Whedon off Wonder Woman

[John Crichton]

http://whedonesque.com/comments/12385#more

*sigh*

Oh well. It sounds like it wasn't working out anyway. The interesting part of Joss' statement was that Cobie Smulders (from How I Met Your Mother) was in line to play WW. Not a bad choice, IMO.

 

[Agamon]

The interesting part of Joss' statement was that Cobie Smulders (from How I Met Your Mother) was in line to play WW. Not a bad choice, IMO.

Except that she's the 2nd best looking woman on the show. Not that I think Ali would make a good WW....

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

*sigh*

*double sigh*

More is the pity. I have reservations about a WW II Wonder Woman. That could date the character and topic, in addition to being historically cheesy; e.g. I fear for watching her defeat Hitler.

I think he was joking about Cobie Smulders.

What is his next project?

 

[John Crichton]

I think he was joking about Cobie Smulders.

Possibly, but she does have the look.

What is his next project?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0481738/

Goners has been mentioned a few times around the web.

 

[Mistwell]

Thank you for the heads-up. I was able to ditch my Wonder Woman stock at HSX, and buy Goners stock right after!

I love HSX.com !

 

[Umbran]

I have reservations about a WW II Wonder Woman.

From Sci Fi Wire:

"Warner Brothers is in the process of acquiring a spec script for a Wonder Woman film by newcomers Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, despite already having a deal with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon to write and direct a film based on the DC Comics character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Sources told the trade paper that the purchase is a pre-emptive measure intended to keep the script off the market and to protect itself against any legal action prompted by similarities between the two scripts. The Jennison-Strickland script is reportedly set against the backdrop of World War II, while Whedon's script is set in the present day.

Producer Joel Silver, who is overseeing the project at Warner Brothers, has no interest in making a period Wonder Woman, sources said. But executives at the studio were impressed by Jennison and Strickland's writing. Representatives for Warner Brothers and Silver Pictures declined comment. "

 

[Klaus]

Someone should just smart up and adapt Gods & Mortals...

I mean, naked Wonder Woman, people!

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Producer Joel Silver, who is overseeing the project at Warner Brothers, has no interest in making a period Wonder Woman, sources said. But executives at the studio were impressed by Jennison and Strickland's writing. Representatives for Warner Brothers and Silver Pictures declined comment. "

Well, that is interesting. but what ever the "creative differences" were, they were enough to prompt Joss to bow out of the project. I wonder where it will go next, as this does not really clear things up.

As for Goners, I got this at Wikipedia;

Goners is a movie with a lot of beautiful inspirational human stuff but it's also a horror movie. Ultimately it's about a darker place in all of us. Rope of Silicon, 2005

It is a fantasy thriller, it is pretty dark and it's all me. So people will pretty much know what that means if they look at my body of work. But it's a new universe set in the present day with a new concept for me and a new bunch of characters. SuicideGirls, 2005

It's the story of a young woman's journey that involves a great deal of horror and some heroics. Variety, 2005

It's a completely new work that does take place in the modern world. Needless to say, slightly left of center. It's a different adventure, and it's kind of a horror film. It's dark. It's not nihilistic, but there's a very ugly side to humanity going on in it. It takes place in the modern world, it's just a part of the modern world most people don't get to see. TheFandom, 2005

It's a horror fantasy. St. Petersburg Times, 2005

It takes place now, so I don't have to build a universe, but it's not a movie without fantasy. ComingSoon, 2005

What I will say is that it ventures more into the horrific than I normally tend to. Empire, 2006

More in the Buffy-mode of discovering strength than in the sense of, "I've had strength for so long that I'm losing my sense of people who don't. FilmFocus, 2006

I will give you this, there's no Chinese, but some Japanese. And no llamas, but two dobermans. Goners Movie Fan Forum

I think he's making a mistake with the llamas.

 

[Klaus]

On related notes, David Goyer (Blade: Trinity, and former scribe of JSA) is off the "Flash" movie, also citing creative differences.

So WB wants to pull Wonder Woman and Flash into a certain direction, and their respective writers/directors bow out.

Makes you wonder...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Makes you wonder...

I hope the studios are not moving back into deliberate camp for super hero movies.