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Hmmm. The crafts are excellent.  The eyes of the first one bothers me. She looks spooky as she approachs with her lariat drawn. Coloring is needed to bring out more life there.

The second one is good. Love the artist attention to cultural accuracy on the weapons.

Third, Ed Benes. As always he brings out the dynamism and the strength. Not sure about the eyes, though.

Fourth one, whoa. I'd like to him draw one without making her a dancer.

Recently, I've checked out Alex Ross's work on Justice. His issues 4 & 5 have very fit superheroines. Some readers have already accused him of putting too much muscle. Surprising how they react when they see how strong they look with more dimension, eh?  ::)

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Based on the way they cast their female roles they're not going to cast anyone whom we may want.  We would get lucky if it were Kate Beckinsale…and if that happens (and I were the director) I would want her to hit the gym hard.

Don't get your hopes up guys.

Jon

Kate Beckinsale has signed up to do a movie adaption of "Whiteout". It's a comic mini-series by former WW writer, Greg Rucka. Filming starts as early as March 5th. Beckinsale's character is a U.S. Marshal hunting down a killer in Anarctica.

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These are actual DC Direct merchandise. But I like how they've done these sculptures:

http://www.dccomics.com/dcdirect/?dcd=4231&lst=all&cat=STATUES
http://www.dccomics.com/dcdirect/?dcd=5164&lst=all&cat=STATUES

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Some more by Robb Phipps…

And check out the others!!!

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbillanderson12345

Cool. That's not a Batgirl. That's a BatWOMAN!  😀

Good to see there are other curves to appreciate besides the T&A.

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Hackneyed casting. (Which is not to say that Lawless isn't–aurally and otherwise–delectable.)

I really have absolutely no interest in seeing a transmogrified WW on the big screen. I want to see 140-or-so pounds of living, breathing (digitally recorded) raven-haired beauty!

Then you should be glad to know that JLA: New Frontier is a straight-to-video project and purely animated. The JLU cartoon did okay. No surprise since it's easier to believe in these heroes when they're animated.

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Any links for further info?

http://www.lucylawless.info/movies/justiceleague/index.php

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0902272/

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There's a new JLA animation in production. Lucy Lawless voiced WW. Didn't take them long to get that going, did it?

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Come, come Holliday, you're doing the man down a bit here.  If he had serious differences with the way that Warner Brothers wanted the film to go, then there were bound to be differences.  What evidence do you have to state that he COULDN'T deliver?  If WB wanted some skinny teenybopper starlet to bring in the ratings, would you, in Whedon's position, go along with it without putting-up a fight?  I'd suggest that you wouldn't.  It's probably best that he's left, as a difference in opinion would only have affected the finished film.

I don't owe that man anything. He owed US real progress! He didn't deliver, so WB let him go. Meanwhile, outside their Hall of Justice, other superhero  films have made steady progress. We're getting Ghost Rider, Iron Man, and now there's an Incredible Hulk project with guaranteed  villains! Whedon couldn't convince WB into accepting his script after two years. So he couldn't deliver. Strangely enough his Buffy Season 8 is ready to roll from Dark Horse! Harry Potter 6 could be out before WW!

This says two things to me.  Firstly, it seems as though she was his first choice for the role.  Given her looks, apparent personality and intelligence, and her shapely (though not particularly muscular) and statuesque body, I'd say she was a good pick (especially if she could have been persuaded to hit the free weights).  Secondly, the way he says "Sorry, Cobes" suggests to me that he knows damn well that WB aren't going to give her the part.  Unfortunately, my gut instinct says that they favour Lohan (there, I plucked-up the courage to type her name properly).  If so, I think his decision and misgivings are PERFECTLY justified.

So he made a final decision but he couldn't promote his script. No script, no greenlight, so no casting. This isn't the project where you can start with one actress and then make the script. Tarantino did "Kill Bill" for Uma because "Kill Bill" was Quentin's own creation.

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Whedon never definitively expressed which actress he'd have chosen. It was a question he hated being asked when he was doing the script. One day it could have been Morena Baccarin, the next it might have been Charisma Carpenter, then Cobie Smulders… ::) I don't need this kind of suspense. He didn't deliver it. He COULDN'T deliver what WB wanted. Two years passed and that's enough to make me lose any confidence in him.

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[glow=red,2,300]Joss Whedon is off the WW film![/glow]

SATIN TIGHTS NO LONGER. Joss will not be fighting for our rights after all.

You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman. What? But how? My chest… so tight! Okay, stay calm and I'll explain as best I can. It's pretty complicated, so bear with me. I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. Hey, not that complicated.

Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did. Everybody knows how long I was taking, what a struggle that script was, and though I felt good about what I was coming up with, it was never gonna be a simple slam-dunk. I like to think it rolled around the rim a little bit, but others may have differing views.

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.

Well, sorta. There is that "Goners" movie I can finally finish polishing, and plenty of other things in the hopper I've wanted to pursue. I'm as relieved as I am disappointed, and both of those things lead to drink, so that's a plus. Truly, you may be hearing some interesting things brewing in the coming months. But all potential jets therein will be visible.

But most importantly, I never have to answer THAT question again!!!! And you don't have to link to every rumor site! Finally and forever: I never had an actress picked out, or even a consistant front-runner. I didn't have time to waste on casting when I was so busy air-balling on the script. (No! Rim! There was rim!) That's the greatest relief of all. I can do interviews again!

Thanks for your time. You are the people who make the world go 'round. Or, no, science does that.

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