KEY POINTS

  • Dubai's Burj Khalifa lit up to celebrate the release of "Wonder Woman 1984" 
  • The superhero movie will hit theaters in the UAE Thursday
  • "Wonder Woman 1984" stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal and Kristen Wiig

World's tallest building Burj Khalifa celebrated the release of "Wonder Woman 1984" by illuminating some footage from the movie across the structure.

On Tuesday, the official Twitter handle of Burj Khalifa shared a video in which the building is lit up with images and clips from the "Wonder Woman" sequel just days before its release in the United Arab Emirates.

"Burj Khalifa lights up in celebration of the release of 'Wonder Woman 1984' in cinemas on December 17. Book your tickets now! #WW84," the caption said.

The UAE is one of the few places that will see the highly-anticipated movie release this weekend. The U.K. is the second nation to release the DC film one week before the U.S. premiere.

Gal Gadot, who plays the titular character, shared the video on her official Instagram and said she is grateful for such a great honor.

"This is unreal! #WW84 covering the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai," Gadot wrote alongside the video.

The reactions and reviews for "Wonder Woman 1984" have already begun rolling out, with several praising the movie for its epic action sequences, storyline and impeccable acting. Indie Wire, in its review, wrote that the movie is "brimming with same wonder and joy as the first film."

Empire magazine said it "not only delivers the blockbuster thrills that 2020 has been missing — even more thrilling is the feeling it leaves you with" and gave the movie four stars.

Publications like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Toronto Star, Deadline, Screen Rant, Financial Times, USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times, Evening Standard, Daily Express, Forbes, BBC, The Guardian and many more gave “Wonder Woman 1984” positive reviews and labeled it as a movie "full of hope and determination."

The superhero flick currently holds a score of 88% on review site Rotten Tomatoes.

The plot of “Wonder Woman 1984” has been kept under wraps. Apart from Gadot and Chris Pine, the film will introduce Kristen Wiig as supervillain Cheetah, while Pedro Pascal will be playing the role of Maxwell Lord.

Directed by Patty Jenkins, the movie is scheduled to release on the big screen and HBO Max on Christmas Day.

Gadot recently defended Warner Bros. for taking the movie to HBO Max, saying the team "did not have better options."

"We felt like the movie was so relevant to what's happening in the world right now that you come to a place at a certain time where you're like, 'Ok, I just want people to watch the movie,'" Gadot told Digital Spy.

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Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman) and Chris Pine (Steve Trevor) in a scene from "Wonder Woman 1984" Photo by Warner Bros/Twitter, DC/Twitter