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This piece originally ran in July of 2017.
We are republishing it on the occasion ofWonder Woman 1984sChristmas Daypremiere onHBO Max.
The film was to be set during World War I, but she didnt show him a battlefield photo.
And she said, I really like this colored-smoke thing.
And I thought,Huh, I wonder what that means.
As Jensen puts it, She was really interested incolorin this movie.
Her native, utopian island of Themyscira is all azure skies, verdant fields, and crystal waters.
The London she visits is one filled with burgundy wood, striking costumes, and myriad skin tones.
Its a great leap forward for the DCEU.
Much of that leap began with Jenkinss desire to bring the past into the present.
That said, they did use century-old reference points for inspiration just not black-and-white photos.
But they also looked to more recent artwork in the form of Wonder Woman comics.
Studios these days are concerned with building brand consistency for their franchises (e.g.
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They really left us alone, Jensen says.
There was never any direct conversation about other DC films.
I think we were very free to make our own movie.
Plus, they didnt want to do it as pure CGI.
One problem, though: Its on sand.
In defiance of the odds and the elements, they got the shot.
That was largely the result of a single line in the screenplay.
Thus came a vision of Englands great city that was devoid of nostalgia.
The movie, essentially, was a road movie, he says.
So we never settled into one set for a great period of time.
I wanted to ensure we fit into the DC universe, he says.
