Wonder Woman rumour mongering

[Beck]

Me either. It did seem to be in development for way too long. Now gimme that Big Damn Trilogy!

[Allan]

I think he would have made a good movie, but from the bits and pieces I'd read, he was taking quite a few liberties with the property...

So, I don't know how I feel about the WW movie now. One one hand, it may become closer to the comic, but on the other, Joel Wilver isn't known for being a creative genius.

On the Joss side, hopefully we'll see something sooner because of it.

[shred]

ariensun said:

www.whedon.info/article.php3?id_article=20590

Can't say I'm all that disappointed.

I read this yesterday and I was pretty surprise. I thought for sure he would be doing it.

I'm not disappointed that he's not doing WW anymore but I am disappointed that we won't be seeing more of Joss' works. It's been a long time since we saw anything that is of Joss Whedon and WW was a hope that Joss would come back into the industry with a bang.

Hopefully the other projects he mentions does well and puts him on the Hollywood map.

I miss Joss.

[DigitalLeonardo]

I kind of blame Joss for this. From what was let out he wanted to do something different to the comic and I don't think thats what DC wanted. I think if he didn't waste his time on the Wonder Woman script would could have had alot of other cool things from him.

I can't wait for a Wonder Woman movie, and I really want one done, but I am sorta glad Joss isn't the head of it, cause I want something close to the comics. I bite my tounge while saying this, but I think Joss was taking a Catwoman approch to the movie.

[Allan]

He didn't want to use any of the established villains, and he didn't want the star spangled panties - instead he wanted to use a skirt, and keep the costume looking less exploitative, with other elements being intact.

I don't know if it's the deviations from the comic that caused the problem, though, he's been discussing how he was doing it publicly for the paqst six months.

[buffymanic]

can't say I'm disapointed, I mostly thought it wasa waste of his time. I'd much prefer something completely original from Joss

[Allan]

See, I ws hoping he'd make it, and that it would be a big success. Because, if he made the movie, and it made hundreds of millions, it'd give him a lot more clout to do what he wanted.

[Luke]

Its a shame he's not doing it now i think the film would have gave him more credibility as a film maker in stead of a t.v show producer.

[Glenn]

I dont think the movie would be a success unless they got Spielberg or Scott to direct and even then id be only 50-50. I dont think it speaks enough to a non comic book fanbase.

[Allan]

I don't know about that. She's a character that everyone knows in some capacity, thanks to the cult following of the TV series.

A lot of it would depend on how much money gets thrown in to advertising the movie. I don't think it would ever do Spider-Man numbers, but there are comic movies based on smaller properties that have been quite successful.

[Bre]

As a non-Comic Book fanatic (i'm not gonna say i'm not a fan ... I just haven't read many) I never took WW seriously. From the TV show it just seemed like a big joke. I mean I was a lot younger and I didn't really know what was going on ... but there are a lot of people like that now who would never watch it no matter how good the reviews were. I don't think he would have gotten the success you think he would. Only Joss fans and Comic book fans would see it and that's not a big enough population to give him huge success, unfortunately.

[Allan]

See, to me, it all comes down to how the movie's made, and how they market it.

As a comic fan, it took me a while to take her seriously as well, until they wrote some great stories revolving around her and her ties to Greek mythology. If the movie ended up being a serious take on the character and mythology, and they publicised that angle - and a lot - I think it could turn a substantial profit.