Patty Jenkins returns to direct this action adventure sequel with Gal Gadot reprising her role as the eponymous DC Comics superheroine. In 1984, Amazon princess Diana (Gadot/Lilly Aspell) is working as an anthropologist at the Smithsonian Institute when she learns of a businessman, Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), with the power to make wishes come true. While Diana uses Lord's Dreamstone to resurrect the spirit of Steve Trevor (Chris Pine), archaeologist Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig), who envies her co-worker Diana, is transformed into the ferocious Cheetah, who joins forces with Lord to defeat Wonder Woman.