Donner isn't the most popular producer with the fan boys. So this may leave her in for some more back lash, but she revealed to scifiwire at The Saturn awards that she would love it if DC gave her a crack at producing an adaptation of Wonder Woman..
"I'm campaigning to produce Wonder Woman for DC and Warners, they don't want it but I just think she's the greatest character. She's right up there, as you know, with Superman and Batman, the three of them. I want to produce Wonder Woman."
The rights are back with DC and Warner Brothers, Donner says. So Donner is making phone calls, taking meetings and telling the press she wants it.
"I've campaigned for it. I'm going to campaign some more. I want to produce Wonder Woman. Look, she's a goddess and a superhero. How great is that? I think you need to stay close to the myth but the studio I know wants to make it accessible, i.e. somewhat contemporary. I think there is a way to do it."
Apparently Donner said that she would want to cast a young up and comer so a franchise could be kicked off..
"I think so because I'd like it to grow. I think there's a lot of Wonder Woman stories that would be great to tell. I see a couple of them."
This is strange one. That line "they don't want it". Is Donner referring to DC and Warner Bros not wanting to do anything with the character, or not wanting her anywhere near it? It seems strange if its the former because DC have already announced that they would be looking at WW as one of their next big projects. Were they just telling us what we wanted to hear? Certainly since then they have made more of telling us about the prospective
Flash movie and a
Green lantern sequel than mentioning anything to do with WW.
Anyway, she seems passionate about the character so if she could get things moving I say why not. "NOOOO, she let Deadpool have swords in his arms!!" Yeah yeah, heard it all before. Lets see what she does with
First Class eh? If the script and the director(depending on who that may be)shared a certain vision for the character, I think she could do a good job. Love or hate The
X-Men movies, there is no denying their success, so maybe DC might factor that into this campaign of hers.
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