in Westeros when the First Men migrated to the continent, 12,000 years before Robert’s Rebellion.
The three-eyed raven was the last Greenseer, a human living among the last of the Children of the Forest beyond the Wall. Under the guise of a three-eyed raven, he appears in Bran Stark’s vision-dreams, following his fall and injury, prompting his quest beyond the Wall and guiding him to the cave in which his real human body resides. There, Bran is trained in the magic of Greensight by the three-eyed raven.
