I think Jessa Crispin says it best: “I can’t believe Molly Ivins had to die in a world where George W. Bush was still President.”
Day: February 1, 2007
Warner Brothers is in the process of acquiring a spec script for a Wonder Woman film by newcomers Matthew Jennison and Brent Strickland, despite already having a deal with Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon to write and direct a film based on the DC Comics character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sources told the trade paper that the purchase is a pre-emptive measure intended to keep the script off the market and to protect itself against any legal action prompted by similarities between the two scripts. The Jennison-Strickland script is reportedly set against the backdrop of World War II, while Whedon’s script is set in the present day.
How’s that sort of deal work? “Fellas, we wanna buy your script…to ensure that it never gets made.” “Hooray!”
Update: The script may end up getting produced after all. Joss Whedon is no longer attached to the Wonder Woman movie.
Because I have to share the pain: Edward Furlong covers the Doors. (Scroll to the bottom.)
At the bottom of this story about Aardman’s decision to split with DreamWorks, there’s this little preview of things to come:
Crood Awakening, co-written by John Cleese, which had been scheduled to be the fourth joint film by the two companies, will now be solely a Dreamworks project.
The film, about a prehistoric genius who invents fire, is not expected to be released until 2010.
Interesting. Of course, the IMDB lists his co-writer as Kirk DeMicco, whose biggest credit to date looks to be 2005’s barnyard comedy Racing Stripes, which may not bode well.