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No Wonder Woman TV Series At This Time - It's a Case of Marvel vs. DC |
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Friday, 07 January 2011 19:50 |
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According to Deadline, Kelley met with DC in September, wrote the script and actually took it to the networks this past Wednesday. Fox and ABC passed and the CW simply couldn't afford what the show would likely cost per episode.
Offers the site, "While the project was never considered a fit for Fox and was taken to the network mostly out of courtesy, the ABC pass was more politically motivated. With its empowered female lead, Wonder Woman seems well suited for for the network, but word is a potential DC-Marvel clash got in the way. ABC parent Disney acquired Marvel last year for $4 billion, and ABC and Marvel have been busy developing Marvel properties, including a Hulk series with Guillermo del Toro and David Eick and an adaptation of a Marvel female superhero, Jessica Jones, with Twilight writer Melissa Rosenberg. This left CBS and NBC in play. I hear the |
