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Posted: Saturday September 17th, 2005 11:54pm
Source: Sci-Fi Wire
Author: Garth Franklin
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Joss Whedon, who is writing and will direct the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, told Sci-Fi Wire that he wants to give the venerable franchise the "Batman Begins" treatment - introducing all the key elements of the character with realistic and proper explanations.
"What's exciting is, like, Batman Begins basically really did a wonderful job explaining exactly why he was a bat and why he had everything on his costume that he did. That's the joy of doing an origin story of Wonder Woman. Why does she wear the bracelets? Why does she use the lasso? Like, ... where does all that stuff come from? ... And I have answers for all of that, and it's really fun. So it's not a reinvention like, 'Oh, she's going to dress like Trinity [from The Matrix].'" says Whedon.
Whedon is in the process of writing the script for the movie, which has yet to be cast - "I want to see Wonder Woman as I know her and see her, [and] not ... [just her] star-spangled panties. But she wears the Wonder Woman outfit, and she has the bracelets and all the accoutrements. ... The lasso and, if I can make it work for the plot, the invisible plane. I have a take on it that I think is cool. It's just I'm structuring the plot, and I've got to find a place for it. But I think people want it, and I think I can do it without ... it being campy, believe it or not. And I respect those things. I, in fact, love them."
Thanks to 'Cassandra'
Posted: Monday September 19th, 2005 11:29pm
Source: About.Com
Author: Garth Franklin
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Serenity" creator Joss Whedon continues his talk about the upcoming "Wonder Woman" project, revealing more to About.Com about his plans for the lasso lady.
First up, will there still be Whedonesque dialogue - "Absolutely. Wonder Woman's perspective is very serious. But that's what's so funny about her. She doesn't understand the world...She's not a wisecracker. But at the same time, she's not going to miss an opportunity... Usually, people I write are very, very down to earth and she's the opposite. She's somebody who is supposed to be Wonder Woman and spend her life being Wonder Woman but then she's still as vulnerable and as new at it as anybody else, but she's the opposite of every character I've ever written".
Casting wise "There's a list. But the list is only in my head" says Whedon, but he does hope to have the old show's Lynda Carter pop up - "If it's right for the movie. I think Lynda Carter's great...If I found something that was right, absolutely, but not if it takes you out of the narrative".
Thanks to 'Fred'[/FONT][/FONT]