After multiple attempts to bring a new depiction of the most infamous Amazon in comics to the big or small screen, it looks like Warner Brothers and DC Comics are finally moving forward with their plans for a new Wonder Woman television series.
While previous series and pilots have depicted Wonder Woman, alias Diana Prince, as the super-powered Amazon sent on a mission to “Patriarch’s World,” this new series will actually draw from a period from the late 1960’s where Diana lost her superpowers and instead trained with a martial arts expert known as “I-Ching.”
The series already has star power attached to it, as well! The role of Diana Prince has already been cast, and the big news is that singer/actress Katy Perry (The Smurfs, The Smurfs 2) will be taking on the iconic role.
“I was, like, worried,” Katy told reporters. “Because, oh my GOSH! Wonder Woman, isn’t she like a feminist or something? I don’t want people to think I’m like THAT! But then they told me she wouldn’t have any superpowers and I think that’s good ’cause, like, that would intimidate guys!” The Trevor Project Award Winner known for songs such as “Ur So Gay” went on to say “And she already comes from this island that’s all girls and you KNOW what that means! So, like, I hope I’m able to bring a girly side to her or something.”
The series will go into production this coming summer, and rumor is the Wonder Woman comic title would be reworked to align with the show.
If you got this far and haven’t figure out this is an April Fool’s Day joke yet, I don’t know if that says more about internet gullibility or the state of comics right now, to be honest.
Ashly is an IHO Geek Staff Writer who is terrified this vision of the future may yet come to pass. You can find her on Twitter @newageamazon
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I’ve was just thinking about this the other day and I think I may do a post on it, but why DC never felt or feels the need to really give Wonder Woman a makeover. Pretty much every DC/ MARVEL female hero has undergone some changes, even if it’s only a hair cut, but not Wonder Woman. They still have her in those star spangled bloomers, stupid eighties hair and those damn bracelets. She certainly doesn’t look modern or a force to be reckoned with for that fact. We are humoring a character that we genuinely don’t care about so they, they meaning Chris Nolan, can get this Justice League thing off the ground. Well somethings going to have to give. I think what DC should do is really flip the script and make her a different nationality. Perhaps one that isn’t trying to fit a Betty Page/Linda Carter mold. Get rid of the red white and gold and trade it up for something, for the lack of a better term, badass and for the love of God give her a better haircut, a new color perhaps, something that will make us go wow! Guys will love it, but I think especially girls will. They love makeovers.
Actually it’s probably been pretty hard for Wonder Woman to have ’80’s hair considering the character was created in 1941. And the character has gone through a number of different incarnations and looks (including hair cuts), though, yes, most have retained the “stars and stripes” theme. There was an attempt to give her an “edgier” look in the 1990’s but, like many things in comics in the 90’s, that did not go over well. The thing is, WW is an iconic character and fans tend to want that iconic look for her, the same way they want Superman to have a cape (see once again in the late 90’s where they took away the cape and people FLIPPED OUT).
As for being “strong” or “a forced to be reckoned with?” What Wonder Woman are YOU paying attention to? Apparently the one you are “humoring.” Look, I GET not caring about a character very much (perfect example: Hal Jordan) but Wonder Woman is THE female character in the DCU, that’s not being humored, that is actually being important to the universe she exists in. Even if sometimes she is written poorly or misused (The effing “Injustice: Gods Among Us” crap we’re getting fed) she is still Wonder Woman.
As for “LULZ GIRLS LOVE MAKEOVERS!!!!” MAYBE you should base your knowledge of women off of things other than Katy Perry albums. “Tee-hee not just one of the boys I’ll totes kiss girls in front of you!!!” is not as universal as you might THINK.
Man..here I was just giving my opinion and you want to brandish me with insults. Fantastic…glad we had this amazing chat.
When your opinion is sexist and misinformed, people are justified in calling you out on it.
ew, katy perry :/ one day, i’ll get my warrior. one day.
Here’s the gross part: THAT has actually been suggested and supposedly she won some “Nerd Poll” and was selected as the best choice for the part. I want to know which nerds they polled. So I can ax them a question.
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