I wonder how frustrating it must be to continually be questioned about a follow-up to "Serenity". We must all realise by now that if it ever eventuates, it will be a long time coming and Whedon is hardly going to keep the information quiet... once there is information to give! It hardly seems fair to focus on a project with such a slim chance for existence when Joss is gearing up to direct two other projects.

If he must be hounded about something, let it be the Buffy comics or even the Spike movie...

crossoverman | March 13, 11:32 CET

That article also has him saying it's hoped production begins later this year, which suggests WW is coming first, not Goners.

The One True b!X | March 13, 11:57 CET

As far as I know it hasn't been decided yet theonetruebix - they want to see the finished scripts first. But, you know, I don't know a lot - I can darely tie my shoes (I have laceless shoes, actually).

I know Goners apparently needs a rewrite, or rather a bit of script doctorin'. So Universal have somebody idea for that.

I hope Goners goes into production some time soon. You this, this year or next. If it disappears into the ether of the moviedrome I may have to get mad.

Edit: By the way - the phrase "Wonder Script"? Best thing today.

[ edited by gossi on 2006-03-13 10:12 ]

gossi | March 13, 12:12 CET

I know Goners apparently needs a rewrite, or rather a bit of script doctorin'. So Universal have somebody idea for that.

Yeah that's the word he used in an About.Com video interview (embedded Windows Media). "Rewrite" rather than "polish" which is the word he used here last month. Then again, I live in Portland, not Hollywood -- he probably means the exact same thing with each term.

In that same video interview, he also said, in resonse to being asked what was up with Goners, that he wouldn't know until after he was finished with Wonder Woman (meaning the script, not the filming).

The One True b!X | March 13, 12:29 CET

Well, I'm pretty sure that Wonder Woman will come first cause while WB say that they won't be pressuring Joss to follow any kind of timetable, I'm pretty sure that they are planing to let Wonder Woman fill the vacant summer blockbuster spot next year. So if they like the script well enough (and why wouldn't they, it's Joss after all) it's probably going into production this summer and maybe even start filming as early as August. Goners will probably have to wait until early next year at the earliest and that is only if Joss doesn't mind handling 2 projects at once which, while he has been known to take on that before, he might not do considering the size of the Wonder Woman project.

[ edited by Djungelurban on 2006-03-13 10:52 ]

Djungelurban | March 13, 12:40 CET

Totally awesome that this milestone is being reached, not only moving WW to the next step, but also freeing up Joss to give more attention to all the many other projects on his plate -- Goners, AXM, Buffy and Serenity comics, Spike movie, etc. Or playing with his kids! Yay Joss! ;-)

billz | March 13, 13:20 CET

Joss nearly finishing the Wonder Woman script? We did this on Saturday.

Simon | March 13, 13:54 CET

Coming Soon have an interview with Joel Silver: http://comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=13588

Some people here seem to consider Joel a bit, uhm, Darth Silver.

Two quotes:

"People will say that it's a miracle to make a movie made at all in our business. Forget about getting it made, and having it be good, and then in turn a hit. That's impossible, but you keep at it. "

" I made a movie this year that I loved, and that nobody went to see called "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang," and I enjoyed it. It was a little picture but I tried it, and my reward to making good movies is seeing people come, and see them. "

gossi | March 13, 20:10 CET

I've been reading George Perez's first 7 issues of Wonder Woman in the "God and Mortals" TPB. Its very good. Sure I don't think Diana is as good of a character as River, Kaylee, Zoe, Fred/Illyria, Willow, Anya, or Cordelia but if Joss' film is anything like this Perez arc then it'd be better than any super heroine movie made to date.

eddy | March 13, 20:44 CET

Didn't Joss say that the invisible jet was not going to appear in the movie? I wonder what happened. Was he strong-armed into putting the jet in, to keep it more like other WW material, or did he decide that he could do it in a non-cheesy way?

Personally, I think anything like that can be done in a cool way. Just look at Batman 66 vs Batman 89. Both excellent movies, but one was a little more comical.

Caleb | March 13, 23:23 CET

Actually Caleb, Joss has been saying that he can make the jet work since he first got the writing job last year.

eddy | March 14, 00:25 CET

Of course, the fact that Joss said he'd include the plane if he could figure out a way to do so doesn't necessarily mean it figures prominently in the film.

The One True b!X | March 14, 01:51 CET

Yes, Gossi, I am one of those who consider him Darth Silver... because if you read between the lines, he might have made "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and might have even enjoyed it himself, but because nobody went to see it, he still doesn't think it was a good business decision. And, from a purely financial position, that makes perfect sense... But I still don't trust him to leave Joss alone. If Silver thinks the film needs lots of invisible plane, then the film will have lots of invisible plane. If he thinks Whedon's script needs a rewrite, it'll get re-written - and maybe not even by Joss himself.

crossoverman | March 14, 06:09 CET

The invisible plane is easy. Too easy. They did it in the X-Men movie already. It's old hat. It won't be bunch of white lines with WW floating on a glass chair like in the superfriends cartoon. Whedon can just work into the plot a point where she gets from one place to another in some high-tech military stealth jet. Where you can't see it on the outside but inside it just looks like an ordinary jet.

Of course. She can fly, can't she? Well.. It depends on the incarnation, I suppose. She didn't fly in the Lynda Carter tv series. Just jumped in slow motion. However I think she's been able to fly on her own in some comic book incarnations. So why does she need the plane, anyway?

[ edited by ZachsMind on 2006-03-14 07:49 ]

ZachsMind | March 14, 09:48 CET

Because it's cool, Z.

Willowy | March 14, 10:23 CET

Someone asked her why she needed the jet in an issue of the book, actually. She explained it away saying that she used it when she had passengers or some such.

Though, honestly speaking, the jet in the comics was more than just an invisible jet. It was a sentient being of sorts that Diana could command to do different things with, like, turn into a shield to stop a massive tidal wave and stuff. I think at one point it even made up part of the structure of the island of Themyscira before it was destroyed (again) though I might be wrong on that part. But it turned into a lot more than just a jet.

[ edited by Emma Frost on 2006-03-14 08:47 ]

Emma Frost | March 14, 10:47 CET