Wonder Woman begins on Diana Prince's home island of Themyscira and later moves to a Europe torn apart by World War I. For the sequel, Jenkins suggested bringing the superhero across the pond. "The story will take place in the U.S., which I think is right," the director told Entertainment Weekly during an interview in June 2017. "She's Wonder Woman. She's got to come to America. It's time." A month later, ScreenRant reported that the sequel will be a period piece rather than set in modern times. In the screenplay developed by Jenkins and DC Entertainment's Geoff Johns, Diana will apparently face off against the Soviet Union during "the closing days of the Cold War" in the 1980s.
While sitting down with Variety in November, Jenkins further elaborated on the broad strokes of the movie. Not only will it bring Wonder Woman to a deeper, perhaps slightly darker place, but she also hinted at another great "love story":
"It's really still going to other values of hers, and a similar formula insofar as making a great, enjoyable fun movie but that ultimately in its third act turns some very big issues, and a very big experience that will aim to have slightly more weight and profundity than it has to have. Because that's a formula that I really like, and I like the idea of taking somebody on a very solid, great journey but that arrives at a bigger question being answered. So it's like that but because she is Wonder Woman and she's here now and she's fully developed, it's got great fun from the start and great big superhero presence from the start, and is funny and a great love story again and a couple new unbelievable characters who I'm so excited about, who are very different than were in the last movie."
