More movie news. Hmmm. Could it be these people flock to the big budget super hero flicks because they KNOW it will mean big bucks and huge publicity?
Michelle MacLaren has signed on to direct ‘Wonder Woman’ for Warner Bros according to fresh reports.
The Hollywood Reporter
claim the Canadian was always the studio’s first choice, and will guide
the project with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder and Charles Roven on board
as producers.
MacLaren has had her hand in a
number of major television shows, having directed four episodes of ‘Game
of Thrones’, three episodes of ‘The Walking Dead and eleven episodes of
‘Breaking Bad’, which she also executively produced from season three.
She also produced 46 episodes of ‘The X-Files’ at the turn of the century.
‘Wonder Woman’ is Warner Bros’
first major property to launch following the release of ‘Batman v
Superman: Dawn of Justice’ in 2016, and will star Gal Gadot as the
Amazonian superhero. Gadot will make her debut as the character in the
‘Man of Steel’ follow-up.MacLaren is the third director
to be brought into Warner Bros’ growing DC Comics Universe after Snyder
and ‘Suicide Squad’ director David Ayer.
THR says Warner Bros had felt
pressure to hire a woman to direct due to Wonder Woman’s theme of female
empowerment, but were concerned that no woman has ever directed a
CG-laden big comic book tentpole movie.
Thankfully they ignored the
pressure and hired MacLaren anyway, who aside from being a woman is also
clearly qualified to handle such a big production.
Recent reports suggested that
the ‘Wonder Woman’ films will act as prequels to the character’s
introduction in ‘Dawn of Justice’ – with solo films set in the early 20th Century, including World War Two.
‘Wonder Woman’ will be released on June 23 2017.
Picture Credits: WENN/Warner Bros/DC Comics
