Jessica Biel Might Be Wonder Woman
Posted on September 25, 2007
Not to worry, Jessica Biel is not getting ready to star in another installment of Catwoman. In fact, she's in talks right now to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming Justice League film.
Jessica Biel is in talks to play Wonder Woman in Warner Bros.' upcoming Justice League of America, with the superhero all-star flick possibly serving to launch Biel's own comic-book movie franchise, according to Variety. The live-action film aims to bring together several of DC Comics biggest stars: Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, Aquaman and the Flash.Of course, we were all set for a Joss Whedon Wonder Woman stand-alone film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, but our hopes were cruelly dashed when Joss left the project, for mysterious reasons. Will the Justice League movie be up to snuff? Or will it have too many characters to work in a feature film? It's just way too early to tell.A studio rep declined to comment on Tuesday, saying Warners would rather make one big announcement regarding the ensemble. So far, Biel is the first big-name actor linked to the highly anticipated-at least among fanboys-project. (London's Guardian newspaper has reported that producers have also done a screen test with up-and-coming Australian actress Victoria Hill.) If Biel ends up being cast in as Diana, the busty Amazonian princess warrior turned American icon, the 25-year-old actress would also be in line to star in a series of Wonder Woman feature-film spinoffs. Warners is reportedly envisioning JLA as a means to kick start both Wonder Woman and Flash stand-alone features.
A Wonder Woman flick has long been a passion of the studio. At one point, Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Joss Whedon was on board to write and direct, but he pulled out last February, criting creative differences and leaving the project in limbo. Whedon and the studio had apparently clashed over the casting the lead role. And although former Buffy stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and Charisma Carpenter were among those rumored to be in contention to don the tiara, Whedon said he had not settled on his dream Wonder Woman.