"Wonder Woman" Production Begins, First Photo and Full Cast Details Revealed

[Miraclo__Pill]

I think it's pretty self-explanatory

Wow, been away for a long time and the more things change...


Gal Gadot is beautiful and looks the part perfectly. Hopefully she delivers and we get the movie the character deserves.
The cast is enough to assure me the characters will be well acted and a WWI setting interests me more than anything WWII related.

Good to be back, by the way...

[Top Carnivore]

You are completely right about that. She really does look very different on the new picture than on the BvS ones.
I do hope that the coat we can see on the new one is really the same from the concept art, I really liked the idea.


I do hope they will somehow transition Steve Trevor into the present. They have the whole greek mythology at their disposal, there should be a few possibilities.

Yeah, even in her modeling pics, Gal looks different in each one. Chameleon!

Regarding the cast, as I said already: I love the choices yet I doubt this is final. It's very common for movies to be midway through filming and suddenly a press release announces a new actor joining the film. I predict more info on its way.

As for negativity on the boards, don't feed the trolls and that's all I'll have to say about that. (Except BLOCK). Xo

[codeGREG]

WW's not supposed to be a twig. She's supposed to be physically imposing.

She is supposed to look imposing but depending on the artist, Wonder Woman isn't always. She wasn't drawn that way originally (just the times) and wasn't very imposing in the Justice League animated series and that was one of her best incarnations. Even if she doesn't exactly look Amazon-ish all the time, she is still a badass who commands respect. As long as the portrayal is on point, her stature shouldn't matter.

[DisneyBoy]

Wow - JL was one of her best incarnations...? That's depressing!

I know mileage varies but she was pretty rude on that show and had painfully little development and no real supporting cast of her own (or even a home outside the Watchtower). Heck, they even rather botched her famous golden lasso by avoiding saying it had Truth powers and just implying it, and then later deciding Diana had no clue about it in one of the last episodes to focus on her. Oy.

Neat to see the movie is underway, but I'm keeping my expectations very very low. Don't like the costume design and I think the actress will have an uphill battle convincing anyone she can lift a truck over her head. I also think Chris Pine's appeal coincides better with Kirk. And blonde Hippolyte always makes me cringe.

But fingers crossed.

[Punisher007]

The only reason why someone couldn't buy her lifting a truck, superpowers and all that, is if they're LOOKING for reasons not to. Which does seem to be the case to a depressing degree. People looking for reasons to be pessimistic.

[Silvanus]

Character-driven can be great, but I can't help but wonder if "character" is due, in part, to wanting a smaller budget.

Maybe. But I doubt Robin Wright comes cheap; according to the New York Post, her third-season salary for House of Cards "[wasn't] far behind" the $9 million Kevin Spacey made. And it seems they're using a lot of veteran, well-respected actors, even though they're not the biggest of names; I would think the studio could have filled more supporting roles with real unknowns if they were trying to do it on the cheap. Plus, they're shooting in three locations (England, France and Italy) which must drive up the budget a bit. And the director of photography is apparently a big name in that line of work, which, i've read,one of the highest paying crew jobs. Even the fact that it's partly a period piece (assuming that's true) probably drives costs up. (According to http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/5-ti...string-budget/, "When you’re crafting a period piece, everything is more expensive. Not only do your hard costs skyrocket (wardrobe, locations, set dec, etc.), but a lot more time and effort is needed in other areas of the production as well." ) So, even though I don't expect it to be the most expensive blockbuster ever, I suspect it's not being done on a particularly small budget.

[RobinFan4880]

Yeah WWI is totally not interesting. Nothing important or interesting happened there (sigh).

Yes, nothing happened of interest in the seminal conflict of the 20th century, the war whose resolution re-shaped the world and doomed Europe to a slow but inevitable decline in preeminence.

[Silvanus]

Yes, nothing happened of interest in the seminal conflict of the 20th century, the war whose resolution re-shaped the world and doomed Europe to a slow but inevitable decline in preeminence.

I thought Punisher was being sarcastic and implicitly disagreeing with the previous poster who seemed to actually find WWI uninteresting. (Now you've got me wondering if that previous poster was also being sarcastic, somehow....Maybe it's an endless chain of sarcasm! )

[FIFTY-TWO (52)]

yes yes whatever, this cast is cheap and you KNOW IT, and Fuchs is not a good writer, plus they might be hewing too close to Captain America

LOL!! The hate is strong with this one!

[Diana]

This cast is amazing but of course trolls are latching onto something. They aren't recognizable Hollywood names, but a lot of these actors are foreign and super talented. Go look up their filmographies. This cast is way more talented than most Marvel movies.

[My Two Cents]

I am more interested in how she performs in Batman vs Superman and the reaction to the
whole movie by the population.

If I love the movie and I love her role and the reaction is great by most movie goers,
than the up coming Wonder Woman movie is one that I will be counting the days to the release.
but.........

[DisneyBoy]

The only reason why someone couldn't buy her lifting a truck, superpowers and all that, is if they're LOOKING for reasons not to. Which does seem to be the case to a depressing degree. People looking for reasons to be pessimistic.

Well I had a hard time watching thin Lynda Carter toss people around too, FYI. I guess I'm like many others who wanted to see or hoped to see an actress in the part with a body that was built like that of an Amazon. Someone who didn't conform with the sex appeal norms we still try to shake off. Someone with muscle or some heft. I don't think that makes me a Negative Nancy or something...

[Top Carnivore]

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Before and After. The pic on the right is from a week ago. Gal has done a fantastic job of bulking up, IMO.

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[Awonder]

Maybe. But I doubt Robin Wright comes cheap; according to the New York Post, her third-season salary for House of Cards "[wasn't] far behind" the $9 million Kevin Spacey made. And it seems they're using a lot of veteran, well-respected actors, even though they're not the biggest of names; I would think the studio could have filled more supporting roles with real unknowns if they were trying to do it on the cheap. Plus, they're shooting in three locations (England, France and Italy) which must drive up the budget a bit. And the director of photography is apparently a big name in that line of work, which, i've read,one of the highest paying crew jobs. Even the fact that it's partly a period piece (assuming that's true) probably drives costs up. (According to http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/5-ti...string-budget/, "When you’re crafting a period piece, everything is more expensive. Not only do your hard costs skyrocket (wardrobe, locations, set dec, etc.), but a lot more time and effort is needed in other areas of the production as well." ) So, even though I don't expect it to be the most expensive blockbuster ever, I suspect it's not being done on a particularly small budget.

Great post; very informative. . By "smaller budget," I didn't mean small, backyard, cardboard props. I just meant "smaller" compared to her superhero counterparts.

Production Budget (according to Box Office Mojo):

Man of Steel - $225 mil
Batman Begins - $150
The Dark Knight - $185
The Dark Knight Rises - $250
Green Lantern - $200

Iron Man - $140
Iron Man 2 - $200
Iron Man 3 - $200
Thor - $150
Thor: The Dark World - $170

Captain America - $140
CA: Winter Soldier - $170
The Incredible Hulk - $150
Ant-Man - $130
Amazing Spider-Man - $230

I'm guessing WW will be in the $120-130 mil range. It's not a small budget, but I seriously doubt she will get the bigger $200+ they gave Man of Steel and Green Lantern. Now, budget isn't everything (just ask Green Lantern); but it can create limitations.

As for Steve, my guess is that he won't make it out of this movie. They had Gal audition with Afleck, and they may want to play up that flirtation through the JL movies (hope not).

... And blonde Hippolyte always makes me cringe...

Yeah, I'm afraid we're stuck with blonde Hippolyta.

[InSavnity]

Well I had a hard time watching thin Lynda Carter toss people around too, FYI. I guess I'm like many others who wanted to see or hoped to see an actress in the part with a body that was built like that of an Amazon. Someone who didn't conform with the sex appeal norms we still try to shake off. Someone with muscle or some heft. I don't think that makes me a Negative Nancy or something...

William Marston himself made a point of not depicting his version of the Amazons along modern stereotypes.

Because the way we think Amazons should appear is just that: a stereotype with no basis on factual reality, since neither the ancient Greeks nor the Romans depicted Amazons as huge, muscular female, just as women carrying weapons and helmets instead of being dressed in pepla and having elaborate hairstyles. And then who says that people are actually saking off old sex appeal norms? I've never seen anything supporting that idea. If you're talking about the fight against anorexic models, that's motivated in large part because that lifestyle is utterly unhealthy for those involved.