Warners Lassos 'Wonder Woman' Spec Script - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-03-2007, 06:19 PM

LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures are quietly in the process of buying a Wonder Woman spec script from newcomers Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, sources said.

The studio and producer Joel Silver have been developing a big-screen version of the DC Comics superhero, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon writing the script and attached to direct.

So why does the studio want another Wonder Woman script? Sources said the purchase is a pre-emptive measure. By taking the spec script off the market, it aims to protect itself against the possibility that any similarities between the scripts could be fodder for future legal action.

It is understood that the Jennison-Strickland script is set against the backdrop of World War II, while Whedon's script is set in the present day.

Silver has no interest in making a period version of Wonder Woman, sources said. But as the spec script made the rounds, it landed at Silver Pictures, and executives there were impressed by Jennison and Strickland's writing.

Wonder Woman has long been in the hopper as a feature at Warners, and it went through several writers before Whedon came on board in March 2005.

Reps for Warners and Silver Pictures declined comment.

Brian Damage · 02-03-2007, 06:20 PM

HOLLYWOOD - Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has quit as writer and director of the forthcoming Wonder Woman movie over "creative differences."

Whedon signed up to adapt the popular comic book and 1970s TV show for the big screen in May, but has severed ties with the project after failing to agree to a script with the film's producers.

He writes on his Web site, "You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman...I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked.

"Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did."

TJL · 02-03-2007, 06:22 PM

Interesting. i wonder who will take over now that Whedon has departed.

Brian Damage · 02-03-2007, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Interesting. i wonder who will take over now that Whedon has departed.

Anybody but Joel Schumaker!

TJL · 02-03-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Anybody but Joel Schumaker!

Yes. Joel the franchise killer. We really didn't need a batsuit with nipples...

Although that would totally work for the Wonder Woman costume...

Brian Damage · 02-03-2007, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Yes. Joel the franchise killer. We really didn't need a batsuit with nipples...

Although that would totally work for the Wonder Woman costume...

so true!

02-03-2007, 06:19 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Warners Lassos 'Wonder Woman' Spec Script LOS ANGELES - Warner Bros. Pictures and Silver Pictures are quietly in the process of buying a Wonder Woman spec script from newcomers Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, sources said. The studio and producer Joel Silver have been developing a big-screen version of the DC Comics superhero, with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon writing the script and attached to direct. So why does the studio want another Wonder Woman script? Sources said the purchase is a pre-emptive measure. By taking the spec script off the market, it aims to protect itself against the possibility that any similarities between the scripts could be fodder for future legal action. It is understood that the Jennison-Strickland script is set against the backdrop of World War II, while Whedon's script is set in the present day. Silver has no interest in making a period version of Wonder Woman, sources said. But as the spec script made the rounds, it landed at Silver Pictures, and executives there were impressed by Jennison and Strickland's writing. Wonder Woman has long been in the hopper as a feature at Warners, and it went through several writers before Whedon came on board in March 2005. Reps for Warners and Silver Pictures declined comment.
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02-03-2007, 06:20 PM	#2
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Whedon Quits 'Wonder Woman' Movie HOLLYWOOD - Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon has quit as writer and director of the forthcoming Wonder Woman movie over "creative differences." Whedon signed up to adapt the popular comic book and 1970s TV show for the big screen in May, but has severed ties with the project after failing to agree to a script with the film's producers. He writes on his Web site, "You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman...I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. "Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did."

02-03-2007, 06:22 PM	#3
TJL Suburbanite Extrordinaire Forum Star Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: New Jersey - the cradle of civilization Posts: 16,588	Interesting. i wonder who will take over now that Whedon has departed.
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