It's Official: Patty Jenkins Will Direct "Wonder Woman" Sequel

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It's Official: Patty Jenkins Will Direct "Wonder Woman" Sequel
The follow-up will also reportedly take place during the Cold War with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman once again.
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It's Official: Patty Jenkins Will Direct "Wonder Woman" Sequel

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It's Official: Patty Jenkins Will Direct "Wonder Woman" Sequel

The follow-up will also reportedly take place during the Cold War with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman once again.

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“Today, as he is facing domestic political disaster in this year’s elections, our wildly unpopular U.S. president has started that war himself,” the MS NOW host said.

"Congress must use all available power to prevent him from further committing us to this conflict," the former vice president said.

“The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice," the Afghanistan War veteran and former transportation secretary said.

In a shocking move, the state’s Department of Health utilized its “11th hour” emergency rule just one day ahead of a lawsuit hearing.

LGBTQ+ stories deserve to betold.

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“These and other changes that scouting America’s leadership committed to,” the Defense Secretary said in a grievance-filled video.

The far-right influencer for months accused the CEO of Turning Point USA of being involved in her husband, Charlie Kirk's, murder.

Radko Gudas made the remark while representing Czechia in Milan.

The California governor urged Democrats to be more "culturally normal."

“This legislation is a direct attack on the dignity and humanity of transgender Kansans,” Monica Bennett, ACLU of Kansas legal director, said.

MAGA Republican Lauren Boebert's son Tyler Boebert, 20, was cited over the weekend for child abuse without injury.