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Joss Whedon to Write/Direct Wonder Woman

bigbear writes "'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' and 'Firefly' creator Joss Whedon has signed on to write and direct the big screen adaptation of the DC Comics character Wonder Woman. The film is being produced by Joel Sliver ('The Matrix'). No word yet on who will play the "iconic female heroine of our time.""

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  1. It's obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Wonder Woman will be played by Charisma Carpenter, aka Cordelia Chase on Buffy and Angel.

    1. Re:It's obvious by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wonder Woman will be played by Charisma Carpenter [google.com]

      Here is a picture of her on the set.

      Should be as successful as firefly.

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    2. Re:It's obvious by Maradine · · Score: 4, Funny
      You, sir, are a bastard.

      My eyes are bleeding.

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    3. Re:It's obvious by MrDiablerie · · Score: 2, Funny

      Daaaaaah. Retinas...burning.

    4. Re:It's obvious by mikael · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wondered why my Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril-Sensitive Sunglasses suddenly turned black.

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  2. PERFECT by ellem · · Score: 3, Funny

    Winona Ryder as Wonder Woman!!!!

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    1. Re:PERFECT by Tackhead · · Score: 4, Funny
      > Winona Ryder as Wonder Woman!!!!

      Close.

      This is Joss Whedon we're talking about.

      "Natalie Portman as lesbian supporting character!"

      Now it's perfect.

    2. Re:PERFECT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Anyway, the truly perfect choice is my future wife, Jessica Alba.

      You may want to let your current imaginary wife down easily when you break that bit of news to her...

    3. Re:PERFECT by white1827 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or better yet, Wynonna Judd as Wonder Woman! Just imagine her unleashing her big southern ass of truth on her foes!

    4. Re:PERFECT by hachete · · Score: 3, Funny

      I just felt a tremor in the force: the sound of a thousand slashdotters going "ooooh"...

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    5. Re:PERFECT by Queer+Boy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Princess Diana was an Amazon. There can be only one choice: RuPaul.

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  3. Political Correctness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, but politial correctness and the overwhelming concern for decency these days will force them to redesign her skimpy suit, and make it into a business power suit. It will still be red white and blue though.

    1. Re:Political Correctness by AviLazar · · Score: 3, Funny

      good god man, who the hell wants to see bush? You must be one of those damn republicans.

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  4. I know who ... by WaldoXX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vin Diesel as Wonder Woman!

  5. Here's hoping! by katsiris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Halle Berry as Wonder Woman. Skin tight clothes, gratuitous body shots, no plot. Why, it'll be a box office smash!

    1. Re:Here's hoping! by LPetrazickis · · Score: 2, Funny

      Worked for her in Catwoman.

      No, wait, it didn't.

      Never mind.

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  6. Possible Actresses by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    now I know everyone here want to see Natalie Portman as wonder-woman, but what about Angela Lansbury?. It certainly would be unexpected, and I for one have come to expect the unexpected..

    1. Re:Possible Actresses by EngrBohn · · Score: 3, Funny

      So... you are expecting the Spanish Inquisition?

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    2. Re:Possible Actresses by multiplexo · · Score: 2, Funny
      Thank you. I now have the image of Angela Lansbury in a Wonder Woman costume reverberating through my head. I think I'll go over to the machine room and chew through a couple of three-phase power cables to see if I can burn it out of my neurons.

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    3. Re:Possible Actresses by whovian · · Score: 2, Funny

      now I know everyone here want to see Natalie Portman as wonder-woman, but what about Angela Lansbury?.

      Not likely. Her knees are waaay too pointy.

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    4. Re:Possible Actresses by mshaslam · · Score: 5, Funny

      To hell with that. I say they cast Zombie Kathrine Hepburn! You haven't seen Wonder Woman until you've seen her shambling down the road wheezing "...brains. must eat brains..." in a patrician New England accent. Movie Magic! MSH

    5. Re:Possible Actresses by Anonymous+Custard · · Score: 5, Funny

      Natalie can't fill out the suit.

      You could fill out the missing curves with hot grits.

  7. Wonder Woman's outfit... by Faust7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is just terribly dated no matter how you look at it.

    Therefore, to compensate for that, the outfit needs to be a lot skimpier. Enough skin and we won't notice the datedness.

  8. Re:Who's next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Here's a hint.

    It starts with 's' and ends in 'equals'.

  9. another comic book movie? by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 2, Funny

    When is "What If..?" the motion picture coming out?

  10. "female heroine" by festers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ah yes, the classic female heroine: able to leap ATM Machines in a single bound, able configure NIC Cards with her eyes closed, and never forgets PIN Numbers!

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  11. A couple of better choices... by Lord+Bilbo · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about Anna Nicole Smith or Pamela Sue Anderson or maybe Petra Verkaik? - NOTE: Petra last name might not be spelled correctly.

    I'm sure either one could fill Wonder Woman's shoes admirably! :)

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    1. Re:A couple of better choices... by T5 · · Score: 2, Funny

      If this were anywhere but /., the following clarification would not be necessary.

      Shoes are not the article of clothing that these ladies would be filling oh so admirably...

  12. Monica Bellucci by The+Bungi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Please let it be Monica Bellucci, please. A Wonder Woman with an italian accent is really not that big a deal, right? C'mon. Please. Please?

  13. I dont care who plays her by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    As long as she is well fit and they include an explicit lesbian scene with catwoman which occupies say the middle third of the movie.

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  14. I never wanted to hear the phrase ... by TequilaJunction · · Score: 3, Funny

    "your grandparents' buffy."

  15. Department of Redundancy Department by greenegg77 · · Score: 3, Funny

    female heroine

    Is it just me, or is that a violation of my patent on "Redundancy, or Saying the Same Thing Twice (US PAT# 384015367)?"
    I mean, have you ever heard of a male heroine? (remember, mail heroin is a different matter.)

    Hey editors, you owe me some money to license that patent.

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  16. Iconic female superheroine maybe... by barfy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Iconic female heroine of our time...

    Condoleeza.... Or Hillary...

  17. The Simple Choice to Star by Jedi+Holocron · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lucy Lawless and Bruce Campbell

    Need any more names be offered? I don't think so.

    1. Re:The Simple Choice to Star by schon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Lucy Lawless and Bruce Campbell

      Bruce Campbell as Wonder Woman?!?

      I like it!

  18. Free Association by AK+Marc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not that I think she should play the roll, but I hear "female" and "heroine" and I think of Courtney Love.

  19. Re:There was plenty of bush.. by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 2, Funny

    There was also plenty of ass behind the camera.

  20. Jessica Lynch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of Iraq 2 POW/MIA fame.

  21. Re: I thought *Buffy* by Maserati · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not bring it up to date, with Don Rumsfeld and Jeff Gannon?

    eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwww

    I'm abandoning this article. That's one more image I *really* didn't need.

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  22. The obvious Slashdot pick: by istewart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wil Wheaton.

  23. Re:The name is Joel Silver by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You'd expect an "editor" to get that right. But wait, this is Slashdot, what was I thinking!

  24. Re:Casting for the Dead in Movies by interstellar_donkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    So being *dead* now just counts as a disability?

    First of all, the proper term for refering to the recently departeted is not 'death', it's "pre-decompisitionary". And secondly, if there is a better catagory for disabled then pre-decopisitionary, I've never seen it.

    And I don't see any major challenges for exhuming the grave of Reeves so he can play super-man as a pre-decompisitionary differenlty abled character. We have some pretty good acting coaches to help out.

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  25. Re: I thought *Buffy* by Black+Parrot · · Score: 2, Funny


    > That's one more image I *really* didn't need.

    Who sez Slashdot can't be fun after the goatse trick quit working!

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  26. Re:Charisma Carpenter by dswensen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, she might not be up to the rigorous acting challenges of playing WONDER WOMAN.

    For fuck's sake.