[TC2]

Howdy folks,

It looks like a remake of Wonder Woman will not be hitting any major networks. The script was shopped around but all the companies passed on taking on the woman of wonder.

http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2011/tv-news/tvs-wonder-woman-remake-is-a-no-go/?cmpid=FCST_tvnews

Personally, having seen some of the rumored casting choices for WW, I breathe a sigh of relief.

[Solarian, aka LordDaroth]

Sarcasm ON

Wow, who would’ve thought?

Sarcasm OFF

[Reason]

I’m not surprised, but I am very disappointed.

I hate it when people cite past failures featuring strong female leads, like Bionic Woman and Elektra, as reasons why a Wonder Woman adaptation wouldn’t work. They were both let down by bad writing and, to me, that’s the reason they failed. Alias and Buffy had strong female leads, but also very good writing, and they were both extremely successful.

Also, if it’s true that DC are demanding a high price for licensing the Wonder Woman character, then they are idiots! The brand is fading fast and a quality live-action show would give it a much needed boost before it becomes totally worthless.

[Dan]

Sadface. Though it probably would have sucked.

What’s happening with the movie, is that off too I take it?

[Holiday]

Reason wrote:

I’m not surprised, but I am very disappointed.

I hate it when people cite past failures featuring strong female leads, like Bionic Woman and Elektra, as reasons why a Wonder Woman adaptation wouldn’t work. They were both let down by bad writing and, to me, that’s the reason they failed. Alias and Buffy had strong female leads, but also very good writing, and they were both extremely successful.

Also, if it’s true that DC are demanding a high price for licensing the Wonder Woman character, then they are idiots! The brand is fading fast and a quality live-action show would give it a much needed boost before it becomes totally worthless.

Agreed. Superheroines have a better chance of succeeding on television than in films. Xena and Charmed enjoyed a long run. Medium and Ghost Whisperer lasted much longer than Eliza Dushku’s own supernatural series. Some groups just know how to get it right.

Whatever the problem is with WW, the studio needs to focus on a clear vision and just do it.

[mistaricsta]

My thing is, even with a decent amount of studio backing, how well WOULD a WW movie/tv show do? Though I’d like to see it, personally, after seeing the promos for DC Universe Online made me realize something…part of what makes good comic characters are good villains and WW has never really had a stong list of baddies. Supes has Lex, Bizarro, etc. and Bats has one of(if not) the best list of villains. The only villains of WW I can think of are Cheetah and Giganta and she trounces them easily…I think about how Green Goblin, Joker(Nicholson/Ledger or hell, even Mark Hamill’s Joker voice work was!), and some other villains(Bane if he were done RIGHT, imo) can command an audience and think that helps bring people in as much as the hero does and don’t see that happening for WW.

[Dan]

Well the Iron Man movies seemed to do pretty well with the minor-league villains they’ve used so far.

(If the mandarin isn’t in the third I will scream though)

[Reason]

You both make good points. I think how interesting a villain is all depends on how they are interpreted in any given adaptation. I mean, I always thought Two-Face was a pretty lack-lustre villain until I saw The Dark Knight.

I think there’s potential in Ares for a good serious adaptation. Perhaps he could be a Gordon Gekko style corporate warmonger. Also, don’t forget they would also have the rest of Greek mythology to draw from as well.

[Holiday]

I agree that Wonder Woman doesn’t have any famous archenemies. But I think many of her existing foes can still be useful. However, I am sick of DC using the Greek mythological foes. This is the 21 century for Chrissakes. How can she change the World if she’s battling Old World threats? So I say bullshit to that!

Use Dr. Psycho, a villain who doesn’t need a fight scene, or even bring in Dr. Light the Rapist. Just don’t forget what Diana is fighting for.

Now that Marvel is introducing the Infinity Gauntlet and the Cosmic Cube in their films, I hope Iron Man 3 will also introduce a truly dangerous weapon. (I’m not referring to the Mandarin’s shiny bling).

I swear, if they ever did a Hulk 2 film they should go for the Gamma Bomb and nuke Nevada state!

[FlakBait]

If there’s one man who’s not lying down and taking it on the chin, it’s David E. Kelley. The Ally McBeal, The Practice and Boston Legal creator is fighting hard for his TV vision of comicdom’s Amazon princess Wonder Woman, and he’s REALLY optimistic that we’ll see her on the small screen as early as next year!

Despite the fact that broadcast networks have passed on his Wonder Woman script this week (with Marvel probably to blame in ABC’s case), Kelley is still optimistic that his vision of Wonder Woman will come to our TV screens next year.

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, the veteran showrunner explained that the script was “rolled out very late in the game” and that he would come back to NBC with the project (the network reportedly passed on it because of “executive reshuffling”).

Kelley thinks NBC — which also happens to be the home of his upcoming newest legal drama series, Harry’s Law — would be a great home for his vision of Wonder Woman under incoming programming chief Robert Greenblatt.

Kelley said “I like to think of it as a smart script and I know he responds to smart material,” and that his vision of Wonder Woman should be explored as a “real complex woman and not just a superhero.”

If the show STILL doesn’t get picked up, Kelley mentioned that it was a “possibility” that Wonder Woman could end up on a cable channel.

We can just picture Wonder Woman on such a channel as Starz or HBO, full of nudity and gritty violence à la Spartacus or Rome. Then again, probably not.

http://blastr.com/2011/01/david-e-kelleys-wonder-wo.php

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