Wonder Woman...No respect?

[samurainoir]

I have never , ever liked Harry Potter,... & to know WB is pumping those Flicks out like they are going outta style, over bad Arse Super Hero Movies upsets me to Know End,.. with DC Hero's being my Fav.

Discussions of quality of product and movie goers tastes aside, the reality for the studio is that Harry Potter has consistently been a major money maker for Warners, and a no-brainer for the "suits" that make these decisions whether to green-light them.

Batman Begins/Dark Knight as the exception, the modest/disappointing (in relation to their budgets) returns on Warner's most recent forays into Superhero/Comics adaptations such as V for Vendetta, Watchmen and Superman Returns probably makes them a bit more gun-shy I would imagine.

I'm assuming it's JK Rowlings indifference towards comics (if Marvel's discussions with her are any indication), but I'm really surprised that Wildstorm hasn't released Harry Potter adaptations/tie ins. They were really quick to get out Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre comics with the Warner acquisition of New Line.

[kingdom warrior]

Drawing the discussion back to Wonder Woman, it seems like most people enjoyed the animated film, which was written by current comics writer Gail Simone.

Would you guys have been interested in Buffy creator Joss Whedon's big screen version of Wonder Woman that was in development for a couple of years past, before the plug was ultimate pulled?

I don't know what Whedon had in mind but i like his work.....I thought when he was on board it was finally gonna happen......

[kingdom warrior]

Discussions of quality of product and movie goers tastes aside, the reality for the studio is that Harry Potter has consistently been a major money maker for Warners, and a no-brainer for the "suits" that make these decisions whether to green-light them.

Batman Begins/Dark Knight as the exception, the modest/disappointing (in relation to their budgets) returns on Warner's most recent forays into Superhero/Comics adaptations such as V for Vendetta, Watchmen and Superman Returns probably makes them a bit more gun-shy I would imagine.

I'm assuming it's JK Rowlings indifference towards comics (if Marvel's discussions with her are any indication), but I'm really surprised that Wildstorm hasn't released Harry Potter adaptations/tie ins. They were really quick to get out Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th and Texas Chainsaw Massacre comics with the Warner acquisition of New Line.

V for Vendetta,Watchmen were properties that the General public was really not aware of. I think that's why they didn't work with the public.

Superman Returns was a mess...i find it really hard to sit through that whole movie. Seriously Singer IMO made a mistake in trying to recapture what Donner did.

Every Superman had it's own generation of fans and no Superman acknowledged the other because it spoke to that particular generation.

Big Mistake was Singer trying to recreate the Superman movies he grew up with.

[samurainoir]

If Serenity had been a big enough hit (think Star Trek revamp level hit), I think it might have given Whedon enough Juice to move forward with it, although who knows with Joel Silver attached as producer. Whedon has "TV Clout" banked up with Buffy, but not the type of track record in movies that JJ Abrams does.

And that's what counts in Hollywood Studio system. After all, V for Vendetta got made because of a little film franchise the Wachowski Bros created for Warners called The Matrix, Watchmen got greenlit as soon as Zack Snyder's The 300 made a tidy profit for Yakko, Wakko and Dot (the Warner Sister).

As much as I personally think The Usual Suspects was a better movie than either of the X-Men films, that alone would not have given Brian Singer the keys to the Superman movie kingdom.


Stray Thought tying us back to Wonder Woman. Given Joel Silver's close relationship to The Wachowski Brothers (as producer of the Matrix, V for Vendetta and Speed Racer), would you trust them to play "Bullet Time and Bracelets" with Wonder Woman?

Speaking of Chris Reeve, how about Joel's Silver's other associate, Richard Donner as the director of a Wonder Woman film? They did the Lethal Weapon series and Conspiracy Theory together.

[BlackKnight]

I can't agure the fact that the Potter Movies are No Brainer's as far as Capitolizing on Money & Pushing BS down the Consumers throats Because they obviously will Buy into it.... Reality TV OR American Idol ,.. Anyone ? But I can Agure the fact that Those are Not in anyway shape or Form "Good Movies" ... This goes beyond a Good flick or opinions here,.. those Movies are designed for 1 Fact,.. & 1 Fact alone... Money.

And I don't have to like something that is Crap from a Company Who has My favorite Comicbook Characters Frozen in some Flipp'in Vault, not wanting to do something with them either.

Who Knows...
With the over Whelming Success of Dark Knight,.. I realize in part Due to the Death of Ledger, But either way it was a Good Movie,... Hopefully WB Will reconize that if they Can Actually Higher the right People,.. & have a good story,.. thier other comicbook Mainstream Properties can also be as Successful,.. & Marvel doesn't have to keep handing it to them.

[samurainoir]

Folding this back into a discussion around comics and readership demographics, would it be a Good Thing if DC/Wildstorm adapted Harry Potter into a series of Comic Books?

There is certainly an argument that a sizable audience (which includes a large non-comic book female demographic of all ages) might find their way into comic book stores for the first time looking for Harry Potter comics, and also discover such awesome stuff as Blackest Night, Dark Avengers, or maybe even comic books starring Wonder Woman (breaking necks!).

[samurainoir]

Was this an actual promo poster for the unproduced Whedon film?

Interesting choices.

[The Toyroom]

^ Boobs and bracelets......that's all we need Hollywood! Now get going!

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

I thought this was interesting, considering some of the discussion on this thread:

io9 - New Wonder Woman Comic To Confront Her Bondage Past - Wonder Woman

....although it seems like they went the opposite with the character....

Don C.