WONDER WOMAN 1984 Star Gal Gadot To Star In Spy Thriller Penned By Comic Book Writer Greg Rucka

WONDER WOMAN 1984 Star Gal Gadot To Star In Spy Thriller Penned By Comic Book Writer Greg Rucka

According to a new report doing the rounds, Wonder Woman 1984 star Gal Gadot is in talks to take on the lead role in an action/spy thriller from Skydance which is said to be similar to James Bond...

By JoshWilding - Jul 14, 2020 04:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Action
Source: Discussing Film

According to Discussing Film, Gal Gadot is in talks to take on the lead role in an upcoming untitled spy thriller from Skydance. There aren't many specifics right now, but it sounds like the plan is for this to be an action franchise for the Wonder Woman 1984 in the same vein as James Bond and Mission: Impossible (albeit with a strong female lead). 

It's said that it could be a "Spy vs. Spy" movie of some sort, and comic book writer Greg Rucka is attached to pen the screenplay. He's worked on everything from Action Comics to Stumptown, Wonder Woman, The Punisher, and Lazarus. His first film script was The Old Guard, the Charlize Theron-led blockbuster which debuted on Netflix this weekend to positive reviews.

It's going to be a busy few years for Gadot as she has Wonder Woman 1984, Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Red Notice all on the horizon. The original plan for this spy thriller was to shoot later in the summer, but that latter movie being unfinished due to COVID-19 has likely changed things. 

It certainly makes sense to give Gadot her own action franchise, though it will be interesting to see whether she has as much luck in an original property as she has playing Wonder Woman. Scarlett Johansson has tackled a number of action properties outside of Black Widow with mixed results (Ghost in the Shell and Lucy struggled to make an impact at the box office). 

Are you excited for this potential project? 

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ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 7/14/2020, 4:42 AM
Need more spy thrillers!

On a side note, I really liked Scarlett’s Lucy🤷🏽‍♂️
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/14/2020, 4:55 AM
Rucka making big moves in Hollywood, respect. Loved his Gotham Central w/ Brubaker, and his recent conversation with Marc Bernardin on how Winter/Reeves can adapt something like that for today’s climate was really interesting.
Still gotta see Old Guard.
teefurtree
teefurtree - 7/14/2020, 7:42 AM
@tmp3 - The Old Guard was really great. Seldom do you find a film about "immortals" that actually contemplates immortality slightly beyond surface level tropes (though I understand most of the story points were already established in the comic). Still, great and believable dialogue, really natural flow to the movie, all things only a good writer can do to translate the source material. Go Greg Rucka!
teefurtree
teefurtree - 7/14/2020, 7:42 AM
(Also can't wait for the sequel!)
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/14/2020, 8:30 AM
@teefurtree - Nice!
adds to ever-growing Netflix watch-list
GothamSon
GothamSon - 7/14/2020, 4:59 AM
Luc Besson's 'Anna' is far from a good movie, but Sasha Luss is in it, so there's that...




GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/14/2020, 6:10 AM
@GothamSon - I enjoyed it for what it was. She was good.
solskulldeath
solskulldeath - 7/14/2020, 9:59 AM
@GothamSon - she was my Black Widow from parallel universe!!
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 7/14/2020, 5:01 AM
Nothing against a female led spy action/thriller - I love the idea. However, whenever these properties try to market the property by comparing it to another successful franchise, it only ends up (almost) being the complete opposite, ending with audiences being divisive or calling it straight up dogsh*t. 🙄
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/14/2020, 6:14 AM
I miss The Bourne Identity days when they tried to be as REALISTIC as possible with these (I know he wasn’t a spy and spies these days ride desks, but espionage was a factor). I like the outlandishness of Bond but I also like when they’re as grounded and close to the real thing as possible.

KingKeif
KingKeif - 7/14/2020, 6:30 AM
*insert Homer drooling gif* mmmmmmm
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/14/2020, 6:52 AM
@KingKeif -
KingKeif
KingKeif - 7/14/2020, 10:11 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - You're a good man.
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 7/14/2020, 1:22 PM
@KingKeif -
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 7/14/2020, 6:33 AM
Sounds interesting. I’ll definitely check it out.

A female led spy franchise is long overdue.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 7/14/2020, 6:34 AM
I love Rucka and i love Gal.

I'm in.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 7/14/2020, 7:49 AM
“ Scarlett Johansson has tackled a number of action properties outside of Black Widow with mixed results (Ghost in the Shell and Lucy struggled to make an impact at the box office).”

Wasn’t “Lucy” a big hit? (I admit that I never saw it myself.). According to Box Office Mojo it made $458m worldwide on a budget of only $40m. For a non-adaptation, “R” rated film, that’s pretty huge.

Honestly, post-Covid, I’m not sure if Wonder Woman 84 or Black Widow are guaranteed to do better....
tmp3
tmp3 - 7/14/2020, 8:31 AM
@Chewtoy - Ghost in the Shell was a colossal bomb though
4thMaster
4thMaster - 7/14/2020, 10:11 AM
Let's get Rucka to write a Wondy film, I love his take on the character and her world.
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