Alas, poor Yorick . . .
Sorry, not a happy post. More of a Serious post.
See, when I say "Yorick," I mean Joss. And the fans. And a certain Amazonian-princess-girl, who I'm guessing is now doomed to a stupid movie. (Female superheros and the big screen? Never ends well.)
Here's the story, from Mr. Whedon himself:
"You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman. What? But how? My chest... so tight! Okay, stay calm and I'll explain as best I can. It's pretty complicated, so bear with me. I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. Hey, not that complicated.
"Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did."
So there you have it. (For more details, see Whedonesque.com. I'd link, but for some reason that remains mysterious to my non-technological soul, blogger links & Safari don't seem compatible.)
(Oh, and just for the record . . . when I say "Serious," I mean Stubby Boardman. Yeah, he was going to play Wonder Woman.)
See, when I say "Yorick," I mean Joss. And the fans. And a certain Amazonian-princess-girl, who I'm guessing is now doomed to a stupid movie. (Female superheros and the big screen? Never ends well.)
Here's the story, from Mr. Whedon himself:
"You (hopefully) heard it here first: I'm no longer slated to make Wonder Woman. What? But how? My chest... so tight! Okay, stay calm and I'll explain as best I can. It's pretty complicated, so bear with me. I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked. Hey, not that complicated.
"Let me stress first that everybody at the studio and Silver Pictures were cool and professional. We just saw different movies, and at the price range this kind of movie hangs in, that's never gonna work. Non-sympatico. It happens all the time. I don't think any of us expected it to this time, but it did."
So there you have it. (For more details, see Whedonesque.com. I'd link, but for some reason that remains mysterious to my non-technological soul, blogger links & Safari don't seem compatible.)
(Oh, and just for the record . . . when I say "Serious," I mean Stubby Boardman. Yeah, he was going to play Wonder Woman.)
posted by erendis nasard at 12:24 PM
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Very sad. and messed up.
I'm actually having a hard time feeling disappointed - I'm not sure that Wonder Woman is a strong enough character to have her own movie. I'd much rather see Joss do something original (Goners) anyway, so I'm kind of glad.
well, it's sad that he spent almost 2 years working on the script, and then the studio didn't like it . . . and while Wonder Woman strikes me as incredibly lame, I was hoping he could redeem her.
I was also hoping it would help his career--since, for whatever reason, there are lots of Wonder Woman fans out there, and it has a name recognition and appeal that "Serenity" sadly didn't. And I was kind of hoping that if it was a box office success, it would open more doors for him to do his own stuff.
Though I guess it could have gone the other way too.
But I quite agree that "Goners" sounds more interesting, so I'm kind of there with the happy, too. I just hope things go smoothly there, and it doesn't end up stuck in preproduction forever.
I want new characters to fall in love with so I can be really depressed when their relationships fail and they die sad deaths. :-P
Stubby Boardman? Wow, that's pretty serious.
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