The WONDER WOMAN movie might be in development-Tartarus right now,  as it were - - X-MEN producer Lauren Schuler-Donner’s vocal petition for the rights was the last I heard about it - - but the Coventry-Telegraph’s saying, offhandedly, that it’s due for 2013. So, as you’d expect, when they got the chance to talk to Lynda Carter, they asked for her thoughts on the potential feature…. even though it’s been decades since she played the role. The interview runs through the usual questions. She’d love to cameo in it, but only if it was a worthwhile part, not just an excuse for her to show up and basically wink at the audience. Interestingly, she doesn’t have picks for any known actresses to replace her - - she’d rather they get an unknown who could handle the character's duality.

Actually, her take on WW’s secret identity was pretty interesting… == TEASER ==

"I've seen the faces of so many people (actresses), but the interesting thing about Wonder Woman is that you really knew her by both characters, because the audience knew she was Wonder Woman when I was playing Diana Prince, so for them it wasn't two different people. And I never dumbed her down. I just thought she needed to be smart and capable, but nobody really knew how smart and capable. It's got to be somebody that you want to be best friends with…"

Actually, seeing as how Carter’s WONDER WOMAN hasn’t aired since ’79, I suppose the younger members of the Comic Vine community might need refresher here. It was from the same era as the Lou FerrignoINCREDIBLE HULK and the Nicholas HammondSPIDER-MAN, when these comics-based shows seriously downplayed the more fantastical elements of the characters’ mythos (and I suppose this is a bit timely given how Marvel and DC are both talking about doing more live-action TV shows.)

Anyway, Carter also brings up the interesting angle of how Wonder Woman was one of the very few leading roles for a woman on TV in the 70s….   

 "You have to understand that at that time when they were casting there were no women in television. Lindsay Wagner, who is a dear friend, had done a couple of episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man and they killed her off (before she was revived by public demand and given her own spin-off series); Angie Dickinson had a sidekick in Police Woman, and the rest were comedians. There just weren't scripts. They didn't think a woman could hold a show. In so many ways it is a really great thing."

Wonder Woman’s quest to getting a modern movie adaptation may seem Sisphyian, but any of you wanting to see a live-action take on the character might do well to check out the show. As I’m aware, all its three seasons are out in some handy box sets. And I suppose this would be a good time to bring that old question up again - - what actress do you Comic Vine maniacs think has the chops to inherit the bullet-proof bracelets from Carter?

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Bridget Regan 
 

I think the TV show is the single largest reason that Wonder Woman is still relevant to PopCulture (not comic book reading culture) as compared to, say, Thor.  But as a distant touchstone (30 years old) it's no wonder she's struggling to find relevance today. 
 
I actually agree with Jordanstine that a TV series would probably do her icon better.  Shows like Lois & Clark or Bruce Timm's animated Batman sustained the image of the characters in the minds-eye of America for years keeping a relevant version alive.  Movies can do the same thing, but they seem a lot more flash-in-the-pan these days... so much so that you can reboot a franchise like Hulk, Fantastic Four, or X-Men in a scant few years without blinking.  I'd be hard pressed to say Dardevil or Punisher cemented any particular vision of those characters into the minds of the public at large. 
 
But I don't envy the job of the person trying to bring back Wonder Woman in any medium.

They are totally going to put Olivia Munn as Wonder Woman and Babs if going to rage the fuck out for 2 hours on the podcast. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.

Ten years ago I would have said... Lucy Lawless!

I would have to say, an unknown. 
I can't picture anyone playing Wonder Woman & if they do get a known actress....I don't think it'll be good...

They should just cast Beyonce. 
 
I mean Will Smith was in consideration for Captain America after all.

I'm guessing more people here have heard of Lynda and Lou than say Bill Bixby.

"They should just cast Beyonce. 
 

I'd have to say an unknown really would be best. the problem with getting these high-paid actors to play well known and loved character (before they were a movie) sometimes I just can't help but not feel totally immersed. 

"Bridget Regan 
 

"

Maybe Lucy Lawless could revamp her career as WW ;) 
 
I know most'll say she's too old, but after seeing the cartoon movie with her voicing Dianna, I just can't imagine anybody else.

So many people seem focused on what she looks like (It makes since cause she is supposed to be the most beautiful woman in the world.) I however am more focused on her acting skills. It's gonna be an action movie I hope she's gonna be able to fully handle the role.

"@Moomin123: she LOOKS the part, but she's only 5'8" and can you see her picking up a car? well....maybe "

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe looks spot on.

My 6-year old niece loves the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman show.  You should see her do the famous "transformation spin" in the middle of my brother's living room.  As much as I'd like to see a Wonder Woman movie now, if they hold off another decade or more watch out...

"
Wonder Woman message boards have all been pining for this actress named Jodi Lyn O'Keefe for a while now:        

       
    
 
Complete with Photoshop and everything: 
      
 
Only time I remember seeing her in was in a video game called Command & Conquer - Red Alert which you can download on both PS3 and Xbox 360's online arcade stores.  
      "

I think missy peregrym should play her:

"
Wonder Woman message boards have all been pining for this actress named Jodi Lyn O'Keefe for a while now:        

       
    
 
Complete with Photoshop and everything: 
      
 
Only time I remember seeing her in was in a video game called Command & Conquer - Red Alert which you can download on both PS3 and Xbox 360's online arcade stores.  You can just download the DEMO if you want.  She's the girl in the beginning intro scene that briefs you before you go on your 1st mission.
 
P.S. 
Since they've had so much problems doing a film, maybe go with other options like starting a Smallville-esque TV version of Wonder Woman first before a movie.          "

" Bridget Regan 
 

"

So....Beyonce isn't going to be Wonder Woman anymore?
YAY!.

Megan Gale was the first person casted as Wonder Woman since Lynda Carter in JUSTICE LEAGUE: MORTAL. 

Missy Peregrym would do a fantastic Wonder Woman if she could get a little more toned and do some work with a voice coach

@TheMess1428 said:

" Megan Gale was the first person casted as Wonder Woman since Lynda Carter in JUSTICE LEAGUE: MORTAL. 

Here are two actresses I would prefer to play her: Sophia Bush 

And Kate Beckinsale. 

"

To all the fans posting pictures of swimsuit cover models convinced that whoever plays Wonder Woman must have a certain look, consider that Robert Downey, Jr. played this:  

I'd much rather not see a swim suit model type play the part.
I'd not be able to take it seriously at all.

"To all the fans posting pictures of swimsuit cover models convinced that whoever plays Wonder Woman must have a certain look, consider that Robert Downey, Jr. played this:  

 The magic of Hollywood is that anybody can look like anything.  Even height doesn't matter.  You saw The Lord of the Rings, right?  There are a bazillion tricks to make an actor/actress appear "statuesque" that don't even involve computer effects.  So, to whoever ends up making this movie and all the fans who will rant about it:  Don't fixate on looks.  Get an actress who can play strong, composed, stranger-in-a-strange-land and unyielding-compassion and let the makeup department do their job. "

"Jennifer Connelly would be good in my opinion. "

" @Moomin123 said:

"Jennifer Connelly would be good in my opinion. "

     
 
Hmm... I could actually see  Jennifer Connelly playing the part. 
 
Doesn't matter if she's an unknown, the girl is a PROVEN actress. 
 
P.S. 
She looks like she could also play Jessica Drew. "

" I'd much rather not see a swim suit model type play the part. I'd not be able to take it seriously at all. "

" @Bandito: yeah, but he was playing a white guy playing a black guy I usually would agree about not caring about looks but when the character is princess of the amazons, she needs to be tall and a woman, at least  the rest can be dyed, fixed, altered in post, or whatever else "

And while we're splitting hairs here... 
 
Diana is an Amazon by name, not blood.  She was created out of clay by her mother's love and the will of the gods.  She's a golem.  She needn't be tall, or Mediterranean-looking because she doesn't have any of that genetic material to inherit.  She's a clean slate.  She could look like Beyonce, or Monica Bellucci, or Courtney Love, or Judy Dench!