In an interview, Patty Jenkins revealed what was behind the “creative differences” between her and Marvel Studios on “Thor: The Dark Kingdom”.
Despite the global corona pandemic, which is currently at an all-time high in many places, and countless closed cinemas, “Wonder Woman 1984” had a successful theatrical release with box office earnings of 85 million US dollars on the opening weekend around the Christmas holidays.
This is especially a success for director Patty Jenkins and at the same time proof that if you give her full control over a film, she is able to deliver a hit. She receives this full creative control at Warner Bros., where the 49-year-old is now and after the departure of Zack Snyder, one of the driving forces behind the DC universe. Work on “Wonder Woman 3” has already started, as the studio officially announced last, while the filmmaker is working on a spin-off series about the Amazons.
With “Monster” Patty Jenkins proved her keen eye for human abysses and women who do not correspond to the clichés. You can stream the film on Amazon
She probably didn’t have this form of independence in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). She should have been the first female filmmaker in the MCU to be responsible for the film “Thor: The Dark Kingdom”. Due to creative differences, however, they parted ways here. In retrospect, a stroke of luck for Jenkins, who was able to deliver one of the best DC films so far in 2017 with “Wonder Woman”. In the podcast WTF with Marc Maron she now reveals why she finally had to decline the generous offer:
“The word got around that I wanted to make a superhero film and – you have to credit Marvel for that – they hired me, even though it was a film that you didn’t necessarily have to hire a woman. Even if it didn’t work out in the end, I’ll always be grateful for it. They wanted to make a story that I knew wouldn’t work. And I knew I couldn’t be. It shouldn’t be me who was responsible for that. If they had hired a guy for the job, it wouldn’t be a big deal. But I knew deep down that I was not able to shape the good film from this story that they wanted. “
“Wonder Woman 1984” is just the beginning; 2022 will be the year of DC films:
