Adrianne Palicki Is Wonder Woman

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Adrianne Palicki Is Wonder Woman  

Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki has landed the lead in David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman revival for NBC, Variety reports.

The 27-year-old actress will play corporate executive Diana Themyscira, who fights crime in Los Angeles as Wonder Woman while maintaining a third, secret identity as Diana Prince. The DC Comics superheroine was last seen on live-action television in 1979, when she was famously portrayed by Lynda Carter. According to Deadline, Palicki was the only actress invited to test for the role.

Announced in October, Kelley’s reboot hit a snag early last month when all the networks passed on his script. However, NBC, now under new president of programming Bob Greenblatt, surprised virtually everyone about four weeks ago when it ordered the pilot. It will be directed by Jeffrey Reiner, a co-executive producer of Friday Night Lights.

Palicki, who played Tyra Collette on the first three seasons of that acclaimed NBC series, is no stranger to superhero adaptations: She was the evil Siren in the ill-fated Aquaman pilot. She also portrayed Sam Winchester’s doomed girlfriend in the pilot episode of Supernatural, and appeared in Fox’s short-lived drama Lone Star. Palicki co-stars in the upcoming remake of Red Dawn.

And in case you’re wondering, her IMDb.com biography says she’s 5’11″.

Here, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, is NBC’s official description for Wonder Woman:

The series pilot is a reinvention of the iconic DC Comics title in which Wonder Woman — a.k.a. Diana Prince — is a vigilante crime fighter in Los Angeles but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life. Kelley and Bill D’Elia (Boston Legal, The Practice) are the executive producers. The pilot was written by Kelley and will be directed by Jeffrey Reiner (NBC’s The Event). Wonder Woman is from David E. Kelley Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

  • Deluxedistributing

    she has a mole??? next i bet your gonna tell me she can speak too…

  • Sijo

    She looks OK to me, let’s see how well she acts.

    I’m also not terribly worried about the premise, other than if it doesn’t have her origin, powers and costume, then it’s not Wonder Woman, period.

  • Shift

    Actually the use of the Farm seems lessened these days, instead they seem to be using the Roof, the Bullpen, and the other places I mentioned, aside from the street.

  • Rance_Llacuna

    It happens to be a coincidence that she has also starred in two other DC Universe based TV shows. Smallville (Season 3 Finale) and Aquaman (Pilot)

  • a true DC fan

    Gee uh besides looking like a generic hot brunette– she doesnt resemble a GREEK AMAZON at all.

    ALSO i love how DC tv & movie adaptions just make shit up. When in the history of the character did she ever work as a corporate executive in LA of all places???

    This is a prime example of why DC properties totaly suck in movies and TV.

    IF it wasnt for the fact that we got plenty of BATMAN in the 90s in bot cartoons & movies that was pretty darn close to faithful…. i would cry foul over the CHRISTOPHER NOLAN versions.
    As it is i still think the NOLAN bat suits are horrendous fron head to toe.

    WW will be a failure on TV.
    As will GL in the theater this summer.

  • Omegasaga

    IF you think GEOFF JOHNS has any creative power in the TV or movie aspect of DC characters– then you are fooling yourself.

    Geoff might be mega popular in the comics world but he is a complete NOBODY with ZERO power in the TV & Movie industry.
    As if he would dare object to David E Kelley. please.

    As it stands- RYAN RENOLDS Hal Jordan is a mockery of everything Geoff has achived with that character.

    DC has ZERO say in ANYTHING when it comes to their properties. Just as MARVEL has ZERO say in what sony is doing with Spidey or the Xmen

  • Omegasaga

    ITs NOT impossibel to make a straight forward faithfull comic adaption. From the costume to the basic origin of teh character. Its completly possible.

    SPIDERMAN 1 & Superman 1 are THE prime examples of doing it correct.

  • Omegasaga

    You know nothing about the character.

    It would be like Hollywood casting Jayden Smith as Harry potter .

  • Omegasaga

    If the casting is just a generic run of the mill brunette, and the basic plot of the show is out of some big wigs ass…..and the costume is different ( black spandex) — then how is this WonderWoman by anything other than namesake?

    Was GIJOE the rise of cobra an adaption of GIJOE or just some BS with the name stamped on it?

  • Omegasaga

    Dear 14yrold i suggest you checkout the ALEX ROSS WW graphic novel from 2001.
    But more importantly see George Perez Iconic reboot from 1986 ( available on amazon).

    Not only are those two works faithful and streamlined– but they capture the true essence of the character.

    for the last 25yrs most creators have used the above works as their template for WW.
    Its only a rotaion of editors that screw it up now and then.

    See the Xmen and Spiderman comicverse for totaly incomprehensible.

  • Omegasaga

    There are only 2 formulas for a popular TV show based on women. IF you dont follow either formula… then all you have is a 6 episode SEASON 1 on DVD 3 months after the fact.

    Formula 1) hot teen/20 somthing girl(s) with a pretty 20somthing cast . Throw them into any concept as long as it has cutten edge fashion and pop culture referances.
    Basicaly BUFFY or SMALLVILLE.
    —–But that aint Wonder Woman

    Formula 2) mindless campy storytelling with ultra hot women in dental floss outfits teasing soft core with some laughable action.
    ie BAYWATCH or XENA——which is perfect for a WW tv show.

    there is NO other way to depict this character….. i dont want to know what makes WW as a corporate woman in LA tick…… i just want to see her T & A in the Iconic outfit.

  • Shift

    Umm… yeah, if you read my post again, you’ll realized that wasn’t what I said.

    I said it’s impossible to keep EVERY aspect of the continuity the same. That means they don’t vary in any way.

    No franchise has ever been able to keep every aspect of continuity the same in the movies as the comics. For example, Spider-Man ignored the mechanical webshooters and instead gave him organic ones. They also ignored Gwen Stacy until Spider-Man 3, and instead altered Mary-Jane’s history to fit into the movie franchise instead of the original comics. Superman meanwhile ignored the Superboy aspect of his past, and instead had him go from Clark to Superman.

    What I was saying was that comics have very thick and extensive histories, and it is impossible to present ALL of it in a movie. You have to edit and adjust it to fit into a different media.

  • Shift

    Kelley can’t push through on a project without the approval of DC. And considering how much Geoff Johns has fought for other things in his career (for example, fighting against Dan Didio’s decision to kill off Nightwing during Infinite Crisis), I think you’re underestimating him.

    David E Kelley is just the writer. He’s not the final word on anything. DC and NBC get the final word on things.

    And how exactly is Ryan Renolds a mockery of anything. You haven’t even seen the movie yet. Seems a bit odd to insult his performance without anything to back it up.

    And no, DC has a say in things, because its their property. If something bad gets pushed through, its not because they didn’t have a say, its because enough dollar signs were given to them.

  • Shift

    Actually, she’s not. There’s no indication that her powers come from the gods, there is no indication that she’s an ambassador of peace and the fact this show seems to depend primarily on Diana being an executive rather than a super-hero, and Steve being a lawyer instead of a fighter pilot, it implies that we’re going to be having a lot of boring office meetings and court room scenes instead of any action or appropriate character behavior and development.

    And how exactly is her history god-awful? The basic premise of the character is pretty simple. Amazon queen wants baby, makes it out of clay, gods make give it life. She saves a pilot, and goes back to “man’s world” to help protect the world and teach peace. She acts as an amabassor for her people, and fights as a super-hero.

    Sure, the comics have altered history, but that applies to all super-heroes. The primary premise of the character has always remained the same and is much more interesting this this tripe.

  • W_lazac

    Finally!!! they found someone that looks like Linda Carter to be a Wonder Woman!! Im so excited!!