Warner Bros. may not be looking into the perfect female director to helm Gal Gadot’s upcoming “Wonder Woman” solo movie.
According to Bleeding Cool, recent reports of the studio seeking to hire a female to direct the film are untrue. The site claims only male directors have been approached to direct the “Wonder Woman” movie, which will allegedly take place during the 1920s.
“I have been informed by those who have seen the greenlit treatment that the film will spends the first half on Paradise Island with warring Amazon factions vying for control,” according another Bleeding Cool report.
“An arrival of a man on the island changes that status quo, as he asks the Amazons for help. Not necessarily Steve Trevor either…Because when Wonder Woman joins him on his return to the world of Man, we all discover that it is the 1920s.”
The report claiming the studio wants to hire a male director contradicts a feature written by Forbes film blogger Mark Hughes (via ComicBookMovie) that named a handful of women allegedly being vetted by Warner Bros.
"This list includes Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight), Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), Karyn Kusama (Girlfight), and Julie Taymor, the woman responsible for the disastrous Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark," ComicBookMovie reports. "However, she has found acclaim for her work on The Tempest and others. Also being considered are TV directors Michelle MacLaren (Game of Thrones) and Tricia Brook (The Walking Dead)."
Gadot will make her debut as Wonder Woman in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”, set to hit theaters on March 25, 2016. Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” solo film will reportedly be released some time in 2017.
