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| Wonder Woman returns to TV again? Let's hope so!! |
This would be a dream come true if it comes to pass, but according to vulture.com, the CW maybe developing an origin story type series for Wonder Woman. It's been more than a year since the last failed attempt to bring Wonder Woman back to the small screen but this is by far, the most promising.
First of all, I feel better knowing it is being developed for the CW. Second, this show (if it happens) will give us the origin story that David E. Kelley's failed pilot did not provide.
According to vulture.com:
...the new take on the comic book crime fighter is being written by Allan Heinberg (Grey's Anatomy, The O.C.) under the working title Amazon. Unlike past TV incarnations, it will focus on Wonder Woman as a young, budding superhero, rather than a fully formed defender of liberty.
(Think Smallville, but instead of a "no tights, no flights" rule, this show might have a "no bracelets, no crown" mandate.) Heinberg seems a logical candidate for the job: His resume includes work on the kinds of soapy dramas the CW favors as well as comic-geek street cred (he wrote the Young Avengers comic book series back in 2005).
It should be noted that CW is only developing a script at this point; no pilot production has been greenlit or even contractually guaranteed.
But, everything so far seems very promising. And "If Amazon ultimately takes off, however, CW does seem the right environment for bringing back Wonder Woman: The network has a long history of successful sci-fi/superhero shows (it aired the last few seasons of WB import Smallville; Arrow launches this season) and its female-centric lineup seems a natural home for one of pop culture's leading feminist icons."
