new Wonder Woman rumor - Kate Beckinsale in negotiations?
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UPDATED: Saturday, April 8, 2006 00:00
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Found here:
http://imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-04-04/
Kate Beckinsale has reportedly joined the race to play Wonder Woman in Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon's upcoming comic book movie. The British actress is in negotiations with Whedon, according to movie gossip website joblo.com. Insiders claim Whedon is "very happy" with Beckinsale and confirmed last week that production on his highly anticipated movie adaptation of the popular comic book series will begin filming in early September. Buffy stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter, and teen queen Lindsay Lohan have been linked to the coveted role - which was played on TV by Lynda Carter. Former hot favorite Carpenter even remarked she was putting off having a second baby in the hope of landing the dream role. She recently told a reporter, "I'd like to (have another baby) eventually, but I want Wonder Woman right now. I'm not holding my breath, but I'm crossing my fingers and toes and praying."
I do love Kate Beckinsale a lot... she's proved that she can do action flicks in the Underworld movies. But I was still hoping for a relatively unknown actress.
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Didn't this come from the April Fool's joke on JoBlo.com?
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I'm not a big Kate Beckinsale fan, but she's not a bad choice. Better than Lindsay Lohan.
But I would take IMBD news with a grain of salt. They take submissions from anyone. A while back, they announced that the new Highlander movie was going to be directed by John Woo, and star Hulk Hogan.
Not to say this is bogus, but I'll believe it when it comes from Joss, or hits the trades.
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Originally posted by evilmike:
Didn't this come from the April Fool's joke on JoBlo.com?
oh man... hahah it was an april fools joke! i guess IMDB.com fell for it?
here's a link to the joblo.com article:
http://joblo.com/index.php?id=10853
i still do love kate beckinsale though!
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it was an april fools joke--even stated so at the end of the article
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
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This was reported on Australian morning TV this morning by a hollywood reporter for morning show Sunrise, so may have some truth to it.
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They all just picked the story up from one another, and didn't do their research as thoroughly as warranted.
From Joblo.com:
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Finally, Whedon admitted that Beckinsale's biggest champion had been an Internet webmaster that he had met at an underground L.A. party a few weeks back, JoBlo from JoBlo.com, who he says kept emailing him to choose the starlet: "This guy would not let up...he kept emailing me half-naked pictures of Kate, swearing that she would be awesome as Wonder Woman." Whedon, who was so impressed with JoBlo, said that he would even take part in the site's annual April Fool's Day gag this year, which was a nice thing of him to do, especially since that's what you've been reading this entire article. That's right, every word is untrue, folks...gotta love the Internet!
My, won't their faces be red. (Except that they'll just steam on past, probably won't bother with any retractions, and count on people to forget it all.)
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Well at least is has everyone talking about the movie and that has got to be good for Joss
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Here is JoBlo responce to IMDB
http://joblo.com/index.php?id=10890
http://www.galacticastation.com
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