No Wonder Woman TV Series At This Time - It's a Case of Marvel vs. DC

No Wonder Woman TV Series At This Time - It's a Case of Marvel vs. DC

Deadline is reporting that David E. Kelley's take for a TV version of Wonder Woman is not going forward for the time being, and one of the reasons could be due to a classic Marvel vs. DC situation.

By EdGross - Jan 07, 2011 07:01 PM EST
Filed Under: Wonder Woman
Source: Deadline

According to Deadline, Kelley met with DC in September, wrote the script and actually took it to the networks this past Wednesday. Fox and ABC passed and the CW simply couldn't afford what the show would likely cost per episode.

Offers the site, "While the project was never considered a fit for Fox and was taken to the network mostly out of courtesy, the ABC pass was more politically motivated. With its empowered female lead, Wonder Woman seems well suited for for the network, but word is a potential DC-Marvel clash got in the way. ABC parent Disney acquired Marvel last year for $4 billion, and ABC and Marvel have been busy developing Marvel properties, including a Hulk series with Guillermo del Toro and David Eick and an adaptation of a Marvel female superhero, Jessica Jones, with Twilight writer Melissa Rosenberg. This left CBS and NBC in play. I hear the CBS executive team was split, while the fluid situation at NBC where new programming chief Bob Greenblatt is yet to take the reins, made it impossible to get the type of license fee that the studio was seeking in order to do the show Kelley had envisioned. So a decision was made not to go with the show at this time. The script may be taken out again in the future."

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golden123
golden123 - 1/7/2011, 8:09 PM
Yes, maybey now WW is more open for the option of a movie!
SpiderBat209
SpiderBat209 - 1/7/2011, 8:10 PM
Curse you, Misney! :P

wonderme
wonderme - 1/7/2011, 8:11 PM
I hope this means a movie insted. And isn't it always a Marvle vs DC?
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 1/7/2011, 8:16 PM
*plays world smallest violin* well isn't the best place for it either Syfy or AMC
Knightstalker
Knightstalker - 1/7/2011, 8:16 PM
Yeah, so freaking what? Just take it to another network. I'm sure there is someone out there that want's to cash in on Marvel/Disney's mistakes. I'm ABC/Disney passed on this. They probably would have put Miley Cyrus in the lead role. Those guys are idiots. I'm not usually this hateful but I really hate Disney!
Ironbat95
Ironbat95 - 1/7/2011, 8:18 PM
Wonder Woman show would be shit. Honestly, don't turn core Dc characters into live action tv-point in case Smallville. Do Blue Beatle. Do Booster Gold, even Green Arrow
robdel
robdel - 1/7/2011, 8:20 PM
What a shame. The show would have done well in the ratings and could have made lots of commercial $$$. DC always seems to lose out to Marvel. Wonder Woman is cursed.
davidcub
davidcub - 1/7/2011, 8:21 PM
Obviously it would be very bad business for Disney to have anything to do with DC characters.....IMO. But there are two pieces of info here that I rather like.

One: The CW not being able to afford it is definitely a positive if a tv series is a MUST
Two: Like you guys said, hopefully they will just have to make a movie now! With Cobie Smulders as Diana of course!



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AngelAragiel
AngelAragiel - 1/7/2011, 8:34 PM
Better. Maybe she'll get the big screen treatment instead.
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 1/7/2011, 8:46 PM
I figured Fox was going to pass.They've already got expensive shows like Fringe and Human Target and they're adding Terra Nova, which is $4 million per episode.
Shunt
Shunt - 1/7/2011, 8:49 PM
Good.. screw a TV series.. I want a Live Action Film made.. Wonder Woman needs to be made.. I thought the Wonder Wonder Animated movie was great.. I like the storyline & the violence was awesome .. i wasnt expecting such a hardcore & violent storyline for wonder woman.. i recommend anyone who hasnt seen it to go out and get it .. its worth it.. so i hope DC takes elements from that animated movie & converts in into live action..


Ethic
Ethic - 1/7/2011, 8:53 PM
I don't know how they're going to make a successful Wonder Woman show or film to be honest.
Personally i just don't see it as a promising franchise anymore, although I never have really.
I think she should be brought in within an ensemble project like the Justice League whenever they get around to that (hopefully within the decade lol)

I am interested in seeing that Jessica Jones series though seeing as Dexter's old head writer is involved and I don't know much about the character.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 1/7/2011, 8:54 PM
agreed, make the damn movie now
SFCamerica
SFCamerica - 1/7/2011, 8:54 PM
The good news is that Hulk sounds like a more definite thing. I know some of you don't want a TV series Hulk, but I'll take whatever I can get. With the production value they are putting into tv these days, I'm sure it will be good. Also, waiting for summer to roll around for my favorite genre sucks. Need something to fill the void and what better than THE HULK!! However, they probably won't be able to do any crossovers, but having cameos of Cap, Iron Man, Wolverine and others would be like dying and going to heaven! I know, Marvel doesn't own the rights to some things, but if would be F-ing awesome!!!
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 1/7/2011, 8:59 PM
So is this the end of live action Wonder Woman?I doubt we'll see a feature film.According to WB, the reason they decided to make a TV show is because they didn't want to spend $150+ million on a female driven film that may not be a success.

If they can't put a series on the air that would cost about a third of a film's budget, it's not likely they'd go forward with a movie.

Maybe they'll pitch the series to NBC again when things straighten out.They do need a hit.
SeaSerpentine
SeaSerpentine - 1/7/2011, 9:02 PM
DC is really starting to piss me off!
asavagevandal
asavagevandal - 1/7/2011, 9:08 PM
thaaaaaaaat sucks.
Shunt
Shunt - 1/7/2011, 9:11 PM
@ FukkMaturity.. they can make a successful wonder woman film.. If they can make a Thor Movie with Gods & magical power, If they can make Green lantern with aliens from other planets protecting the universe THEN they can Make Wonder Woman, a Amazon Princess from Greek Mythology..

as far as successful money wise? well i think it will definitely be a box office hit mainly because WW is popular with men because shes a hot "sex symbol" in the minds on many men,, & she is also popular with women because of the "power symbol" she represents towards females.. there arent many female lead superheros out there.. i think it would work..

Have you Watched the Wonder Woman animated Movie that came out in 09"?? its a good movie.. you might be surprised.. it could be converted into live action if put in the right hands..

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Ethic
Ethic - 1/7/2011, 9:16 PM
@ Stunt
I watched about 10minutes of it and stopped watching lol
But i'll watch the rest sometime.

And i didn't mean the story is too wild to do, I just don't foresee it being done in a way that would make any kind of impact. Especially if they go the route of tv.

But hey, I'm all up for them to take a shot and see what happens. She'd be a cool edition to the upcoming DC roster.
Shunt
Shunt - 1/7/2011, 9:21 PM
lol.. if you cut it off within ten minutes then im assuming you might not care for wonder woman that much as a character to stay interested.. if my memory services me, i thought the first ten minutes was hardcore.. the first 10 minutes kept me interested in the film.. i think i remember it starting off in a war scene where heads were being cut off, crazy violent for a wonder woman storyline..

anyways.. shes is too popular to not be made.. i mean she basically 3rd in command of the DC universe.. she has to find her way to live action
Geeksiah
Geeksiah - 1/7/2011, 9:22 PM
DC/Warner is once again hiting the Crack pipe
HarrisonBergeron
HarrisonBergeron - 1/7/2011, 9:27 PM
I think a Flash show, especially withe Michael Rosenbaum as Flash, would do great. Seeing as how CW only does super speed on SV, it has got to be a cheaper super power to depict on a TV budget.
AlReg
AlReg - 1/7/2011, 9:28 PM
Wait it seems that this was a network problem not a DC one. Either way it sucks with no tv show I hope they find a better option?
Shunt
Shunt - 1/7/2011, 9:30 PM
@ itbegins2005..
Yeah your soo right.. they did a really good job of showing the origin story.. i really liked the way they protayed the female amazonian warriors.. I liked how she went through her training & steve trevor crash-landing.. it was just a good overall story.. had violence, action packed & the comedy relief was actually really funny.. they had some truly funny moments that worked soo well that i pictured it in my mind as fitting into live action perfectly.. they had good script writers for the cartoon.. i didnt think it was gonna be as good as it turned out..

Basically .. i just wanna see wonder woman live.. she too Fn hott..
tazmaniak
tazmaniak - 1/7/2011, 9:34 PM
Here's the problem with the Wonder Woman movie.Every studio in Hollywood is following this same idea.The world doesn't want to see female driven action films.Now, that thinking comes from a 3 year stretch in the mid 2000s when a group of action films starring females came out and either flopped or were critically panned.

Charlie's Angels 2
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Catwoman
Domino
Aeon Flux
Ultraviolet
Elektra
BloodRayne

And Hollywood being Hollywood, they decided that we didn't want to see action films with female leads, as opposed to us not wanting to see poorly made female action films.So, they said they would cut back, or stop making them altogether.

In 2009 DC put out the Wonder Woman animated DVD, and because it made less than they thought it would, they came to the same conclusion and canceled the sequel, as well as the Batgirl:Year One animated movie.

So, it's not a matter of them not being able to make a great Wonder Woman movie, it's just that they don't think it will be profitable, so they don't want to risk it.
Shunt
Shunt - 1/7/2011, 9:39 PM
@ tazmaniak..

Thanks alot.. every thing you just wrote made soooo much F*cking sense that you just depressed me & shattered my dreams of seeing a live action wonder woman film.. thanks!!


JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 1/8/2011, 12:11 AM
ABC for Ms Marvel series instead yeah
HotHead
HotHead - 1/8/2011, 12:45 AM
id take thor any other ww any day of the week. mainly because he's a norse god not a greek god and im sick of the american media's recent craze for greek mythology.

the god of war sereis
clash of the titans remak and its sequels
the percy jackson and the olympians series
and finally the effort to put ww on screan
i have no personal thing against greek mythology but i do think its overated now thanks to hollywood having zero originality and its time to move to some thing we havent touched yet like norse mythology ie thor, the exeption in my opinion is marvels hercules only because he reguly encounters thor,hulk,the avengers on a dailly basis and has recently gone toe-to-toe with THE JAPENESE GOD OF EVIL AND THE DEAD AMATSU-MIKABOSHI(now thats creativity).
SFCamerica
SFCamerica - 1/8/2011, 1:11 AM
@HotHead People know far more about Greek mythology than they know about Norse mythology, that's why you see more video games and movies on the subject. How much do you really know about Norse mythology aside from Marvel's interpretation of those Gods?? Greek mythology is the more popular, widespread source of material, simple as that.

@tazmaniak by and large, more people would rather see a man as a hero rather than a female. Just like people don't want to see small, lanky dudes as heroes either. Now, of course there are exceptions, but do you want to see Topher Grace as a Medal of Honor recipient, who just returned from Vietnam, throw on a bandana and take on a crazy Sherrif, his department, and the National Guard with his bare hands? No. It's just not as believable.
HotHead
HotHead - 1/8/2011, 1:37 AM
SFCamerica@ well people should know about norse mythology because THE NAZIS BELEVIED IN THEM AND LONGE TO BRING ABOUT RAGNORACK SO THAT THEY COULD BE THE NEXT NORSE GODS!!! IF THEY REMEMBER THE HOLACOUST THEN THEY SHOULD ALSO KNOW WHY THE NAZIS CAME UP WITH THIS ARYAN RACE THING IN THE FIRST PLACE: TO CREAT A NEW PANTHEON OF NORSE GODS OUT OF THEM SELVES!!!! TH EMARVEL COMIC STORIES OF RED SKULL ARE BASED ON FACT!!!!! IF YOU THINK THERE HISTORY IS TO DARK FOR PEOPLE TO REMBER THE KKEP IN MIND IT WAS THE GREEKO-ROMAN EMPIRE THAT PERSECUDED THE FIRST CHRISTIANS AND SENT CENTURIANS TO CRUCIFY JESUS!!!! YET WE STILL HONER THEM????!!!! THEN WHY NOT NORSE MYTHOLOGY WHO ADORD BY THE NAZIS!!!!!! people should also know of norse mythology from beofulf,wow,how to train your dragen,heavy metal,jr tolkien, and preaty much any fantasy genere. plus many americnas can relate to norse mythology because of the fact the largest imigrant group to settle here was the GERMANS!!!!!! PEOPLE SHOULD ALSO ADMIRE NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY,AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY, AND POLYNESIAN MOTHYLOGY ALSO DUE TO OUR HERITAGE!!! BUT NOOOOOOOOO OLYMPIAN PANTHEON ALL THER IS BECAUSE THE FOUNDING OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION WAS IN GREECK/ROME!!!!!! GREECKO-ROMAN MYTHOLOGY IS SO OVERRATED!!!!!! READ UP PEAPLE!!!!! REMBER YOUR HERITAGE!!!!! i think alot of this olympian craze is raceist driven. because the olympians were wershiped by the founder of western civilization ie the forefather of the usa most non-german decended white americans think that hte olympians are supiorer to any other pantheon worshiped by any other ethnic group in history while still worshiping the judea-christian god of isreal. its seems like THIER THE NAZIS OF THE MADERN ARE THINKING THAT THE MYTHICAL CHARECTERS THIER ANCESTERS WORSHIPED ARE SUPIOR TO ANY OTHER MYTHICAL CHARECTER ALL OTHER CULTERS WORSHIPED. if only africans came to this country not as slaves but as free men and were treaded and considerd equily,if white americans never took lands from the natives and slaurted them, if white americans never settled on hawai. then wed bessing blockbusters about ashant,shango,native american tales, and of pele alongside perseus and kratos.
Xandera
Xandera - 1/8/2011, 2:30 AM
I don't think any of us wanted this TV series anyway... but I would have taken it over nothing....
DC has really got to get their shit together and start makin some more big screen adaptations and stop focusing on TV....


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GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 1/8/2011, 3:22 AM
WERE NOT GONNA SEE WONDER WOMAN, PERIOD. HOW MANY FRIGGN YEARS AN STILL NOTHING.
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 1/8/2011, 4:04 AM
Actually in terms of Greek mythology Marvel has something better: Hercules. His strong, funny, a bit slow in head but heroic as hell, drunkard. He has one of a kind genius sidekick (Amadeus Cho) too.

Yeah IMO, Marvel Hercules > Wonder Woman. But WW is still > female comic characters because she's more developed than the rest.
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 1/8/2011, 4:09 AM
@Hothead when there's more connection of Mikaboshi to Hercules and Ares (aka Marvel Greek camp) than Thor. Ares is the guy who thwarted Mikaboshi attack on Olympus and now Herc is the one leading the resistance. Marvel Greek Myth is a bit more versatile with two potential franchises: Hercules and Ares but now Ares is "dead" (we know what dead is in comics).
JohnTom88
JohnTom88 - 1/8/2011, 4:13 AM
@Hothead when there's more connection of Mikaboshi to Hercules and Ares (aka Marvel Greek camp) than Thor. Ares is the guy who thwarted Mikaboshi attack on Olympus and now Herc is the one leading the resistance. Marvel Greek Myth is a bit more versatile with two potential franchises: Hercules and Ares but now Ares is "dead" (we know what dead is in comics).
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