Patty Jenkins did not want to be a pawn in the studio's game. It's safe to say Warner Bros. knew they had a veritable gold mine on their hands when comic book movies started becoming popular again. They had Christopher Nolan making the Dark Knight trilogy and a deep vault full of DC Comics properties ready to go. They just needed scripts and directors. It was 2004 when they first approached director Patty Jenkins and asked if she would be interested in tackling Wonder Woman, and you know the story from there. She said, "No." Wait, what? Yes, at the beginning of the Jenkins Wonder Woman story, she actually turned the studio down a few times. Left without Jenkins, WB explored other options and had dozens of scripts written. Still, none of them were able to unify the studio, which was left flailing through the over-development of the property and the inability to decide how to get Wonder Woman onto the big screen. After a failed TV outing, they were lost. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 4 January, 2021