Wonder Woman

[Dapper Dan]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/wonderw.jpg Silver Confirms Whedon For "Wonder Woman"
Posted: Monday February 21st, 2005 2:23pm
Source: Sci-Fi Wire (http://www.scifi.com/)
Author: Garth Franklin

Producer Joel Silver confirmed to SCI FI Wire (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?category=0&id=30440) that he is wooing "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" creator Joss Whedon to write and direct a new film version of Wonder Woman.

At an interview at WonderCon in San Francisco on Saturday, Silver said "I'm trying to work a deal with Joss. ... I was just in the other room [where Whedon was talking about his upcoming SF movie, Serenity]. I don't know if I could work that out. It's a complicated deal to do, but I would love him to do it. It would be great if he could do it."

Silver revealed that Whedon came to him with a new twist on the venerable character. "It's just a great, legendary comic-book hero, and it's one that has never been kind of brought back to life after Lynda Carter. I mean, it's a reinvention. Tim Burton reinvented Batman after Adam West, and Richard Donner reinvented Superman after George Reeves. It's time to do that to Wonder Woman. It's a thing that could be great if it's done great. 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."

Thanks to 'Patrick'

[Dapper Dan]

Basinger or Biehl for Wonder Woman?


Source: New York Post
February 22, 2005




The New York Post (http://www.nypost.com/gossip/40272.htm) gossip section has a new rumor on Warner Bros.' Wonder Woman:

"WONDER Woman" finally got the green light. A movie version of the comic-book character has been buzzed about for a year, and now spies say Warner Bros. has finally told producer Joel Silver to go ahead with the project. Silver is said to already be in negotiations with "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" writer Joss Whedon to pen the script and is looking at Kim Basinger and Jessica Biehl for the title role. "Kim would be used if Wonder Woman is older, Jessica is if she's younger," the insider added. Warner didn't return calls.

We suggest you take that with a grain of salt for now.

[Dapper Dan]

"Wonder Woman" Is Such A Teaser
Posted: Thursday March 17th, 2005 2:38pm
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures (http://www.warnerbros.com/)
Author: Garth Franklin

Warner Bros (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050317a.php#). Pictures And Joel Silver's production company Silver Pictures has officially released a teaser image from their planned upcoming adaptation of the "Wonder Woman (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050317a.php#)" comic book. The poster co-incides with an official press release from Silver Pictures confirming they've signed Joss Whedon, creator of the phenomenally popular "Buffy the Vampire Slayer (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050317a.php#)" television series, to write and direct.

Whedon himself says "Wonder Woman is the most iconic female heroine of our time, but in a way, no one has met her yet," Whedon said. "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."

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Thanks to 'JHBlade', 'Jediyuth', 'Dimitri', 'Gustavo' & 'Put It On Lee-By'

[Dapper Dan]

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/wonderw.jpg Whedon Talks "Wonder Woman"
Posted: Friday April 1st, 2005 12:47am
Source: VH1 (http://www.vh1.com/)
Author: Garth Franklin

Joss Whedon (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050401d.php#), recently selected to helm the upcoming "Wonder Woman (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050401d.php#)" film (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050401d.php#), said he intends the character back to her roots according to an interview with cable skein VH-1 (http://www.vh1.com/).

"Originally, I was hesitant but then it's also sort of why I became really interested, because she doesn't have so much baggage for me, the way, say, Spider-Man would" said Whedon who plans to explore her Amazon princess back story - "I think she sort of sprang out fully formed, much like Athena herself. In the '40s, when it was first done, she came to the world from Paradise Island and then went about her business, and so that experience, which is really a rite of passage, the same as any hero (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050401d.php#) has to go through, has never really been investigated the way I want."

His plans are to take the material quite seriously, "I'm not going to do anything silly. There's a reason why she has those bracelets. There's a reason why she's got the lasso. I think it's going to work out really well." He made no mention of an invisible plane.

Thanks to 'Mike'.

[Dapper Dan]

Joss Whedon Talks more Wonder Woman


Source: 'Gustavo Leao'
April 1, 2005


The site SyFyPortal (http://www.syfyportal.com/article.php?id=1786) has posted a few more tid-bits from Josh Whedon about Wonder Woman (http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=2794#)

Joss Whedon (http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=2794#), recently selected to helm the upcoming "Wonder Woman" film (http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=2794#), said he intends the iconic female character to go back to her roots, according to an interview with cable television (http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=2794#) network VH-1.
"Originally, I was hesitant," said the 40-year-old Whedon, who refers to himself as a "comic-book geek." "But then it's also sort of why I became really interested, because she doesn't have so much baggage for me, the way, say, Spider-Man would."

Whedon, however, admits he's been handed a bicycle with training wheels attached.

"It's been in development for a lot of years. Producer Joel Silver called me, and I came in. When he pitched it, he had a very clear idea of what he wanted to do, which I thought was really smart," Whedon said. "But it was very unformed, and it sort of formed in my brain.
"What I began to realize is I had no choice but to write it," he said.
How much will he borrow from more than 60 years of continuously produced comic books? While Whedon says he's never been a huge fan of Wonder Woman's ongoing titles, his familiarity with them will likely encourage long-time comics fans.

"I mean, I've seen some really good books, some really great work by people — late-'80s artist/writer George Perez and late-'90s artist/writer John Byrne, a lot of guys," Whedon said. "Obviously, I've seen the covers by female superhero artist Adam Hughes, but who hasn't? However, I've seen her more with the Justice League of America and stuff like that."

When asked if he plans to incorporate important parts of the Wonder Woman legend in the film, Whedon did mention that he's going to be very picky when choosing what to use and what to ignore.
"I have a take on all of them," he said. "It has to do with who she is, and they have a certain integrity. I'm not going to do anything silly.

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