Joss won't be making 'Wonder Woman'
POSTED BY: TDBrown
UPDATED: Monday, February 19, 2007 07:53
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Asarian, thanks for saying that. I agree. We want Joss to be seen as the "it-man" in Hollywood with makin' the big, blockbuster hits. If "Wonder Woman" would have become a big success, then he'd have less trouble getting more backing to get the BDS on the big screen.
As much as I love, love, LOVE my captain and all the crew of Serenity, we've got to face facts: much as we all love the BDM, it didn't do so well bringing people into the theatres. DVD sales are one thing, box office, however, is the main thing for the muckety-mucks at studios who can hand out the big go-ahead to get Serenity flying again.
If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.
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Here's where it helps....Wonder Woman would have consumed Joss's mind for the next year and a half. In this time, the cast is going to be moving on beyond the point of signing back up for another go at a Serenity movie. Think about it, if Wonder Woman came out summer 08, that means Serenity 2 wouldn't be released until potentially four years after the first film ( a long gap by today's standards where the 3 year gap for spider-man and batman has been called excessive) and a whopping SEVEN years after the show first aired. If this thing is going to happen, which we all hope it does, it will probably happen in the next half year (the announcement, that is) after that, hope for future adventures is going to turn into bittersweet nostalgia in a hurry......
"this ship will be with you 'til the day you die"
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Yah, I agree with Asarian and KayleeGirl. The more positive exposure Joss gets the more positive exposure our BDS gets.
But on the positive side, he will have time to spend on F/S...we'll have to see how it pans out and we've never got down before :)
If you can't walk, crawl, if you can't crawl...
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Yep. There goes the Wonder Woman movie (and the chance of Joss PLAYING wonder woman 
would of made things easier...)
I feel Joss would have made an excellent script for a DC character who's kind of run-of-the-mill/stuck in a niche.
That, and he could write ass-kicking females awfully well 
So goodbye Wonder Woman, hello "Serenity Returns!"evil:
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TRAIN!!!
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*in his best Hector Barbossa voice* Gents, OUR HOPE IS RESTORED!!!
Why is the rum always gone?
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Asarian is right.
First I'm devastated for Joss. This wasn't about Joss just having a writing assignment that he's not wanting to do now.
WB bought a spec script from two unknowns yesterday for WW. Today Joss ceased to work on WW. What does that say to you? This isn't about Joss now having free time to do what he wants so he'll be able to immediately launch into making the BDSequel. This is about Joss not working on a potential opportunity to make it big as a writer and director in Hollywood... something the BDM didn't do for him.
This is bad news.... all the way around. Joss was very brave to come right out and beat the news services and tell us, his fans right there on Whedonesque. Just like him... brave, fine and good thru and thru. That must have been wicked hard to do.
In his post on Whedonesque, Joss said Goners is what is next. We'll all just have to wait and see what happens now.
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The spell worked ! Finally!!!!
Don't make me hurt you.
Cause I will!
Oh yes...I'll...I'll...I'll...flood your inbox with private messages...yeah, that's what I'll do.
*has been a WW fan since toddlerhood*
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Originally posted by FollowMal:
WB bought a spec script from two unknowns yesterday for WW. Today Joss ceased to work on WW. What does that say to you?
You and I obviously read different blog postings by the Big Guy. I seem to remember him saying this:
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We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work....
...The worst thing that can happen in this scenario is that the studio just keeps hammering out changes and the writer falls into a horrible limbo of development. These guys had the clarity and grace to skip that part. So I'm a free man.
So what WB buying a script from two unknowns tells me is that WB found two guys who were willing to have their idea torn apart and rewritten by the studio. Something Joss has too much integriity and self respect to do. Joss wanted the movie one way, WB wanted it another and they couldn't find common ground.
Rather then bemoan the current situation, why not give Joss the credit he deserves? He was not willing to put out something he didn't believe in, wasn't willing to be just a cog in the media machine that is WB. Joss wouldn't do that to his fans. So rather than dig in their heels and force Joss to do it, they opted for a couple of no names that want so bad to get their names out there that they'd be willing to sell their own mothers (or completely bastardize their vision) to achieve that goal.
Does this mean we're getting a BDS? Hell no. There are never any garuntees when it comes to stuff like that, and in the end, it doesn't really matter anyway. The lack of any further adventures with the crew won't lessen the importance (at least to us) or the place in our hearts and minds that Firefly and Serenity have.
This isn't a setback for Joss, nor is it a springboard. It's simply another turn down the exiting adventure that is his career. Be thankful you're along for the ride.
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Originally posted by babywiththepower:
You and I obviously read different blog postings by the Big Guy. I seem to remember him saying this:Quote:
We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work....
...The worst thing that can happen in this scenario is that the studio just keeps hammering out changes and the writer falls into a horrible limbo of development. These guys had the clarity and grace to skip that part. So I'm a free man.
So what WB buying a script from two unknowns tells me is that WB found two guys who were willing to have their idea torn apart and rewritten by the studio. Something Joss has too much integriity and self respect to do. Joss wanted the movie one way, WB wanted it another and they couldn't find common ground.
Insisting on one's own artistic integrity and walking away one's own self is quite different from getting fired, basically. Especially so late in the game.
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I'm as relieved as I am disappointed, and both of those things lead to drink, so that's a plus.... That's the greatest relief of all. I can do interviews again!
When I read things like that, I read primarily between the lines (which is where most of the interesting stuff is found anyhow). Rarely have I seen a man get fired, walking out of his boss' office, saying to himself: "These guys had the clarity and grace to skip that part," and have not at least some huge part of that be a powerful need to cope with a blow that most folks find devastating.
What Joss needed was a big block buster. Some big studio cheese who came along, saying: "Yes, good, you have reputation. 'Joss Whedon gets it done.' is the talk." Now things, not so solid.
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Asarian is wrong. Wonder Woman will bomb at the box office even if Joss makes it. How does Joss having a big flop under his belt help get another FF movie made? I am sure the average male fan that made the "other" super hero movies big hits will not turn out for WW.
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