David Thewlis refuses to be an actor.
David Thewlis . He will play Ares in Wonder Woman . Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name . The film is directed by Patty Jenkins with a screenplay by Allan Heinberg ; story provided by Heinberg , Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs . In the film , American pilot Steve Trevor crashes on the island of Themyscira and tells Diana Prince about World War I , Diana leaves her home to try to stop the war and becomes Wonder Woman . Development for the film was on-going since 1996 , with Jenkins signing on to direct in 2015 . Additional filming also took place in November 2016 . Wonder Woman is the first summer tent pole superhero film directed by a woman , and Jenkins is the first woman to direct a superhero film with a female protagonist .