A day before Whedon's departure from Wonder Woman, Warner Bros. and Silver Pictures purchased a spec script written by Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland. Set during World War II, the script impressed executives at Silver Pictures. However, Silver has made clear that he purchased the script because he didn't want it floating around in the industry; although it has good ideas, he doesn't wish for the Wonder Woman film to be a period piece. By April 2008, Silver hired Jennison and Strickland to write a new (modern day) script that would not depict Wonder Woman's origin, but explore Paradise Island's history.

According to an August 2008 article in The Wall Street Journal, featuring Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov speaking about their DC property films, a Wonder Woman film is among other superhero films currently in "active development."On October 30th Warner Brothers & DC release the official website of the upcoming movie, and the name of Jennifer Lopez is again on.


Justice League film
A Justice League film was slated for a 2009 release, before being put on indefinite hiatus in April 2008. It was based upon the DC Comics publication, the Justice League which has included a number of superheroes in the past including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Atom, Hawkman, Black Canary, and Captain Marvel.An October 29, 2007 article quoted Joel Silver as stating that due to the impending release of Justice League, the Wonder Woman film will be placed on moratorium:

'They're going to make the Justice League movie, and we're kind of pausing on Wonder Woman now.. Let them go ahead and do that picture [first]' [...] The Amazon superhero from the DC Comics series will be a major part of the upcoming JLA. 'And if that comes together, Wonder Woman will be a part of that story,' Silver said. 'And then we'll see where we go from there. But we struggled with it for a while. I hope that we can solve it and make it one day.'
A number of actresses had reportedly been under consideration for the role of Wonder Woman in the Justice League film. Jessica Biel was approached for the role, but passed on it,while Missy Peregrym,Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Teresa Palmer, Shannyn Sossamon, and Christina Milian[45] expressed interest. It had been reported that Australian supermodel Megan Gale was cast as the heroine.[46]In early January 2008, it was reported that production of the JLA film was delayed due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.When asked if the film would still affect the solo Wonder Woman movie in April 2008, Silver said it would not as the Justice League film had been put on indefinite hold.In August 2008, however director George Miller as well as actress Megan Gale confirmed that the film was still on, with a plan to resume filming in 2009.

In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Warner Bros. president Jeff Robinov said that they are interested in doing a Justice League film, but confirmed that the project that had been in development had been shelved. They are currently focusing on solo films for their DC properties.

They torture me. Oh well at least I got my justice league unlimited and superfriends reruns to watch.

Jennifer Lopez? Really? No way that'll work. She's not still mentioned as being connected to the movie in any way, I hope.

DC has so many opportunities to put out some great movies. It kills me that they're squandering this time.

Good. I still don't think a Justice League movie will work. Too many characters, not enough time.

AlexdeParis said:

I so agree.

AlexdeParis said:

I disagree, Oceans 11 has alot of characters yet that was made. Look at the first episode of Justice league (cartoon) Secret Origins. That would have been a great live action movie. No need to show how Batman becomes Batman, no need to show the flash becoming the flash, no need to show how Wonder Woman becomes wonder woman and so on and so on.. Just have them all team up togther, like they did in Justice League.

kpowers said:

The first episodes of Justice League were a great way to setup the series, but I don't think it would've been a great standalone movie without the promise of the series. Furthermore, I have a feeling any JLA movie will focus more on the "big 3" at the expense of the other characters. Finally (and probably most importantly), it would be almost impossible for a live-action movie to successfully integrate characters like Superman and Green Lantern with ones like Batman in a compelling way. I just don't see it.

I'd love to see a JL movie. I don't think the number of characters would restrict it--that is, whether it's a good or bad movie wouldn't depend on that part of it. Both Fantastic Four movies were disgracefully bad, yet there were two good X-Men movies. There would be some problems integrating all the really powerful characters with some of the smaller ones, but hopefully a good script could tackle that.

P,S. KPowers, I love your constantly changing series of JLAer avatars!

I always hated superhero team ups and groups

AlexdeParis said:

You don't but I do. The "Promise" would be of sequals of course.

Efan said:

Thanks Efan, I'll let you choose my next JLA Avatar.

ThirdandFinal said:

How many times have I told you Bird man you can't join the JLA.

kpowers said:

It would have to be able to stand alone, though.

I think a JLI movie would work, because it would be played for laughs. I'd never request a movie featuring both Superman and Batman (and not just because I don't like Superman).

kpowers said:

Aw, thanks. Have you done silver-uniform Zatanna yet?

AlexdeParis said:

Where are you getting it would be played for laughs from????? ok you don't like Superman so I guess you already dead set against it.

AlexdeParis said:

The dynamic between Superman and Batman is great when it's done well. I still wish a World's Finest teamup movie had been done to relaunch the two series, but oh, well. At least the Batman movies were great, even if the Superman movie sucked. Anyway, so, yeah--I'd love to see Superman and Batman together, but since that's off the table, a JL movie could contain that part and I'd be happy.

But no comedy things like JLI. They just end up being awful, like Legends of the Superheroes or My Super Ex-Girlfriend or Mystery Men.

Efan said:

Changed it.

kpowers said:

I'm talking about the "Bwa-ha-ha" League revamp that became Justice League International:

Definitely my favorite incarnation of the JLA.

I dislike Superman as a character, but, again, my problem is with Superman and Batman together. The former needs some kind of otherworldly menace to be even remotely interesting IMO (e.g., Darkseid) while the latter needs to be on the street level against (relatively) normal enemies. The juxtaposition can work in comics and cartoons, but I don't think it will work in a live-action movie.

Efan said:

Agreed when done correctly Superman and Batman complements each other very well (I think they did a good job of that in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon)

I'd much rather see a Justice League movie than a Wonder Woman one

thekidsgirl said:

THANK YOU STACEY, I knew I could count on you.

AlexdeParis said:

Well if you had Guy Gardner/Blue Beatle/Booster Gold it would have some laughs there but I doubt they would use those characters.

kpowers said:

I prefer both Superman and Batman to be animated and I think JL(U) did a good job with both of them.

kpowers said:

Unfortunately, I agree.

kpowers said:

it would have to be done right though, without wasting alot of time on backstory

thekidsgirl said:

Agree. Also get actors (besides that they can act) who look the part. I'm affraid they will try to get big names (remember when they were talking about getting Nicholas Cage as Superman...Arrgggg) I would like unknowns is possible.