New Wonder Woman TV Series...

[Serpentor]

What in the world is this, that isn't Wonder Woman I think NBC should just cancel it now and save themselves the embarrassment.

 

[devilof76]

David Kelley is a tool. There is no way this will be anything less than Grade A crap.

The music alone is a sacrilege.

 

[Natrix]

Wonder Woman has been cast.

NBC has found its Wonder Woman!

Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki has landed the coveted lead role in the broadcaster’s reboot of the classic 1970s series.

In addition to having won praise for her performance on FNL, Palicki looks, well… spot-on perfect for the part, yes?

Wonder Woman is being remade by Boston Legal writer David E. Kelley, who has incorporated the superhero’s signature lasso, cuffs, and plane in the script. The script is a serious, non-campy take on the DC Comics character that pays homage to TV’s original WW Lynda Carter, but it should satiate those fans of Kelley’s memorable soapbox moments his legal dramas: At one point, Diana gives a speech on Capitol Hill.

For years, various writers and producers (including Joss Whedon) have tried to bring back Wonder Woman and the character has proved difficult to resurrect. But NBC is all about taking big swings next fall under new entertainment chief Robert Greenblatt, who’s greenlit high-concept pilots such as 17th Precinct (cops solve crimes in magical world) and Playboy (lives of Playboy bunnies in the 1960s).

Palicki will star in the upcoming feature-film remake of Red Dawn, and also starred in the horror film Breaking the Girl and most recently in Fox’s short-lived series Lone Star.

Here’s the official Wonder Woman description:

The series pilot is a reinvention of the iconic DC Comics title in which Wonder Woman — a.k.a. Diana Prince — is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life. Kelley and Bill D’Elia (Boston Legal, The Practice) are the executive producers. The pilot was written by Kelley and will be directed by Jeffrey Reiner (NBC’s The Event). Wonder Woman is from David E. Kelley Productions and Warner Bros. Television

 

[Silent December]

Say hello to your new "Wonder Woman"

https://www.deadline.com/2011/02/adrianne-palicki-is-nbcs-wonder-woman/

 

[Darth Madden]

That might work.

 

[Silent December]

She's a beautiful girl for sure but this thing is going to flop if they go with that script, which looks like they are. I don't get why they want to alienate their core demographic

 

[ironwez20]

What's the plot of the script ?

 

[Natrix]

What's the plot of the script ?

Read post 29 and 33...

 

[Silent December]

the worst part part is that this will scare off WB from making a big budget Summer movie. I fear the consensus will be "If Wonder Woman can't even hold a tv audience, then what chance does she have at the cinema?"

I hope that one day Wonder Woman finds a director that believes in her enough to respect the source material and the balls to stand up to studio suites that try to turn her into what Kelley is turning her into.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Adrianne Palicki certainly is a beautiful woman but I doubt her beauty will save WW if they continue to go the route NBC has chosen.

Hollywood sucks.

 

[Darklord Dave]

She's been in a lot of stuff but I can't say I'm a fan. She is tall though. I like David Kelly's series, but that synopsis sounds like more like a Cop Rock sized flop than a long running Lois & Clark or the even better Smallville.

 

[Jair]

She's a beautiful girl for sure but this thing is going to flop if they go with that script, which looks like they are. I don't get why they want to alienate their core demographic

I'm not sure if it's going to flop, they still have to actually film the pilot, so who knows what will happen by then, what I am perplexed about is the "core demographic", it sure is not comic fans, her comics don't sell that well and haven't for a long time. Is it the old Lynda Carter TV show fans? Is it a bunch of horny fanboys? Honestly most of the fan's on comic sites aren't exactly straight males either....

I say give the show a shot, it's not really like WW is that popular with the general public, iconic sure but no one reads her, she's a complex character that no one seems to have a handle on and she annoys as many people as she has fans.

And this is coming from a huge fan of WW, I just really don't think it's a big deal one way or the other.


Evan

 

[jimjimmyjones85]

I think she can look the part.

But damn the script !

 

[Kuzeh]

Wow, she's hot but I agree, the story line sounds lame...
I forsee a flop much like Knight Rider, Bionic Woman remakes...

 

[Silent December]

I smell another "birds of Prey"

 

[devilof76]

Ugh...

Maybe DC will let Greg Rucka write a movie after this bombs.

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I smell another "birds of Prey"

Sadly...yes.

 

[Kamandi]

NBC is big trouble and desperate for a hit. If the pilot is at all watchable they will greenlight this to a full series.

Worst case scenario is this might be a hit and there's another wave of campy writing in all things comic related.

It's a damn good thing Nolan turned Batman around so there's a counter argument to that thinking.

 

[Darklord Dave]

With the Marvel movies and Nolan handling Bats and Supes, I don't think a TV show will change how superheroes in general will be handled. However it could set Wonder Woman back a couple of decades.

 

[RJMacReady16]

it could set Wonder Woman back a couple of decades.

That's what it's looking like.

This career gal ____ is hilarious.