WonderCon: "Wonder Woman," "Speed Racer," "White Out" Details
While in San Francisco to promote "The Reaping," uber producer Joel Silver revealed details about a couple movies he has in development during the panel. The one furthest along is a thriller called "White Out" starring Kate Beckinsale as Carrie Stetko, a marshal investigating a murder in Antarctica. Silver said "White Out" will be the "coldest thriller of all time."
He also mentioned the Wachowski Brothers' follow-up to the "Matrix" trilogy, a movie called "Speed Racer." For those too young to remember, this live-action movie is based on the late 60s cartoon show of the same name where a race car driver competed against other racers in his souped-up car, the Mach 5. The movie begins shooting June 5, and will be a "family film."
As for "Wonder Woman," Silver admitted that "the Marvel Company's characters have been kicking the ass out of the DC Comics characters." No mention of start dates or progress, but he did say, they'll try to make it work. "...[W]e're going to make Wonder Woman work. We've had problems making it effective for today… work for today. And Joss tried, but we'll get there. I hope it can be as fantastic a movie as I want it to be."
He also mentioned the Wachowski Brothers' follow-up to the "Matrix" trilogy, a movie called "Speed Racer." For those too young to remember, this live-action movie is based on the late 60s cartoon show of the same name where a race car driver competed against other racers in his souped-up car, the Mach 5. The movie begins shooting June 5, and will be a "family film."
As for "Wonder Woman," Silver admitted that "the Marvel Company's characters have been kicking the ass out of the DC Comics characters." No mention of start dates or progress, but he did say, they'll try to make it work. "...[W]e're going to make Wonder Woman work. We've had problems making it effective for today… work for today. And Joss tried, but we'll get there. I hope it can be as fantastic a movie as I want it to be."
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on Mar 05 2007 04:13 PM "the coldest thriller of all time"... thats so lame, give me a break... regarding wonder woman, i think they will have a hard time trying to do it in today's world, its just not feasible. they need something radical to make it work... maybe wonder woman could be a female version of 300? it makes alot of sense if you think about it. the uber-reality that 300 resides in would override the goofiness of setting wonder woman in the real world today, and wonder woman is alot like the spartans. just a thought... (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 05 2007 04:15 PM Yawn .... Another slow news day, huh RT? (Reply to this) |
![]() on Mar 05 2007 06:51 PM Just give Kate Beckinsale the role of Wonder Woman and get this constant yammering over, the film is going to suck either way at least Kate will sell tickets and be incredibly hot, that's the whole point anyways. (Reply to this) |
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on Mar 06 2007 01:19 PM This movie could be done right. If they base her on the more recent version of Wonder Woman from Kingdom Come or something, where she has a badass sword and a eagle helm and armor and shit, it could work. There should be no gay music and no cliches. The material should be treated as realisticly as possible. It could work on the basis that women would see it as well as horny guys and comic geeks. (Reply to this) |
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