New revelations from the makers of the Wonder Woman film have explained why the superhero is so powerful.
There is also really bad news about the Greek gods.
We know that Ares is the main villain of the film, but it turns out that he has killed most of the other gods, including the mighty Zeus. The king of the Gods, however, left a weapon that would defeat his enemy – and it is not the sword we saw in the trailer, it is a person.
Guess who?
The director Patty Jenkins and the film makers have told journalists the incredible back story that links this incarnation of Wonder Woman more closely with the New 52 DC comic storyline.
In every version, Diana is the daughter of Hippolyta but all the film material so far has avoided discussion of her father.
Now we know, finally, that it is Zeus and Wonder Woman in a demi-god.
Before he was killed, Zeus protected the Amazons and locked Themyscira away from the God of War.
The latest trailer showed Hippolyta revealing a huge sword that we are led to believe is the only way of killing Ares. We are also shown Wonder Woman wielding her iconic cuffs and lassoo.
Now, though, it has been revealed that her actual power comes from within, not from these weapons.
The film makers connfirmed: “She (Wonder Woman) is the weapon that can kill Ares, not the sword. She doesn’t know her destiny, but there’s a growing warrior spirit inside of her.”
That huge blast we saw in the last Wonder Woman trailer was incredibly similar to the one that was generated when she faced Doomsday in Batman V Superman. It appears that her gauntlets did not generate the explosive power, but merely focussed her own divine powers.
We can’t wait to see more when the film finally arrives.
Wonder Woman is out on June 2
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