Hollywood.Com gives us a surprise:
Having directed Hendricks in 2011’s Drive (which, apparently, everyone LOVED), Refn has decided that she is the definitive choice for Wonder Woman—a project to which he is boundlessly dedicated. Almost creepily dedicated. Refn has stated he was “born to make this film.” Latent childhood fantasies aside, Refn’s upcoming projects also include a remake of Logan’s Run, to reunite him with another Drive star, Ryan Gosling.
Despite (or maybe in light of) Refn’s odd attachment to this project, the entire thing breeds optimism. Wonder Woman has been conspicuously untouched in the eye of the classic superhero revival storm.
They rule out the recent pilot, which was such a lousy take that the networks showed us mercy and saved David E Kelley’s fine reputation as a TV producer. Also, it’s not like the Wonder Woman film project hasn’t had prospects. Even Avengers helmer Joss Whedon took a shot at it.
I think Wonder Woman is a tough character to adapt- that is, if you wanted to keep it in real world logistics and not play up upon the fantasy and sci-fi elements of the character. I actually think it might be easier now that we seen Asgard in Marvel’s Thor and Oa in Green Lantern; could we get away with Paradise Island and a populace of Amazon women? Darn skippy.
Nicolas Winding Refn as a possible director…? I confess I have not seen Drive, and it may be interesting if he can pull off the Logan’s Run remake (which I’m not holding my breath on either)..but I can’t complain with his wish list for the lead in Wonder Woman. That said, there’s, what, 1,000 actresses who would kill like faster pussycat for this gig. But…um..
Christina Hendricks?
Okay if he dyed her hair and dropped a dress size I suppose…maybe…..
No, folks. Sorry. I’m not on the bandwagon just yet. Give me some time to reflect….
1,000 actresses….
Chime in Int’l frienfds. I know you want to.
I know you want to see a massic lasso and know the truth!
