Whedon's Wonder Woman Woes

This is a classic example of what happens when two of our bloggers don't communicate with each other. If you don't understand what the heck I'm talking about, read yesterday's post. Ordinarily, I'd make one of them do another blog, but I'm feeling giddy with exhaustion this morning.

Joss "The Boss" Whedon is officially off Warner Bros. screen adaptation of Wonder Woman. He had been writing the screenplay, and all set to direct the film, but apparently he didn't see eye to eye with the studio on what this movie should be like.

This is a pretty big bummer for fans of Whedon and Diana alike. It was cool to see Joss attached to such a high-profile Hollywood project; he's proven himself in comics with Astonishing X-Men, but is still considered by many in film and TV as a cult writer and director, after his hits Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly/Serenity. And for fans of the lovely Wonder Woman, the movie is now pushed back more than ever-- after all, they probably need to find someone new to write the script!

Whedon posted the announcement on whedonesque.com on February 3rd, and as of this writing, imdb.com has still not been updated to reflect this change, nor has the new leader of the project been announced.

And of course, Wonder Woman herself remains un-cast. Joss even claims there was never a fore-runner for the role, which seems pretty strange since the movie was slated to be released sometime this year.

But these things happen. Here's hoping the whole thing doesn't just get scrapped altogether.

-Elizabeth