Joss Whedon to Write and Direct Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman teaser poster
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Today the official announcement was made on a rumor that's been flying around the web for a while now. The Wonder Woman feature film will be written and directed by none other than Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and writer of the Astonishing X-men comic book series. Whedon also did some limited work on the script for the first X-Men movie. This is great news. I love Whedon's take on superheroes and I'm sure he'll do great with Wonder Woman. WW can be a tough character to nail down. She is probably the third most well known superhero in the world after Superman and Batman, but has never had a feature film or a truly defining storyline. This should give Whedon plenty of room to play around, since people recognize the character but don't have as many preconceived ideas on what a Wonder Woman movie should be, as they did with Batman or Spider-man. Now they just have to sign Catherine Zeta Jones to star and I'll be overjoyed. Click the image above to see a bigger version of the teaser poster by fan-favorite artist, Adam Hughes, and go here for more info on the movie.