But the apparent movement on Green Lantern has me asking another superhero movie question. It's not "How are they gonna explain to civilians the differences between Green Lantern and Seth Rogen's Green Hornet?" or "What's gonna happen to the Deadpool spin-off?" or "Why didn't they give the role to Nathan Fillion, who'd have crushed it?" No, I want to know where that Wonder Woman movie is.
Here's a character you don't have to educate the layperson about, one who has immediate name recognition, and one who still stands as a feminine icon. Plus, she's one of DC Comics' "trinity" — along with Superman and Batman, she stands as a pillar of that universe; a heavy-hitter in every comic book she appears in. Joss Whedon was tapped to bring her to life a few years back, but that went…badly. Since he left the project, it's just been lying fallow.
Money on the table, if you ask me. If you cast that movie right, get a creative team passionate about the character, and put some promotional muscle behind it, the potential is there for a Wonder Woman film to make more money than four Green Lanterns put together. And, not to be chauvinistic, but from a body-part marketing perspective, abs will always be trumped by boobs.
Which would you rather see? Green Lantern or Wonder Woman? And was Reynolds a good choice?
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As much as I love Ryan Reynolds, Nathan Fillion would have been the better choice for the character. Now Wonder Woman, man I would love to see that one, but unfortunately unless you put some female who is over the top hot, you won’t get the audience like you would with Green Lantern. With that you get the male types who would go for the action, but the girls will go for the guy. If it’s a girl superhero, well we all love Wonder Woman but look at Catwoman and Elektra. Both tanked bad.
Nathan Fillion = guaranteed to flop that’s why haha
, WW is tough one to crack, she would likely appear in justice league movie then get her spinoff
its all about the writing. i think a smart, epic script for wonder woman can pull off a hit. cast mary mccormack, and it would work out.
I think Reynolds will do well, and if they have a good story and everything, this could be a great movie. The special effects could be awesome, if the writers use their imaginations. I would love to see a Wonder Woman movie, though!
I have been dying for a WW movie for years. I idolized her growing up…she was my halloween costume for like 3 years! My husband and I both agree that Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox and especially Catherine Zeta-Jones would all make amazing WW’s!!! Someone please make this movie!!!!
damn!!! they Gave him another one? well alls I can say is that he better bring home the bacon!
I’d rather see a Wonder Woman movie than a Green Lantern film. She’s been my favorite superhero for as long as I can remember. I would have liked to have seen Lauren Graham in the titular role but with some of these names being mentioned now as possible candidates, I worry about the quality of the film.
i agree. this will bomb, as i ‘the green lantern’ was the lamest of the superheroes. it really does show how chauvinistic hollywood is that this gets the green light (ha!) before wonder woman, who is a million times more awesome.
Make her bulk up a bit and Jolie could definitely pull it off. Zeta Jones is already “old” in the sense that her image is a lot older than her age. She would definitely be great as one of the ageless Amazonian women along with Michelle Pheiffer. But none of the younger actresses of today can pull off Wonder Woman. Not Beil, not Fox, not Hathaway, and others are just too short like McAdams and Evangeline Lilly. Garner already had her shot with Elektra. And that only leaves Jolie. One of the few actresses who can believably pull off action. It’s her being in Wanted that drove the box office to a 55 million dollar weekend. Any other actress and the movie would have not been as successful. Give it to her. Make the movie and do it FAST.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE MAKE BRADLEY COOPER AN A-LIST STAR.
Remember the Eliza Dushku and Beyonce Wonder Woman rumors? http://hidensneek.com/2009/03/04/eliza-dushku-to-play-wonder-woman/
I’m still hoping the role will go to HIMYM star Cobie Smulders!
Although I’d rather see Wonder Woman, I’ll take Ryan Reynolds as GL no problem. He can act, he has the range, de can do action (Blade:Trinity) and he has the body (boy does he ever have the body!) to play a superhero. In the meantime Marc, get your WW fix with a direct to DVD animated version that was released earlier this spring, it even made the must list at my sugestion.
After watching the Wonder Woman animated movie I am now totally convinced a live action feature would totatlly rule. As for the role itself, I kind of like that woman from Underworld III.
Hal Jordan has no sense of humor and they cast Ryan Reynolds who is the master of wisecracks? Maybe Reynolds should have been Peter Parker instead. Bad casting. Wonder Woman will be hard to cast because she should basically look like Linda Carter and nobody now has the bod she had all those years ago. Megan Fox is too flat-chested, Beyonce is too boring, Jolie has no hips and is too pouty-lipped. If Lucy Lawless weren’t too old and flat-chested, she could have played Wonder Woman because she is tall enough to be Amazonian.
Perhaps they should have cast Reynolds as the Kyle Rayner version of GL, which was hipper and a virtual wisecrack machine. Hal Jordan was always too whitebread to deserve being portrayed by someone with Reynolds’ humor.
Wonder Woman, hands down. I said when Whedon’s name was being bandied about that Amy Acker (ex-Fred, Angels, Dr. Saunders, Dollhouse) that she would be PERFECT for the role. She’s not a household name but she’s got the acting and physical (meaning she’s athletic) chops to pull it off. Why can’t Hollywood make this happen.
BTW, I like Reynolds for Green Lantern, even if I have no clue who this character is. I just like Ryan Reynolds.
Catwoman and Elektra tanked because they sucked, not because of the power of the characters. Both are strong comic book characters, but superhero movies lean more toward thy Y-chromosome side of things. Fanboys like their female heroines to kick butt, but they need a good story to go along with it. Look at Punisher (all three of them). None of them were successful but all were based on a decently popular character. The stories just sucked. And Hollywood doesn’t know how to write for women.
Oh, and Megan Fox would be a superior choice for Wonder Woman. Wanna bet on how she would look in the star-spangled outfit?
Catherine Zeta-Jones would be a great choice as her mother, the original W.W.
The second I saw Sarah Lancaster in “Chuck” (she plays his sister Ellie), I thought she would be PERFECT if the powers that be ever remade Wonder Woman.
She still would be. *hint, hint*
Um In case you didn’t know, Ryan Reynolds is also your Wonder Woman
So…it looks like we’re going to go through every second and third rate male superhero before we get Wonder Woman. And then when we do, it’ll be someone like Megan Fox who is merely hot, and it’ll probably focus on her sexiness rather than the character. My expectations are at rock-bottom for WW.
I would much rather see Wonder Woman.
And while we’re talking about female superheroes, I would love to see a reboot of Catwoman. And if not a new Catwoman movie, then maybe we could get Catwoman in the next Batman movie. Catwoman is a fantastic character, but the movie a few years back was dreadful. She wasn’t even Selena Kyle for heavens sake! That movie was just a disaster from beginning to end.
liking ryan reynolds as green lantern but am definitely eager to see wonder woman. i think emily deschanel would be an excellent choice. she looks smart and sexy and is not super well known which sometimes gets in the way.
Trying to plug a current an “it” girl into the WW role would be a HUGE mistake. They need to find a woman who can be seen as an Amazonian princess. Years ago when some people were actually saying that Sarah Michelle Gellar should play Diana, I thought Charisma Carpenter was a much better choice from the Buffy-verse. Morena Baccarin (Firefly, Serenity) would also make a fine choice. But if an actress weighs less than 100 lbs soaking wet, nobody is going to buy her as a superhero…
I think Priyanka Chopra would make an awesome Wonder Woman. Do a Google Image search if you don’t know who she is. Bollywood Supertstar with an athletic build and a somewhat generic exotic look that doesn’t really scream any single one ethnicity. and she’s sh-t hot.
CeCe, are you smoking the crack pipe again or are you blind? Amy Acker weighs about 75 lbs wet and has arms like a twig. She may very well be a terrific actress, but she’s hardly athletic. She doesn’t have the boobs or the bod to fill the Wonder Woman costume!! Get a clue!
Were is Wonder Woman from the DC trinity?
If I had to choose between them I’d go with Green Lantern because he was one of my favorite comic book superheroes when I was a kid. Plus, the potential for some really cool visual effects is there. Unless Amanda Righetti is cast a Wonder Woman… then I’d have to go with that. I can’t think of anyone I’d rather see as WW.
Priyanka Chopra. Google Image search her. she’s Wonder Woman.
“Ben” has a good point!!!