Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) binge-watches. (Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) binge-watches. (Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.)

Georgetown is getting a bit of movie magic—or grip-induced gridlock, depending on how you want to look at it—to its main thoroughfare.

Production crews are planning to take over several blocks of Wisconsin Avenue NW on June 14 and July 1 to film “Magic Hour,” the apparent working title for the second “Wonder Woman” film.

Filming will close off the street between Volta Place and M Street NW from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and between M Street and K Street from 9:30 a.m. to midnight.

Crews are already on the scene for preparatory work, and Wisconsin Avenue between M Street and Water Street is closed to traffic today from 9:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m.

Parking restrictions are in place for a wider swath of Georgetown, including parts of P, O, Dumbarton, Potomac, and Grace streets (see below for full maps released by the production company).

The whole dance will be repeated next month. Parts of Wisconsin Avenue will again close to traffic from 6 p.m. on Sunday, June 1 to 5 a.m. the following morning.

The film’s official title was released today—Wonder Woman 1984—along with images of Chris Pine (Steve Trevor … not so dead after all?) and Gal Gadot.

The neighborhood blog Georgetown Metropolitan made some bold predictions last month about the shots they’d use:

The movie is supposedly going to be set in the 1980s. And GM’s theory is that they are going to temporarily use the former Appalachian Spring space and turn it into an 80s era shop, or the like.

The other locations include the space in front of Pinstripes (likely to use the canal view) and the space in front of the Georgetown theater. This last location might be a nod to that other film famously set in 1980s Georgetown: St. Elmo’s Fire.

At least one of them already seems to be coming true. Crews have recreated the punk fashion shop Commander Salamander at 1415 Wisconsin Avenue.

“It seems like an insidery reference. I don’t think people outside of D.C. will get it,” Georgetown Metropolitan’s Topher Mathews tells DCist. “But every city had a place a little like that. I think we all kind of remember what they were like.”

Filming is also taking place at Alexandria’s defunct Landmark Mall, according to the Washington Business Journal (a casting call went out earlier this year looking for “shoppers and tourists, punks, goths and skateboarders, bodybuilders and ‘fit exercise ladies’).

Apparently there’s also some pretty sweet vintage vehicles along for the ride.

It’s not clear if Gal Gadot will take part in the shooting around Georgetown, but she’s been spotted around the D.C. area, as have co-stars Kristen Wiig and Chris Pine (who are apparently fans of vegetarian taco joint Chaia).

Anyone trying to get a glimpse, though, is duly warned that driving around won’t be easy.

“Just pretty much don’t, unless you’re on a bike or on your feet,” Mathews says. “Cars, buses, just don’t go. I’m generally surprised that they approved this. It’s going to be ugly.”

In addition to the road closures and parking restrictions, visitors to the neighborhood might find business isn’t quite as usual.

“We may briefly ask people to pause momentarily during filming for continuity purposes,” said Cassandra McCarthy, with the locations team for Crown City Pictures, via email. She declined to confirm if the film is indeed the next “Wonder Woman.”

D.C.’s Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment did not return a request for comment.

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