Whedon Wonder Woman

[alonewiththemoon]

If TV Guide says it, it might well be true--as reported in scifi.com:

TV Guide Online confirmed a rumor that Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon is on the verge of signing on to write and direct Warner Brothers' long-gestating Wonder Woman feature film. The almost-done deal comes just two months after Whedon announced that he was getting out of the TV business to focus on making movies, beginning with the upcoming Serenity, based on his Fox TV series Firefly, the site reported.

Other rumors say that former Buffy co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter are among the contenders to inherit Lynda Carter's red-and-blue satin tights.

Wonder Woman was one of my major idols as a child.  It would please me no end to see a Joss-directed and -written movie about her, no matter who is cast!  Charisma Carpenter might actually not be bad, though I don't really see Sarah Michelle Gellar in the role, much as I like her as Buffy.

Comments

[crystain.livejournal.com]

I for one would not mind seeing Charisma Carpenter in a Wonder Woman costume!

[mittenstein.livejournal.com]

Mildly related: When I was in kindergarten, I had a classmate who always played Wonder Woman when we played "superheroes" during recess. Sadly, HE mostly played by himself, since we weren't quite ready for gender bending.

I really, really hope it's not Sarah Michelle Gellar. She's all wrong for the part.

[silas7.livejournal.com]

Yes on Charisma.
No on Sarah.

No on Joss getting out of Television and just making movies! His story arcs were the best! *goes off to scrounge Scifi.com for news about Joss*

[alonewiththemoon]

WHEDONesque is a better source of info on Joss than SciFi.com--I just happened to see the news there first.

[anechoic.livejournal.com]

How about Morena Baccarin as Wonder Woman? To quote Joss, "a homely, homely girl."

[alonewiththemoon]

If you go to WHEDONesque and follow the link there to the Aintitcool article on WW, you will see that you are not the first with that idea. And you will no doubt appreciate the closing line of that article ;-)

Personally, I think Gina Torres would be perfect, seeing as how she's pretty much an Amazon already.

[anechoic.livejournal.com]

And you will no doubt appreciate the closing line of that article ;-)

Ha!

[pyrric.livejournal.com]

Gina Torres would kick so much ass as Wonder Woman.

As much as I'd like to see Charisma Carpenter in a skimpy outfit, I think she's as wrong for the role as Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[shnells.livejournal.com]

i had a dream that i was wonder woman when iwas little.

i've got the wonder woman theme song stuck in my head now.