Gal Gadot films Wonder Woman 2 in the UK

Israeli actor Gal Gadot reprises her role of the titular superhero in the follow-up to last year’s successful feature that garnered largely positive critical reviews – the American Film Institute chose it as one of its top ten films of 2017 - and grossed more than $821m worldwide.

The first Wonder Woman was the fourth movie in the DC Extended Universe and based production in the UK while taking in further location filming in Italy and France.

As with the original, Patty Jenkins returns to direct the second film from a screenplay she developed with writers Dave Callaham and Geoff Johns. Deborah and Zack Snyder are back on board to produce the Warner Bros. feature.

The Wonder Woman follow-up is one of several major US features that are bedding into production in the UK.

The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr begins filming imminently while principal photography is underway in London on the live-action Pokemon feature Detective Pikachu.

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel is in pre-production at a major UK studio as is Artemis Fowl, Maleficent 2 and The One and Only Ivan.

The British Film Institute recently published a report illustrating the economic impact of overseas producer bringing filming to the UK: in 2017, spend on feature film inward investment projects in the UK totalled almost £1.7bn, a hefty increase of 23% on the previous year.

Wonder Woman photos via Warner Bros.