From Premiere, [excerpt] Not even Wonder Woman's golden lasso has been able to rein in the seemingly endless development that keeps Princess Diana of the Amazon in perpetual procession to the silver screen. As with all DC Comics characters, Wonder Woman seemed bound for the big screen via DC's corporate sibling, Warner Bros. However, no one besides Lynda Carter has ever been formally fitted for Wonder Woman's halter top since producer Joel Silver took control of the project in 2001. While Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Lopez were bandied about to put on the bulletproof bracelets, Antz screenwriter Todd Alcott took a stab at the film, followed by a series of scribes leading up to Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon being hired to helm in 2005. His version, said to be set in the present day and star an unknown, wasn't deemed wondrous by the studio. Warner Bros. unceremoniously dumped Whedon by buying a version set during World War II and written by two unknowns, though the studio claimed it was only a preemptive measure against a plagiarism lawsuit.Check out the rest of this (mildly) fascinating list .
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Rendezvous With Rama is one of those books that probably wouldn't make a very compelling movie. Actually it would, but it would hit the same obstacle that Contact hit. The disappointed moviegoers will say "Where are all the aliens?"
I can't say I'm pining too hard for any of those, even the ones based on books I liked (not Confederacy of Dunces or Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, though, FYI).
The only thing that makes Rama interesting is the idea of David Fincher directing.
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