Warner Bros. Developing Wonder Woman Before ‘JLA' and the Chris Nolan Factor
[Screencrave.com] As I suspected, we will most likely get a Wonder Woman movie and other character origin story stand-alone movies before we get a 'Justice League' movie, following Marvel's film 'Avengers' franchise formula.
...which makes sense.
The question is, which movie will come first in the series? Warner Brothers' is willing to give Wonder Woman another shot, but they also have plans for The Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Lobo, Suicide Squad, and Shazam.
And if Warner Brother's follows Marvel's film formula, Wonder Woman fans may have to wait a long to see her. After all, there was a four year between the first Marvel movie leading up to the Avengers. Wonder Woman could be first in line, she could be in the middle or the last movie before a Justice League movie.
[WhatCulture.com] In other news, Variety hinted that Christopher Nolan maybe approached with the job of spearheading the movies.
Nolan and his wife/producer Emma Thomas will act as executive producers to the rebooting of Batman that will come after this summer’s spectacular.
None of this means of course that Chris Nolan is directing “Justice League” or will have as much creative decision making as Joss Whedon on “The Avengers” but it does indicate he will have HUGE involvement and that will no doubt please fans who might be concerned over DC’s approach with this, considering their recent films made without Nolan’s involvement.
Either way, the situation is expected to be clearer after “The Dark Knight Rises” has left theaters;
Warner Bros. isn’t expected to make any concrete moves on the DC film front until after the third Batpic opens on July 20.
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| DC's Justice League |
The question is, which movie will come first in the series? Warner Brothers' is willing to give Wonder Woman another shot, but they also have plans for The Flash, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Lobo, Suicide Squad, and Shazam.
And if Warner Brother's follows Marvel's film formula, Wonder Woman fans may have to wait a long to see her. After all, there was a four year between the first Marvel movie leading up to the Avengers. Wonder Woman could be first in line, she could be in the middle or the last movie before a Justice League movie.
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| Left: Director, Christopher Nolan; Right: Justice League |
Nolan and his wife/producer Emma Thomas will act as executive producers to the rebooting of Batman that will come after this summer’s spectacular.
None of this means of course that Chris Nolan is directing “Justice League” or will have as much creative decision making as Joss Whedon on “The Avengers” but it does indicate he will have HUGE involvement and that will no doubt please fans who might be concerned over DC’s approach with this, considering their recent films made without Nolan’s involvement.
Either way, the situation is expected to be clearer after “The Dark Knight Rises” has left theaters;
Warner Bros. isn’t expected to make any concrete moves on the DC film front until after the third Batpic opens on July 20.
Warner Brothers Giving Wonder Woman Another Shot...on the Big Screen!
[Digitalspy.com] Yesterday, Warner Brother hired screenwriter Will Beall as the leader writer for a new Justice League movie. Now, another big bomb: Warner Brothers is giving Wonder Woman another shot...on the Big Screen!
This honestly surprised me, but after reading headline after headline about this, I could not believe it. Warner Brothers' hired screenwriter Michael Goldenberg to pen the script.
His credits include 1997's 'Contact,' Peter Pan in 2003 (which was very good if you haven't seen it), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and both Green Lantern movies.
Now, back to why this headline surprised me: David E. Kelley's failed Wonder Woman pilot.
Kelley's Wonder Woman script was not good. It was the most hyped up pilot of the 2011 fall season, but as soon as the script was leaked and fans got their first glimpse of the costume that Adrianne Palicki never really wore in the pilot itself, it was still doomed to fail.
So, you can understand why this movie is big news and the fact that Warner Brothers is willing to give our gal a second chance after all that bad drama last year says a lot.
Let's hope Goldenberg gets it right and Wonder Woman make a BIG comeback!
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| Wonder Woman on the big screen?! |
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| Michael Goldenberg |
Now, back to why this headline surprised me: David E. Kelley's failed Wonder Woman pilot.
Kelley's Wonder Woman script was not good. It was the most hyped up pilot of the 2011 fall season, but as soon as the script was leaked and fans got their first glimpse of the costume that Adrianne Palicki never really wore in the pilot itself, it was still doomed to fail.
So, you can understand why this movie is big news and the fact that Warner Brothers is willing to give our gal a second chance after all that bad drama last year says a lot.
Wonder Woman is notable not just for being the single most famous female superhero in existence, but for being one of the most recognizable superheroes of all time, period. It’s surprising that no one’s managed to figure out how to get her her own movie or TV series yet, but I’m glad to see Warner Bros. is going to keep trying rather than let a property that juicy go to waste. Now we just have to keep our fingers crossed that he’ll have better luck grappling with the character than the last several people did…-- slashfilm
Let's hope Goldenberg gets it right and Wonder Woman make a BIG comeback!
