Recently, Lexi Alexander was quoted as saying that she had heard a female director has been approached by Warner Bros. for Wonder Woman and that "everybody will be very happy, including me" if the mystery filmmaker agrees to helm the 2017 release starring Gal Gadot. Regardless of the gender of whoever ends up directing, it's not going to be an easy task to bring the character to the big screen in her own solo outing. NBC's TV pilot was a dud, and while Wonder Woman will be coming off the back of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (and ahead of Zack Snyder's first Justice League movie), Warner Bros. still face what you have to imagine is a huge challenge when it comes to developing what is essentially the first female led superhero movie.
Talking to Fast Company recently, Alexander is quoted as saying the following in regards to why she would say no to Wonder Woman: "Imagine the weight on my shoulders. How many male superhero movies fail? So now, we finally get Wonder Woman with a female director; imagine if it fails. And you have no control over marketing, over budget. So without any control, you carry the f***ing weight of gender equality for both characters and women directors. No way." She makes a lot of valid points here. Green Lantern was a failure and put that character on the shelf for nine years, but superhero movies haven't gone anywhere...if Wonder Woman is a disappointment though, it may be taken as a sign that there's no room for female led superhero movies and, even more worryingly, that female directors shouldn't play a role in the genre. We're going to have to wait and see! Who do you guys think is the best choice to helm this movie?
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