And so it allows for a wonderful ability to have some satirical moments. We just talked about the World War I aspect, but she's also coming to London where women have won the vote politically but are still not allowed in the hallowed government halls, are not part of the shaping of the government or the shaping of the laws. And, you know, there's some sobering things about it. Steve Trevor is a fish out of water in Themyscira and Diana is completely a fish out of water when she goes to Man's World. … I would say that the tone of Wonder Woman is certainly action/adventure, but also has got some really wonderful funny, witty opportunities of fish out of water. ![]() And as long as we can get there, and we all talk very collaboratively, it's really great to have somebody who's talented and comes up with a different point of view. We create sort of a road map, but the road map really has destination points in it and it allows for somebody like Patty or James Wan or David Ayer to come in and say, well, that's great, we understand that we need to get to this point, but I don't want to take that route, I want to take a different route. IGN: Coming off of BvS, do you have room to play with the tone of the solo film? Roven: I think that's one of the exciting things with working with all these varied talented writers and directors. So we wanted to make sure that she is mysterious, but not so mysterious that she's off-putting, but mysterious where she's engaged you and you want to go, who's this woman? Hopefully by the end of the film, you're going, I really want to know more about her. And that gateway starts with Wonder Woman. But at the same time, we wanted to make sure that we were also using the film as a gateway for the Justice League characters. But in terms of making Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, we wanted to make sure that, on the one hand, you had these two amazing icons and clearly and interestingly explained why these two guys … would end up having conflict with each other. Obviously that's the big goal in terms of Wonder Woman. IGN: Can we talk about the challenges of debuting Wonder Woman in Batman vs Superman, knowing that you were then going to give her her own film shortly thereafter? Roven: Obviously we had the goal of making our character very compelling and interesting and exciting, and hopefully making you engage with the character so that you would want more. And those images of no man's land and the trenches and fighting for years against an enemy that you really don't see, who's a hundred, two hundred yards next to you, but you never see their face, we just wanted those images in the movie because we thought that it would be very, very symbolic to her. And it ceased to be what I would call an “honorable war.” And so we wanted that culture shock. You were killing people - whether it was through guns, through rifles, through mortars, through bombs, through gas attacks - that you didn't even know, that you never looked into their eyes. There's a lot of contact, and World War I was the first war where that changed, where it became more remote. They're used to one on one combat, or even if it's armies fighting each other, ultimately that great legacy of fighting hand to hand. And even though they haven't had any war on Themyscira, they're used to fighting being an honorable thing. But they're always training and they're warriors, and there's great pride to their abilities, their fighting abilities, etc. But at some point, they were enslaved by mankind and they had to break their shackles, which is why they wear the bracelets, as symbols of that. And helped promote peace and goodwill amongst men and mankind. Diana was raised on Themyscira with the lore, the history of the Amazons, and the Amazons, you know from the canon and the New 52, were created to be inspirations towards mankind. Can you talk a bit about that decision? Charles Roven: One of the reasons that we picked World War I was we felt that it in terms of that war and what it meant to Diana. ![]() It's not a time period we've seen a heck of a lot of in movies these days. Wonder Woman IGN: The decision to set Wonder Woman’s solo film in World War I is very interesting.
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