‘Wonder Woman’ May Come Back To TV In ‘Smallville’ Inspired Drama
By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2012 2:03 pm EST
Vulture broke the news of the proposed show and point out that despite a campy Seventies TV show, Wonder Woman has been met with more rejection in live action than most comic characters. There was Whedon’s movie, which never quite made it beyond the script stage (I bet Warners regrets that now, especially after The Avengers) and David E. Kelley’s show, which made it to pilot but never got selected for air. Not to mention Nicolas Winding Refn has talked about taking a crack at it.
Still, Wonder Woman is now dating Superman in the DC Comics universe (a possibility Kevin Smith saw way before anyone) and Green Lantern co-writer Michael Goldenberg was hired earlier this summer to try and bring the character to the big screen, likely to be part of some DC Cinematic Universe along with the Man of Steel, a rebooted Batman and the Justice League.
If that comes to pass, having an origin-centric, female friendly Wonder Woman drama ready for The CW seems like a really good piece of planning. And maybe that’s just the spin it’ll take for the most famous female superhero to finally get the respect she deserves.
