Wonder Woman ll: A New Beginning Movie

Wonder Woman ll: A New Beginning is a 2022 American animated superhero film and part of The DC Bruce Timm Fanon-Verse. It is the sequel to Wonder Woman: Daughter of Zeus (2017). Set in 1984 during the Cold War, the film follows Diana and her love Steve Trevor as they face off against Maxwell Lord, Dr. Psycho, and Cheetah.

### Plot

As a young child, Diana participates in an athletic competition on Themyscira against adult Amazons. After being knocked off her horse, Diana takes a shortcut and remounts but misses a checkpoint. Antiope removes her from the race for cheating, explaining anything worthwhile must be obtained honestly, while her mother Hippolyta advises her to be patient in her pursuit of glory and honor.

### 1984

In 1984, Diana is working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., while secretly performing heroic deeds as Wonder Woman and defeated criminals. New museum employee Barbara Minerva, a shy geologist and cryptozoologist, has trouble getting noticed by her co-workers, but quickly finds a friend in Diana.

### The Dreamstone

After the FBI asks the museum to identify stolen antiquities from a robbery that Wonder Woman recently foiled, Barbara and Diana notice one of the artifacts, later identified as the Dreamstone, has a Latin inscription claiming to grant the holder one wish.

### Dr. Psycho

Edgar Cizko, who is a scientist, who studies The Dreamstone and wished that he have Telepathy and The Dreamstone granted and give him powers, now Edgar became a villain known as Dr. Psycho.

### The Wish

Neither openly takes the inscription seriously, but Barbara wishes to become like Diana and unintentionally acquires the same superpowers, while Diana returns home to see her love, Steve Trever.

### Maxwell Lord

Failing businessman Maxwell "Max Lord" Lorenzano steals the Dreamstone, hoping to use its power to save his nearly bankrupt oil company. His wish is to "become" the stone and gain its wish-granting powers so whenever he grants someone else's desire, he can take what he wants from the wisher, resulting in worldwide chaos, destruction, and instability. Psycho arrived and propose to Lord to team up and Maxwell accepts.

### The Legend of The Dreamstone

Diana discovers that the Dreamstone was created by Dolos/Mendacius, The God of Lies, also known as the Duke of Deception. It grants a user's wish but exacts an equally strong toll unless they renounce the wish or destroy the stone. Although Diana's powers and Barbara's humanity begin to diminish, neither is willing to renounce their wish.

### The Chase

Max Lord and Psycho traveled to Egypt, intending to use his new Dreamstone ability to grant a wish for Emir Said Bin Abydos and take his oil fields in exchange, greatly expanding his success with Black Gold Cooperative. The emir's wish was to regain control of his Bialyan ancestral lands, which Max granted, causing a forty-foot tall divine wall to erupt from the earth, enclosing the lands near Cairo.

When Max told the Emir he would take his oil in exchange, the Emir laughed in his face, informing him that he'd already sold his oil to the Saudis. Max took the Emir's security detail instead, and headed toward Cairo.

Meanwhile, Steve Trevor and Diana Prince had arrived in Cairo to stop Max from using the powers of the Dreamstone. They headed toward the emir's palace in a taxi, but passed Max and his new security detail on the way. They purchased their taxi from the driver, let him out, and gave chase.

Diana tried to stop Max Lord but Psycho attacks her and forced her to save a group of children or stop them. Diana saved the children as Max Lord and Psycho escaped.

### Whitehouse Fight

Max and Psycho visits the U.S. President at the White House, who wishes for more nuclear missiles to use against the Soviets, which brings the world to the brink of nuclear war. Max also learns of a new and secret satellite system that can broadcast to anyone in the world. Since his powers are causing his body to deteriorate, he plans to grant wishes globally to steal strength and life force from the viewers and regain his health. Diana and Steve confront him, but Barbara betrays Diana and overpowers her, escaping with Max and Psycho on Marine One.

### Fighting The Cheetah

Steve ask Diana to stop Max and Psycho for good as he tried to calm the people down. Diana restoring her to full strength. Donning the armor of Asteria, the greatest of all Amazon warriors, Diana flies to the satellite headquarters and again battles Barbara, who has transformed into a humanoid cheetah after wishing to become an apex predator. After a brutal fight that ends in a lake, Diana uses an electric shock to overcome Barbara, then pulls her out of the water.

### Defeating Dr. Psycho

Diana almost to confront Max but gets attacked by Dr. Psycho, Diana pleads Psycho to stop this but he didn't listen. Diana used the suit to trip Psycho on the floor but the mad man got up and tried to mind control Diana but she fights back and defeated him.

### Stopping Max Lord

Diana confronts Max and uses her Lasso of Truth to communicate with the world through him, persuading everyone to renounce their wish. She then shows Max visions of his unhappy childhood and of his son, Alistair, who is frantically searching for his father amid the chaos. Realizing the error of his ways, Max renounces his wish and reunites with Alistair, and Barbara returns to normal. Psycho was taken to prison for his crimes.

### Winter Time

Sometime later in winter, Diana and Steve walk to a Christmas Tree and share a kiss together, hoping a new year will come.

### The Mid Credit Scene

Asteria is revealed to be secretly living among humans as she helped them and walk off.

### The Post Credit Scene

Psycho is still in prison but feeling his powers are restoring and smiled sinisterly and hoping to get revenge on Diana soon.

### Cast:

* **Susan Eisenberg** as the voice of **Diana Prince/ Wonder Woman.**
* **Chris Evens** as the voice of **Steve Trevor.**
* **Susan Eisenberg** as the voice of **Hippolyta.**
* **Tara Strong** as the voice of **Barbara Minerva/Cheetah.**
* **Alfred Molina** as the voice of **Maxwell Lord.**
* **Tony Hall** as the voice of **Edgar Cizko/Dr. Psycho.**
* **Andrea Libman** as the voice of **Antiope.**
* **Nicole Oliver** as the voice of **Asteria.**