Wonder Woman Movie May Finally be Under Way

Ditto, but the studio head wants to helm it himself, so it might happen.

HAWK out.

I was very excited when I saw that article. Then I saw another article that was the same just about dated a year earlier:

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'Wonder Woman' Underway At Last?
by Elisabeth Rappe Apr 21st 2008 // 10:02AM

Filed under: Action, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Fandom, Scripts, Comic/Superhero/Geek

"It is no end of strange that with all the superhero movies being greenlit, one of the biggest comic book icons has languished in development hell for years. How is it that the Hulk managed to get remade before Wonder Woman landed a single movie?

We've heard it before, but she may finally be on her way. IESB.net caught up with Joel Silver at the Speed Racer press junket, and to everyone's surprise, Silver mentioned the future of the Amazon superheroine. Silver says he has two new writers working on the script -- Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, authors of the WWII Wonder Woman script that Warner Bros bought last year.

The two are writing a whole new script, shying away from any origin story, but instead one looking at her background, and her homeland of Paradise Island. I don't know, that sounds like an origin story to me. No word on what has happened to the WWII spec.

No director has been named, but apparently the project came up in discussion with the Wachowski Brothers, and Silver mentioned that Andy has an idea how to open the Wonder Woman film. He refused to comment further, so this could just be a director offering some helpful advice to two writers. Silver also says that the Wonder Woman of that embattled Justice League Mortal and this film would be completely unrelated -- no surprise there."


So, while a part of me is excited that maybe this time it's the real deal there is another part of me that is not wanting to get my hopes up too high & a bit skeptical that some unknown is going to do it. And IF it is going to happen, PLEASE LET THEM DO RIGHT BY HER!!!

I have seen in www.imdb.com that Andrew Rona is now in pre-production with sin city 2 and one other film, so he will be quite busy to start with wonder woman.

id always thought lucy lawless would be perfect but its been to long since anyone has seen her. she's prolly 300lbs or something else bad.

Betty Lucy Lawless looks better than ever! Shes in Battlestar Galactica now. But she would be a bit old to play WW now..especially in an origin type movie.

I think Joss Whedon would have made a decent stab at it, shame he had to ditch the project.

keepitreal Lena Headey is no spring chicken herself! And while shes a beautiful looking woman i think shes a bit on the thin side for WW..i mean shes an Amazon right? Height can be exaggerated slightly but whoever plays her needs the right assets!

Wow, lucy lawless IS looking good. Maybe she could play WW badass mom.

I think that figure and height would be easy to find. In my opinion, Wonder Woman needs a voice. Kind of an odd thing to say I know. People will be to busy staring at her hot bod, and not respecting the performance. So the ideal Wonder Woman needs a powerful voice, she can't be girly or butch or plain. She needs to have a strong, regal, and Feminine voice. I thought the best voice so far was the one from the Justice league Unlimited, it had it all. Well thats my opinion.

HAWK out.

U guys seemed to forget that beyonce knowles is throwing herself at that role, and despite how much u fanatics(especily u real) DONT wanna here it, she stands a good chance to get it.Im not gonna throw no fanfic opinion, i just feel that beyonce will be a hard person to say no to for any director at this point in her career.

zinext - it's easy, watch... "NO! ...HELL NO!!". I've mentioned this before, but has anyone considered Jolene Blalock for the Amazon Princess?

http://www.evoll.com/hot2002/joleneblalock.jpg

She's:

a. Beautiful...
b. Acts...
c. Can do action...

...AND, she'd be a HELLUVA' lot more believable than Beyonce! I think she would do the role justice.

There is one actress on spanish TV: Amaia Salamanca, but honestly, I wouldn't choose her.

Real - been laying low (after 'Cream-gate', don't want the IT guys to bust me!). There really hasn't been much to comment on (aside from our favorite girl, OF COURSE). Copy and paste the address below for a better pic of Jolene (to get a better idea of what I'm talking about - sorry, can't post a pic without a fansite):

http://www.evoll.com/hot2002/joleneblalock.jpg

Although she's done primarily small-scale stuff, she's best know for playing Sub-commander T'Pol in the Star Trek series 'Enterprise'.

I know it's been slow on the fan site huh. Merinator has been keeping me company, cool =:)

Keeping your nose clean at work huh..those damn IT guys.

I wish I could post pictures too.

Best believe it I KEEP IT VERY REAL, no doubt. There aint no "so called" anything about it. If your delicate sensibilites got hurt that's all on you.

I am keeping it very real by wanting Wonder Woman the way she was created. The way they have shown her in the comics, on tv, even the failed movie of '74 with Kathy Lee Crosby. She was white and SHE was considered UNIDENTIFIABLE so that would go DOUBLE for Beyonce. So how am I not keeping it real? Im sure not going to SELL OUT and give it to BEYONCE. That's my opinion and if you dont like it oh well.

I noticed that while I was not the only one to REJECT Beyonce I am the only one you are attacking. So it makes me think theres alot more to all this.

I dont know why the hostility. If you dont like my opinions say so. But I talk to people with respect.

You say the live action film will be on a different basis yet Wonder Woman is Wonder Woman, how much different could it be? YOu talk down to me like you know it all yet if you did you would know they have also considered keeping Megan Gale on as the role of Wonder Woman as a spin off from Justice League.

As for my OPINIONS for rejecting Beyonce I also had same reasons for rejecting other hopefuls as well yet she is the only rejection that offended you. Why is that? So typical.

Dont worry about my rain, yours is the drought that you need to worry about while you wait for Beyonce to be Wonder Woman.

Why does Beyonce stand such a strong chance? Because she is the most popular at the moment? Because she has Jay Z in her corner to buy their way in? What does she have to recommend her to the fans to be Wonder WOman when you have others who are vastly more qualified? Her background is singing and dancing and her acting is questionable. She doesnt look like wonder woman nor does she get WW so really why should she be considered? In what way does Beyonce relate to Wonder Woman? I am sure they are humoring her and hearing Beyonce out because she does have money and they would be stupid to offend her with a straight no, but really... I see them stringing her along. Using her name to hype things up.

I dont have to "face it" about her being a powerplay in the entertainment because quite frankly there are others who are better than her and you are just her fan pleading her case. But like you said, your opinions, my opinions...till the official word it out...

I'm not phased by it, it's all good. Your predicions? you could also predict that lil' green aliens will land on the White house...let me know how that works out.

Dont try to make it societies fault with that:

"how many black super woman are out there??? really??? if a black girl wants to play a superhero how many options to they really have???"

So now it's our fault? This is your answer to the "lack" of black super heros? Take a white one? Why arent black people making their own superheros in addition to the ones already out there if there is such a lack of "representation"? So for that we should be bullied into giving it to Beyonce? PRessured unfairly to be PC and appease the black girls? How insulting for you and me! To say black girls couldnt get it any other way than like that. Would black people be so generous in doing the same if the sitution were reversed? Would you be so accomadationg in making the Black Panther white and played by Ryan Reynolds?

You have plenty of options available. You have Storm, Vixen, Misty Knight, Captain Marvel/Photon/Pulsar, Nu'bia etc.. common, dont start with the boo-hoo now. If they are not good enough why not have the initiative and the PRIDE to start your own superhero that black girls can relate too and represent them? You dont just commodere another super hero that is already an established icon.

No, I dont get what you're saying because there are many other black superheros she can go after but wont because they are not "popular" or lacks what it takes to make them her own. Little does she know if she were smart, she could breath life into anyone of the other black super heros and go down as the first Vixen etc.. & really make it hers so that SHE would be used as the standards to go by like lynda Carter did for Wonder Woman.

She wants the spotlight nothing more, nothing less. If it wasnt Wonder Woman and they said they were doing someone else she would want it too if everyone else coveted it as well. The same way she wanted Lois Lane in Superman Returns. A spade is a spade. Call it like it is. KEEP IT REAL.

...and by the looks of that pic I'm not the only one!

TO: Moraghan... niiice picture! Where did you get it? & how do you post it in the comments? Really good picture of Angelina Jolie!

Angelina is good and all but she is so overexposed IMHO. She looks really good in that picture but she has already been cast as Lara Croft and it's how most people associate her in terms of comics. And she also did Wanted, another super hero comic so she is a little tapped out in my opinion. She is also only 5'8 (1.73m)

Like Merinator says:

"the problem here is psychology: if I see Angelina Jolie I am thinking of her in "Tomb Raider terms", a hottie who kicks asses and is quite nervy/cocky.(IMHO0"

"when someone plays an "iconic" role, they (and we too) type-cast the actor in question."

To: Merinator... lo dijistes perfectamente. Por eso yo no pienso que deben escojer una cualquiera. Tienes que ser alguien que no es tan conocida pero si tienes la experencia para actuar.

They need to set the standard high. They need to be sure they have the right actress to play Wonder Woman that can bring Wonder Woman to life on the big screen. They need to be sure they asert the right amount of realism along with the mythological aspects of Wonder Woman. They need to find that balance. It can be done with the right screen writer which is why I am a little leary of this new unkown writer about to take on the movie. Hopefully, he will do well, and the director etc ect...

I hope that they film in America. It is Wonder Woman adopted home and she wears our colors with our eagle on her uniform so to speak.

Megan Gale is a perfect pick imo. She looks exactly like I imagine WW and if her acting is great, then its wonderful. Now as to Megan Fox as WW, NO! Everyone thinks she is hot, but A, she is too small, and B, she cant act.

To: Gordonious..

Megan Gale, so far, has been slotted to play the role of WOnder WOman in Justice League.

The animated movie (how can I say it delicately?) sucked. It was awful & inaccurate. As a true Wonder Woman fan I couldnt help but notice how many errors and inconsistencies there were. I can go on and on but if you look at the other Wonder Woman thread you could see my posts on the many failures they had with the movie. I love WOnder WOman but that movie was not it.

To KeepItReal, the picture is from Wonder Woman issue 213...