Big Shake-Up with DC Movie Adaptions

Monday, Feb. 5 2007 | Author: Michael

There have been some pretty big changes to two currently in-developement DC Comics movie projects this past week.

The first big story surrounds the Wonder Woman adaption that was helmed by Buffy the Vampire Creator Joss Whedon.

Whedon has left the production after he and the studio could not agree on a direction for the film. The announcement was made on his official website, where he had the following to say: “I had a take on the film that, well, nobody liked,” Whedon wrote. “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. Everybody knows how long I was taking, what a struggle that script was, and though I felt good about what I was coming up with, it was never gonna be a simple slam-dunk. I like to think it rolled around the rim a little bit, but others may have differing views.”

On the same day (Feb. 2nd in case you were wondering) David Goyer announced that he had left The Flash for the same reason. He has been replaced by Shawn Levy. Goyer had this to say on his My Space page, where he made the announcement. “For the record, the script did involve both Barry and Wally as the Flash,” Goyer wrote. “I wanted to showcase the legacy aspect of the heroâas that was something that hadn’t been explored yet in film. Like Batman Begins, the script drew on some seminal comic-book runs (Mike Baron, Mark Waid, Geoff Johns).”

No word yet on the new directions these project will take. Warner Bros. purchased a Wonder Woman spec script that was set in World War 2 this week as well, but most industry experts agree that this was a “kill script” purchase to ensure no legal problems with similarities between this script and the final film. It is not expected to be used.