Title: Whedon Signs For Wonder Woman
LoobiLou - March 17, 2005 09:41 AM (GMT)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has signed on to write and direct the movie version of Wonder Woman, Variety reported. Producer Joel Silver first confirmed that he was in talks with Whedon to helm the Warner Brothers feature film in an interview with SCI FI Wire last month.
Silver and Leonard Goldberg will produce the live-action feature, based on the DC Comics character created by William Moulton Marston. No start date has been set, the trade paper reported.
Whedon created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for seven seasons on The WB and UPN, based on his screenplay for the 1992 feature film of the same name.
Whedon also created the spinoff series Angel and penned screenplays for Toy Story and Alien: Resurrection.
He's completing post-production on Serenity, which he wrote and directed based on his canceled Fox TV series Firefly, the trade paper reported.
Silver and Leonard Goldberg will produce the live-action feature, based on the DC Comics character created by William Moulton Marston. No start date has been set, the trade paper reported.
Whedon created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for seven seasons on The WB and UPN, based on his screenplay for the 1992 feature film of the same name.
Whedon also created the spinoff series Angel and penned screenplays for Toy Story and Alien: Resurrection.
He's completing post-production on Serenity, which he wrote and directed based on his canceled Fox TV series Firefly, the trade paper reported.
laughitupfuzzball - March 17, 2005 09:57 AM (GMT)
:) Long as it doesn't interfere with any future Firefly films :lol:
melian - March 17, 2005 10:42 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (laughitupfuzzball @ Mar 17 2005, 10:57 AM) |
| :) Long as it doesn't interfere with any future Firefly films :lol: |
That was my first thought too :lol:
He has to get his priorities right :D
Hovis - March 17, 2005 11:06 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (melian @ Mar 17 2005, 11:42 AM) | ||
That was my first thought too :lol: He has to gret his priorities right :D |
:thumbsup: And my thoughts too!
But I'll be looking forward to seeing the movie. Joss knows comics, and Wonder Woman is a great character from what I recall. Not read that many comics, mainly remembering the camp but fun tv show with the lovely Lynda Carter. (I keep thinking Lynda Baron, but she was Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in 'Open All Hours'... not quite the same, huh? lol)
The other thing to look forward to of course, is the catfight between Sarah Michelle Gellar for the title role. (Charisma, please give it to Charisma!)
Andrew (HM) :upside:
LoobiLou - March 17, 2005 12:55 PM (GMT)
I think they already decided on Charisma, based entirely on the grounds that Joss Whedon looks more like Wonder Woman than Sarah does :ermm:
Bakhesh - March 17, 2005 01:43 PM (GMT)
I kinda think that all these golden age heroes are too dated these days. Although it'll probably end up being good, I'm not very interested in the Superman movie.
Same here really. It'll probably be a good job, just because Joss is involved, but I'd rather see him do a new, more modern hero. No idea why he'd rather do this than Xmen3.
That said , it could have its moments.........
Same here really. It'll probably be a good job, just because Joss is involved, but I'd rather see him do a new, more modern hero. No idea why he'd rather do this than Xmen3.
That said , it could have its moments.........
Jen - March 17, 2005 03:23 PM (GMT)
This is great news :thumbsup:
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| Whedon lassos 'Wonder' helm for Warners 17 Mar 2005 3:57am EST - By Borys Kit Joss Whedon is preparing to bring to life another formidable female character in his latest movie endeavor. The creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has signed to write and direct Wonder Woman, a live-action film adaptation of the DC Comics character for Warner Bros. Pictures. Joel Silver and Leonard Goldberg are producing. "Wonder Woman is the most iconic female heroine of our time, but in a way, no one has met her yet," Whedon said in a statement. "What I love most about icons is finding out what's behind them, exploring the price of their power. When Joel and I began discussing the character, I realized there is a woman behind the legend who is very fascinating, very uncompromising and in her own way almost vulnerable. She's someone who doesn't belong in this world, and since everyone I know feels that way about themselves, the character clicked for me." |
laughitupfuzzball - March 17, 2005 03:52 PM (GMT)
I do hope he brings Charisma on board, she would be so perfect for the role :)
prophecy girl - March 17, 2005 08:41 PM (GMT)
here here
Fangy and grrr - March 19, 2005 01:54 AM (GMT)
How about Morena Baccarin ?
TV Yank - April 3, 2005 07:56 PM (GMT)
American TV Guide (Apr 3-9) on Joss Whedon and who will play WonderWoman?
"It depends on what Morgan Freeman thinks of the script. If he's into it, the part is his."
He says he wants to write it first before thinking about casting. He admits that WW will be in her twenties and the actor will NOT be from Buffyverse. "It's a movie. Not a party for my friends."
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[He could always change his mind. --TV Yank]
"It depends on what Morgan Freeman thinks of the script. If he's into it, the part is his."
He says he wants to write it first before thinking about casting. He admits that WW will be in her twenties and the actor will NOT be from Buffyverse. "It's a movie. Not a party for my friends."
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[He could always change his mind. --TV Yank]
prophecy girl - June 25, 2005 03:08 PM (GMT)
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| Joss Whedon - About Heroines & Wonder Woman - Usatoday.com Interview From Usatoday.com - By Susan Wloszczyna - 2005-06-25th - (Buffy writer & director) Joss Whedon, the onetime boy wonder who brought TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer to vibrant life for seven seasons, is out to save comic-book legend Wonder Woman from a fate worse than those tacky star-spangled hot pants from the ’70s TV series. It’s a curse that has yanked the cape of many in her super-powered sisterhood. Namely, a crummy movie adaptation. "I said yes, because in the process of trying to say no, I thought about her character and fell in love with her," says Whedon, who will direct and is currently writing the adventure based on the lone female equal to Batman and Superman in the DC Comics universe. "She is a warrior in a world of complicity and compromise who will never lay down her sword." But will moviegoers lay down good money to watch her? We may soon find out as several films brave the genre’s pitfalls and attempt their own she-heroes this year. (Related story: In search of a serious protagonist) •The Invisible Woman in Fantastic Four, opening July 8. As the star of TV’s Dark Angel for two seasons, Jessica Alba had the cool moves and sultry pout to convince as a sci-fi vixen. Now she takes on one of the most revered of Marvel Comics’ female characters - Sue Storm, also known as the Invisible Woman. Sue is a scientist and acts as mother, sister and girlfriend to the rest of the fab Four - namely, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm (The Thing), Chris Evans as Johnny Storm (The Human Torch) and Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic). What she isn’t, says Alba, is a robotic bombshell. "She’s the backbone of the family," she explains. "She is not a (butt)-kicking girl at all." Not that she’s a wimp. "If anything, she is the strongest of the four. She can manipulate everyone else’s powers. She doesn’t need to walk around in a bikini to impress." Director Tim Story does admit the temptation was great to put Alba in her curve-hugging supersuit every chance he got. But that just wouldn’t have been true to down-to-earth Sue. "With Jessica, we don’t have to w**k to make her sexy. What we have to do is to make every other aspect of her shine - her intelligence, the maternal nature of her character." The main distinction between men and women action heroes, Story says, is one of motivation. "Males go out and start shooting people. People understand that. But with women, it’s not that easy. You’ve got to put a real package around them to explain why they are an action hero." •Domino,Nov. 23. Gorgeous teen model (Keira Knightley) with an aggressive streak craves a new kind of high and finds it as a bounty hunter. The outlandish premise might sound too good to be true. But Domino Harvey, daughter of the late British actor Laurence Harvey (the original Manchurian Candidate), is the real deal, even if the film warps the facts of her life to include a reality show featuring actors from TV’s Beverly Hills, 90210. Unconventionality reigns when it comes to relating Domino’s unique story. That includes its star’s tomboyish attire. "The minute I clamped my eyes on Keira, I threw out the wardrobe we had and let her wear her boyfriend’s jeans that she had on," says director Tony Scott (Top Gun), doing a female-driven action film for the first time. Scott says Knightley, who was a gung-ho warrior Guinevere in King Arthur, is capable of convincingly hunting down Domino’s dangerous prey. "She’s very sexy, tough and different from anything else she has done. She is this girl." •Aeon Flux, fall. Shortly after the stunning Charlize Theron won her Oscar last year for getting down and ugly as a man-killer in Monster, it was announced that she would receive $10 million to play a live-action version of MTV’s animated sci-fi assassin who leads a rebellion against an oppressive society. While most wouldn’t have a clue how to even pronounce the title of the nihilistic cultish cable series (it’s EE-on), expectations have been fueled by the high-caliber female talent behind and in front of the camera. Karyn Kusama, who beat Million Dollar Baby to the punch with 2000’s Girlfight, directs her long-awaited second feature. Gale Anne Hurd, who cut through the testosterone in The Terminator series and Aliens, co-produces. Standing alongside Theron are fellow Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Fargo) and nominee Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda). As for the plot, Paramount Pictures and the filmmakers are keeping most details undercover. In an MTV online interview done on location in Berlin, Theron insisted that there is more to Aeon than just revealing outfits and Blade Runner-style futuristic action. "Even though it’s a very physically demanding part, it doesn’t lack in the acting department," she said. "If it did, I wouldn’t be here. Aeon is pretty self-destructive, and sometimes thinks of herself as quite indestructible, and I can get into that." Both the studio and Hurd declined to be interviewed, not wanting to lump their flawed killer with other female action figures. Instead, they issued this clarifying statement: "Aeon Flux can’t be pigeonholed into easy categories - it’s a film about ideas. Director Karyn Kusama’s vision for this future universe has resulted in a film that’s unlike anything else." Their reluctance to say more speaks volumes about the risks in making and marketing a woman-led thriller. So does the treatment of Domino’s release. After the film’s first test screening, New Line Cinema suddenly pulled it from its Aug. 13 opening and moved it to a November slot. Producer Joel Silver, who helped launch such blockbuster action franchises as Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and The Matrix, knows there’s a healthy interest out there in forceful females. Consider that Carrie-Anne Moss as leather-clad Trinity in 1999’s original Matrix tested more popular with audiences than any other character, including Neo, played by star Keanu Reeves. Yet Silver has struggled for years to get a Wonder Woman movie off the ground. If anyone could make audiences care about a raven-tressed titan with bullet-deflecting bracelets, it’s the guy who pumped fresh blood into a stake-wielding high-schooler. "I hunted him down like a dog," Silver says of Whedon. "He understands the material." If only the rest of Hollywood did. Most filmmakers can’t seem to get a handle on tough women. More likely, they manhandle them, as in those recent twin comic-book disasters known as Catwoman, starring an ill-used Halle Berry, and Elektra, top-billed by a grim Jennifer Garner. Even the femme mutants in the X-Men adventures are strictly second-class misfits. The crisis in the female action genre stretches beyond the comic-book universe. Consider the cartoony capers of Angelina Jolie as video-game vixen Lara Croft, and Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz as the jiggly gigglers from Charlie’s Angels. Their idea of empowerment? Exploiting their own sexuality. As for Uma Thurman’s heartfelt avenger in the Kill Bill films, her impact was lost amid showy visuals and carnage. From The Avengers to Alias, weekly TV has always been a more nurturing arena for strong women, a series staple since the early days of the boob tube. "To me, it is kind of a no-brainer," says TV vet Whedon about converting Wonder Woman into a film. "Then I see these movies with no brains. I never thought about how innovative Buffy was. Having a female as a star shouldn’t be a new genre, but it is. I have to accept it as that." It wasn’t always so. Back in the waning days of women’s lib, a shining symbol of feminine fortitude emerged. Sigourney Weaver’s capable and captivating Ripley in 1979’s Alien as well as its first sequel, 1986’s Aliens, was on par, if not superior, to any man. She remains the gold standard. A close second: Linda Hamilton’s Sarah Connor, whose sculpted biceps far out-bulged her breasts in 1991’s Terminator 2. But where are their cinematic equals now? Certainly not all those waifish wailers who have screamed and clawed through the year’s bottomless pit of cut-price suspense thrillers and horror remakes. Given the odds, you can’t blame a few skeptics for taking a wait-and-see stance with Wonder Woman, either. "He is undertaking an endeavor that no one has done successfully," says Larry Carroll, an MTV online reporter who wrote a cautionary "open letter" to Whedon. "If he does it correctly, he can be the next Sam Raimi," the ultra-hot director of Spider-Man. "But if he blows it, we won’t see another attempt for another 20 years. It will be like what happened to pirate movies after Geena Davis starred in Cutthroat Island." What’s needed to give tough-chick flicks more credibility and appeal is an extreme makeover. A female answer to Spider-Man, which humanized the skyscraper swinger while attracting a diverse audience. And Wonder Woman just might be the one to break through. No actress is yet attached, though casting speculation includes The O.C.’s Mischa Barton and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Jessica Biel. The script will have to be complete before any name is announced. But not to worry, Whedon says. There is no rush "As Joel said, she’s been around for 60 years," he says. "She’s not going anywhere. It’s always a good time for Wonder Woman." |
Maria - June 25, 2005 05:52 PM (GMT)
Here here for Charisma. Sarah has played the warrior and heroine. She needs to move on now. If she wants to play a heroine why not make another Buffy :thumbsup:
LoobiLou - June 25, 2005 06:32 PM (GMT)
Mischa Barton as Wonder Woman :lol: They couldn't get further away if they tried :lol:
Now the actress who plays Summer in the OC could be pretty good...she dressed up as her in one of the Season one episodes and she looks just the part :)
Now the actress who plays Summer in the OC could be pretty good...she dressed up as her in one of the Season one episodes and she looks just the part :)
Maria - June 25, 2005 06:53 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (LoobiLou @ Jun 25 2005, 06:32 PM) |
| Mischa Barton as Wonder Woman :lol: They couldn't get further away if they tried :lol: Now the actress who plays Summer in the OC could be pretty good...she dressed up as her in one of the Season one episodes and she looks just the part :) |
Hearing you all talk about other programmes makes me realise I simply do not watch enough TV!
prophecy girl - July 15, 2005 08:48 AM (GMT)
Cameron Diaz Turns Down Lead Role In Whedon's 'Wonder Woman' :yahoo:
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| Apparently concerned about being typecast as a blonde bombshell, Cameron Diaz has nixed the possibility of playing Wonder Woman in Joss Whedon's big screen reworking of the DC Comics superheroine, according to the www.femalefirst.co.uk website. While Diaz proved that she could kick butt with gusto in "Charlie's Angels," she reportedly wants to take her movie career in a more serious direction. In an article in Britain's Daily Star newspaper, an unnamed source was quoted as saying that Diaz was sounded out by producers Joel Silver and Leonard Goldberg for the titular character in Whedon's new movie. Diaz turned down the opportunity, though, perhaps recalling Lynda Carter's camp cat-suit in the '70s television series. A couple of other concerns might also have swayed Diaz's decision. She has expressed a desire to settle down and have children with her beau, singer Justin Timberlake. And she's prepared to give up acting to do it. Diaz might also have had one eye on the success of other recent big-screen outings for comic-book characters. The superhero movie market is currently saturated, and there is no guarantee of success. Heroines have been particularly poorly served. Batman is back now, but the franchise crashed in 1997 when Bruce Wayne acquired Alicia Silverstone as a sidekick. More recently, both "Catwoman" and "Electra" have been financial and critical bombs. There is no shortage of sceptics who doubt whether Whedon's "Wonder Woman" project will fly high. It might be a moot point, though. The movie is still in the early script development stage, and if his "Firefly" spin-off film, "Serenity," doesn't make money, the creator of "Buffy" might be forced back to TV. Unless that happens, though, expect the name of every hot Hollywood starlet to be attached to the project. |
jamiearmour - July 15, 2005 01:44 PM (GMT)
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Cameron Diaz Turns Down Lead Role In Whedon's 'Wonder Woman' :yahoo:
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Well, I should hope so. Since the character is not a Blonde!!!!!
She was for a while in the comics (when evil Artemis kidnapped her and took her place) But that didn't last long :rolleyes: Much booty was kicked for Diana to reclaim the title.
If they turn her blonde in a movie, then I can guarantee they will lose about 80 to 90% of their core fanbase.
Comic book fanboys are vicious when their characters are messed about.
Dan Brown - July 15, 2005 02:25 PM (GMT)
I think they'll probably try to get Jessica Alba.....
laughitupfuzzball - July 15, 2005 03:09 PM (GMT)
:yahoo: thank goodness they didn't get Cameron, she would have been awful <_<
Jessica would be good although I'd prefer an unknown to make the role her own :)
Jessica would be good although I'd prefer an unknown to make the role her own :)
prophecy girl - July 15, 2005 08:12 PM (GMT)
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| I'd prefer an unknown to make the role her own |
i second that
Jae - July 16, 2005 06:49 PM (GMT)
I found this on IMDB:
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| In the BBC series "Hustle" (2004/I), Jaime Murray wore a Wonder Woman costume in one episode. Her co-star, Robert Vaughn, liked it so much that he took a copy of the episode back to Hollywood and showed it to executives. On the strength of this Jaime Murray was invited to audition for the part. |
prophecy girl - July 20, 2005 10:46 AM (GMT)
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| Carter A Wonder In Sky High Television Wonder Woman Lynda Carter told SCI FI Wire that she'd resisted all previous attempts to get her either to play or to parody the iconic character, but added that she couldn't resist when approached by makers of the SF family comedy Sky High. The film casts her as Principal Powers, who runs Sky High, a school for the children of superheroes. "I think it will really appeal to the kids that are my daughter's age, and she's 14," Carter said in an interview. "It's this idea, not unlike with Wonder Woman, where there's this secret person inside of you wanting to be discovered or wanting to go out and discover." Carter added: "I really think you feel that, especially in your early teens. There's that 'goddess' or 'god-within' feeling. So I think the story feeds on that. It's a beautiful movie, because you start off with the hero class. When these kids hit puberty, their superhero powers emerge. Some kids go to the hero class and, if they don't have very spectacular powers, they go to the sidekick class. It's hysterically funny. And I think that Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston, who play parents [of the central teen boy] in the movie, are wonderful." Carter said that, considering the success of recent comic-book-based movies, the timing may be perfect for Sky High. "I don't know what it is, but there must be this collective consciousness," Carter said. "I don't think it's because people spy and see what's on anybody else's plates, but there are all these movies coming out now about superheroes. You've got Fantastic Four, Batman Begins and all these superhero things. I think it's great." Sky High opens July 29. |
prophecy girl - July 21, 2005 11:35 AM (GMT)
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| Carter Open To Wonder Cameo Lynda Carter, who played Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in the 1970s television series Wonder Woman, told SCI FI Wire that she'd welcome the opportunity to appear in the big-screen version to be written and directed by Joss Whedon. "There is actually this thing on the Internet, like a sign-up campaign, that says, 'We want Lynda in Wonder Woman,'" Carter said in an interview while promoting her latest movie, the SF family comedy Sky High. "It's very cute, very sweet. I think it would be great. I'd love to do it." Carter, who has said that she'd be interested in playing Diana's/Wonder Woman's mother in the Whedon feature, added: "I just hope that the concept is one that's really about the characters themselves. And I hope they cast [Diana/Wonder Woman] as someone who's got a real heart. If they can do the movie with a heart, no matter what they do, they'll be OK." Whedon is still writing his script for Wonder Woman, but has said he would start the process this fall, after launching Serenity, the movie based on his canceled SF TV series Firefly. Carter played the superhero for three years on the hit TV show. She admitted that she has talked to Warner Brothers studio executives about how she might be a part of the new film. She hasn't talked to Whedon or producer Joel Silver, but added: "I have talked to some of the people at Warner Brothers, and I don't even know if they want to go there. They may be terrified of it. They may not want to have any nod, because of obvious comparisons, and fortunately, ... no matter what they do, there will always be a comparison." Carter said that she's willing to do a cameo. "It would depend on the role. I don't think I would be interested in doing something gratuitous, just to do it, just to say, 'Oh there's Lynda Carter.' But if there was a role in which I could kind of tie up loose ends, that would be cool." |
:ermm: :shrug:
prophecy girl - July 29, 2005 08:54 AM (GMT)
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| Bullock's "Too Old" Catfight! Lynda Carter has poured scorn on casting rumours for the forthcoming movie version of Wonder Woman. "People have talked about Sandra Bullock but she's too old and so is Catherine Zeta-Jones," Carter told Dark Horizons. "You want someone that is really fresh." Ouch. Carter, who has roles in the forthcoming Sky High and The Dukes Of Hazzard, still watches the original Wonder Woman TV series occasionally. "I think: Oh, my God, she had a great body. Where has that gone? Honey, I will NEVER fit into that suit again." |
miaw :lol:
prophecy girl - July 31, 2005 03:34 PM (GMT)
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| Joss Whedon - "Wonder Woman" Movie - Kate Beckinsale wants the role ! From Digitalspy.co.uk - By Daniel Saney - 2005-07-31st - (Buffy writer & director) Kate Beckinsale has her eye on the role of Wonder Woman in next year’s adaptation. The 1970s TV show /D.C. Comics series is being brought to the big screen by Buffy and Angel creator Joss Whedon but so far lacks a heroine. IOL.com quotes Beckinsale as saying: "I dressed up as her last Hallowe’en so it would be good to do it again." Meanwhile according to The Sun TV’s Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, told reporters in Los Angeles: "People have talked about Sandra Bullock but she’s too old, and so is Catherine Zeta-Jones. "You want someone that is really fresh. I think she should be an unknown and about 20-years-old." Other suggestions have included Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter of the Buffy stable, Katie Holmes or Jessica Biel. |
:ponder:
willowroolz - August 1, 2005 08:55 AM (GMT)
Kate Beckinsale in Wonder Woman costume? :ponder:
Works for me :thumbsup: :lol:
Works for me :thumbsup: :lol:
prophecy girl - August 5, 2005 08:36 AM (GMT)
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| Joss Whedon - Zeta-Jones, Bullock ’too old’ for "Wonder Woman" role From Iol.ie - 2005-08-5th - (Buffy writer & director) Hollywood beauties Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sandra Bullock have been dismissed as too old to play superheroine Wonder Woman in a new movie version of the TV series - by the show’s original star. Lynda Carter, who starred in the original 1970s show, would prefer to see Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon cast a young actress in the lead role rather than any established stars who have been linked with the part. She says: "It should be an unknown actress who’s about 20." The OC’s Mischa Barton and Tom Cruise’s fiancee Katie Holmes are said to be amongst Whedon’s prime candidates for his 2007 release. |
Maria - August 5, 2005 10:19 AM (GMT)
Oh I do hope it's not Katie Holmes. Who will she sleep with to get that role? :fear: ;)
Laura - August 5, 2005 08:04 PM (GMT)
Mischa Barton is way to skinny imo <_<
jamiearmour - August 5, 2005 09:42 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Maria @ Aug 5 2005, 10:19 AM) |
| Oh I do hope it's not Katie Holmes. Who will she sleep with to get that role? :fear: ;) |
Don't you mean.... Who wouldn't she sleep with to get that role?
Jenette kahn, publisher of DC comics?
The corpse of William Moulton Marston to try and get "the creators" approval?
She's a completely talentless skank.
buffybot - August 18, 2005 06:53 PM (GMT)
no no no no no!!!!! neither katie holmes or Mischa Barton
That would be terrible :( i would rather have sonnia out of eastenders :whistling:
That would be terrible :( i would rather have sonnia out of eastenders :whistling:
buffybot - August 18, 2005 06:56 PM (GMT)
Sophia Bush might be good in the role
prophecy girl - September 13, 2005 08:55 AM (GMT)
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| WONDERING ABOUT WHEDON'S WONDER WOMAN? Joss talks Amazon. Plus, another unsubstantiated casting rumor! |
-> http://chud.com/news/4308
and
Joss ok with filming Wonder Woman in Sydney but acknowledges the pressure to film in Los Angeles. "That is a political question in America right now because people are fleeing Hollywood".
-> http://seven.com.au/news/topstories/106684
Bakhesh - September 13, 2005 09:08 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Maria @ Aug 5 2005, 10:19 AM) |
| Oh I do hope it's not Katie Holmes. Who will she sleep with to get that role? :fear: ;) |
Its a grim task, but I'll volunteer if it will help.
prophecy girl - September 16, 2005 08:54 AM (GMT)
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| Treating Wonder Like Batman Joss Whedon, who is writing and will direct the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, told SCI FI Wire that he wants to give the venerable franchise the Batman Begins treatment, making sure fans get what they want: the costume, the bracelets, the lasso, maybe even the invisible jet. "What's exciting is, like, Batman Begins basically really did a wonderful job explaining exactly why he was a bat and why he had everything on his costume that he did," Whedon said in an interview. "That's the joy of doing an origin story of Wonder Woman. Why does she wear the bracelets? Why does she use the lasso? Like, ... where does all that stuff come from? ... And I have answers for all of that, and it's really fun. So it's not a reinvention like, 'Oh, she's going to dress like Trinity [from The Matrix].'" Whedon is in the process of writing the script for the movie, which has yet to be cast. "I want to see Wonder Woman as I know her and see her, [and] not ... [just her] star-spangled panties. But she wears the Wonder Woman outfit, and she has the bracelets and all the accoutrements. ... The lasso and, if I can make it w**k for the plot, the invisible plane. I have a take on it that I think is cool. It's just I'm structuring the plot, and I've got to find a place for it. But I think people want it, and I think I can do it without ... it being campy, believe it or not. And I respect those things. I, in fact, love them." |
Bakhesh - September 16, 2005 10:19 AM (GMT)
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| Whedon is in the process of writing the script for the movie, which has yet to be cast. "I want to see Wonder Woman as I know her and see her, [and] not ... [just her] star-spangled panties. |
I dunno. Part of me thinks this film would be very successful if it was Wonder Woman in just her star-spangled panties :drool: :drool:
prophecy girl - September 17, 2005 04:00 PM (GMT)
Joss Whedon - "Wonder Woman" Movie - A New Candidate For The Role
http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=11356
:upside:
http://www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=11356
:upside:
prophecy girl - September 20, 2005 09:02 AM (GMT)
Wonder Woman Preview - Joss Whedon Talks Script, Humor and Lynda Carter
http://actionadventure.about.com/od/news/p/aawhedonWWpre.htm
http://actionadventure.about.com/od/news/p/aawhedonWWpre.htm
prophecy girl - September 20, 2005 10:58 AM (GMT)
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| Whedon's Wonder Joss Whedon, The God of geeks, has spilled a few beans on his plans for the forthcoming big-screen version of Wonder Woman. Whedon says his movie will be an origin story in the style of, well, Batman Begins. "Why does she wear the bracelets? Why does she use the lasso? Like, where does all that stuff come from? I have answers for all of that, and it's really fun." So, does this mean Wonder Woman is going to wear a lot of black leather and brood on her origins? Apparently not. Pity. "It's not a reinvention like, 'Oh, she's going to dress like Trinity.' I want to see Wonder Woman as I know her and see her," Whedon added. We notice he's keeping very quiet about WW's silliest accessory, the invisible jet. |
:ponder:
prophecy girl - October 4, 2005 08:38 AM (GMT)
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| Dushku Wants Wonder Woman Eliza Dushku, who played the vampire slayer Faith in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told attendees at the Wizard World convention in Boston on Oct. 1 that she would love to be considered for the main role in Buffy creator Joss Whedon's next film, Wonder Woman. "I would follow that man anywhere," she said in a panel session. "He's a genius. He writes women and he gets women. It's not that I'm done with TV, but I hear Joss is doing a little movie called Wonder Woman [laughs]. I'd slap on the dukes for that." Dushku last appeared on television in the series Tru Calling, which lasted for a season and a half on Fox. Her next film will be the drama Nobel Son, in which she plays an insane-asylum escapee alongside Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Danny Devito and Peter Boyle. |
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