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‘Wonder Woman 2’ will be first movie made under new harassment guidelines

Less than a week after the Producers Guild of America put them in place, “Wonder Woman 2” will be the first film to officially adopt the group’s new anti-sexual harassment guidelines.

The superhero flick directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot was announced Saturday as the very first in Hollywood to implement the guidelines, which were released Friday as a means of combatting Hollywood’s headline-grabbing sexual harassment problem.

“For the multitude of producers urgently seeking guidance on how to proceed with their work while holding a firm line against harassment, we believe this document will prove invaluable,” PGA presidents Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary said in a statement.

The guidelines, which were ratified by a unanimous vote last week, come as an answer to the flood of sexual harassment and assault allegations that have been leveled against prominent Hollywood figures in the wake of claims against Harvey Weinstein that surfaced in October.

Weinstein was banned for life from the Guild that same month.

The lengthy new rules range from tips to help identify different types of sexual harassment, to mandatory training for all cast and crew members in preproduction.

Michael Douglas is accused by journalist and author Susan Braudy of masturbating in front of her during a one-on-one meeting in his New York apartment when she ran the New York office of his Stonebridge Productions in the 1980s.

Though not required, the guidelines also suggest sets appoint two cast or crew members, one male and one female, as go-to points of contact for reporting instances of harassment.

The Producer’s Guild is working with Time’s Up, a new anti-harassment initiative, and directs cast and crew to the Time’s Up legal defense fund should they need it.

“Wonder Woman 2,” meanwhile, will hit theaters in December 2019.

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