Wonder Woman Writer Talks
Thu, August 13, 2009 
The long gestating Wonder Woman film has had it's share of troubles. Writers and directors, on and off the project, the one time decree of "No more female lead action movies" (which was quite absurd if you ask me), etc.
Brent Strickland, writer of the most recent draft (that we know about) with writing partner Matthew Jennison talks a bit about his work on Wonder Woman in an interview with Cinefools. Here's just a small piece where he confirms what had been rumored on line
CF: There was word through the interweb that a spec script you wrote featuring Wonder Woman in World War II was bought and then you were both hired to work on a script in present day what is the progress of Wonder Woman, and are you approaching the war story (it's a shame if you can't)?
BS: That is correct, they bought the spec script and then hired us to make it modern day. Since we turned that in, Silver Pictures has gone through some changes and we're waiting to see how they decide to proceed.
I've been lucky enough to have read the spec, and it was quite good. The opening in particular would be spectacular to see in live action. Though I'd doubt they'd ever admit to it, the opening to the recent Wonder Woman DVD was clearly inspired by it IMO. I do think the spec had a nice base to work off, but needed a fair bit of polishing. As Wonder Woman is a drem project of mine, I admit to being hyper-critical.
There's been no shortage of actresses clamoring for the role, with big names like Anne Hathaway and Jessica Biel expressing interest to up and comers like Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Julia Voth whom I recently spoke with.
The project as it stands, has no director, or actress attached, but Silver Pictures is producing.
I thought I'd throw a few names out as possible directors who I think would fit, and give us a highly entertainign Wonder Woman movie. Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Kick-Ass), Karyn Kusama (Aeon Flux, Jennifer's Body), and Jonathan Frakes (The Librarian, Star Trek-Insurrection).
As for who should star, I'd be happy with Bridget Regan, Julia Voth, or Missy Peregrym.
Click the Cinefools link in the article to read Brent's full interview where he also discusses his latest project Villains.
As a Wonder Woman fan, I can speak for all of us in saying that it's been a long wait, and we hope that when our favorite star-spangled superheroine does hits the silver screen, we'll be hoping for something that's was worth the wait.
So weigh in and tell me, who should direct WW? Who should star?
Reader Comments (4)
There are any number of directors I'd like to see do Wonder Woman. The ones you named would be good (except Karyn Kusama -- I don't know her) and Wolfgang Peterson, Kathryn Bigelow, or Louis Letterier would as well.
As for the star, I'd like Amy Adams in the role. She's perfectly feminine, which is part of the point of the character; a woman doesn't have to be like a man (I'm looking at you, Xena) to be strong. Some people only consider actresses who are at least ____ tall for roles like this, on the assumption that a shorter actress would be less commanding onscreen. Amy Adams would get around this by being Amy Adams -- she doesn't need 6'0" of height or breasts the size of mangoes to take charge of a movie screen. In addition to all that, there's something magical about her; TWoP recently suggested that she may be a fairy tale creature and not actually real. That, to me, sounds just Wonderful.
As a WW fan, I don't remember signing a contract saying you could speak for me. LOL
I'd like a director like Gore Verbinski- a large scale kind of director. Someone who knows how to have fun with a concept.
In terms of who should play her- I think they should look everywhere, they shouldn't settle, and they should take a risk in hiring an unknown, to find the perfect person for the part.
Bridget Regan is a sound choice, and I hope they get her for the projected 2011 TV series. However, I have yet to see her perform in the big-screen so I don't know how the film would respond to that, if there is a film.
As a fan of WW, all the directors mentioned feel ill-placed for a film like this, even from the comments section the mention of Wolfgang Peterson - renowned for TROY. That movie stubbornly ignored it's mythical ambiance, I don't think that Petersen would be willing to change his mind (I could be wrong). L.L. is a terrible director.
I was really looking forward to this when the news came out last year - Wonder Woman needs to be in the kind of setting described here, however, I find it hard to believe that the opening of the DTV animated movie (which was brilliantly made and despite the superior financial and critical success to the succeeding DC Originals, is still being under-appreciated by producers and while GL and Superman/Batman wins a sequel, the WW film does not. One isn't surprised, though, prejudice can run deep) was inspired by this unreleased draft. The film was much more inspired by the George Perez comics than anything else and the opening sequence (a literal epic war between the forces of femininity and patriarchy) felt natural in the story. But these aren't important factors to cry over - what is, however, is the very mediocre hope for the film that's reflected from this interview. Can't argue though, since this is yet to be made.