The question is going around - who should fill Lynda Carter's boots, let alone replace her booty?
What this part needs if it is going to be a David E. Kelley show is deft comedy skill. And a decent set of boobies.
David E. Kelley is a promising name for this material though. It will be social commentary in the right hands. On TV he'll get away with more of that then they would in a feature.
The origin feature has been done as an animated DVD with Nathan Fillion voicing Steve. Good choice, and nice nod to Joss Whedon who likely would have cast him.
If they shoot another live action origin story they should use the animated one as an
animatic. I'd like to see a report on the process and why DC's animated division is so killer and their live action projects (without Nolan) bog down at the script level.
Also, Meryl Streep has a Commencement address on youtube where she notes that it is
not easy for heterosexual males to identify with a female protagonist. Even though Wonder Woman is a character we fall for and respect I think we are basically Steve Trevor and want to have her do all the work but still be in an artificially superior status. I'm not sure that's bankable for an all-eggs-in-one-basket $200 million feature. With a series they can play with that dynamic.
Castle, created by the screenwriter of Air Force One, has been pretty successful with something non-threatening to the male ego - Fillion is the mystery author who shadows a pretty homicide detective and models his newest character on her. She has the authority and status, but he is the civillian who proves each week that his intuition beats her hard-bitten proceedure.
I suspect that they may discover the next Lynda Carter, who will have some chops but be the "straight man" and the Steve will be someone funny who is the breakout star.
Wonder Woman running down modern streets would be interesting, though I hope they use the old uniform and stay away from the less patriotic look in the rebooted comic. One is an icon, the other is a reaction. I think now that we are in the Omaba era it is okay for people to be a bit patriotic. And I'm sure it will pass without much comment when Paradise Island sports more diverse-looking "sisters" for Diana. But even that aspect of the show needs a smart writer or it will be soft porn.
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