Whedon to "Wonder"?

POSTED BY: gojiro
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GOJIRO

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:00 PM

Not exactly new news, but recently re-reported on Cinescape.com, for those who missed it earlier:

The Sci-Fi Wire had a chance to chat with Joel Silver this past Saturday, at WonderCon, about his "Wonder Woman" project. Silver told them he is interested in having Josh Whedon write and direct the new film version.

Silver is quoted as saying, "'Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves. It's time to do that to Wonder Woman... The idea is to try to find a way to make it, and I thought Joss has a great idea, because he understands a kind of female superhero character, and also he's great at what he does. So I'm trying to find the best way to do it. ... We're working our way through it.'"

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BARNEYT

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:38 PM

Oh I hadn't seen this, thanks for posting it!

That'd be neat! I hope it works out - I'm sure the Warchowski brothers would be able to reassure Joss about working with Joel Silver as a producer!

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CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:30 PM

So who's this "Josh" they're thinking of?

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ZEEK

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:02 PM

I'm worried that the movie would be overlooked as yet another comicbook that hollywood is trying to cash in on. Even if Joss does something great with it, will people show up at the theaters?

JAHZARA

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:43 PM

TV Guide's been covering it since December.

1st article:

http://tvguide.com/search/editorial/article.asp?keyword=wonder%20woman
&articleId=101553

2nd article:

http://tvguide.com/search/editorial/article.asp?keyword=wonder%20woman
&articleId=98298

I say, if it has to be done, let Josh() do it.

In one article, they throw Sarah Michelle Gellar's(ugh) hat into the ring. In the latest, they put forth Kim Basinger(ew) and Jessica Biel(scream!)

I think, Zeek, that if Joss makes it, people will come. They always have. Just not...a lot of them.
Seriously, coming off of the Buffy franchise, people will definitely come.

AURAPTOR

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:48 PM

Quote:
"'Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves. It's time to do that to Wonder Woman...."

That's debatable.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

THATWEIRDGIRL

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 6:27 PM

I've been following the Wonder Woman talk for years. I want it to be the best it can be. And just thinking Joss could be onboard is fantastic. There have been tons of names tossed around for a very long time.

I volunteer to be Wonder Woman if any of the actresses are busy. I even have my own costume.

www.thatweirdgirl.com
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LETOV

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jahzara:

In one article, they throw Sarah Michelle Gellar's(ugh) hat into the ring. In the latest, they put forth Kim Basinger(ew) and Jessica Biel(scream!)

Today on the radio this morning they were talking about it being down to Kim and Jessica Biel....

Frightening. Well... hmm....

Yeah. Frightening. Although, if it did come down to the two of them, I think I would almost prefer Kim just because Kim is a more mature woman who I could still imagine making it work and the younger heroine thing has been done to death recently (Buffy, Elektra, Jessica's character in Blade III). Granted, if they can be considering two actresses, one of whom is what, less than half the age of the other?, tells me that there surely can't be even much of a script yet. Still, who knows, put a good writer/director/producer on it and anything can happen.

- Leto_V

"Well, my days of not taking you
seriously are certainly coming to
a middle." - Mal

CYBERSNARK

Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:12 PM

I still wanna see Marina Sirtis do it.

Can Biel or Basinger actually even do a Greek accent?

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BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:31 PM

I would like to submit for the role of the Amazon Princess the lovely and talented Monica Belluci:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000899/

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