Here’s a look at the young lady who is supposed to be playing Wonder Woman in the upcoming Justice League movie. Her name is Teresa Palmer and she is just under 5′ 6″ tall. I find this interesting since Wonder Woman is supposed to be an Amazon, and Amazonian women are supposed to be, you know… TALL.
Palmer is also all of 21 years old which seems to me to be a bit young for the character. I would think that she ought to be at least in her late twenties, but this falls in line with the (denied by the studio) rumor that they’re going to populate the film with a bunch of young ‘uns.
As to the height issue, I suppose that considering how short so many actors seem to be, they could just populate the cast with guys who are 5′ 6″ and shorter and just build slightly under-sized sets (like they used to do in old westerns). That way she would look proportionally tall compared to the rest of the cast.
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Regarding the story, there are some unverified and spoiler filled script questions answered over at Ain’t It Cool News. They state that the info could be obsolete because director George Miller likes to contribute to the script in addition to directing the movie he happens to be working on.
They include answers to the following questions:
- Does the Justice League exist at the start of the film?
- Has Batman met all the superheroes he has under surveillance?
- Are the heroes surprised Batman knows all their secret identities?
- Does Lois or Luthor appear in the movie?
- With which supervillains must the League contend?
- Does Superman have a big part?
- Do Wonder Woman and Batman team up against Superman?
- Whose side is Martian Manhunter on?
- Does Aquaman have a big part?
- Do we get to see Atlantis or Themyscira?
- Do we get to see Green Lantern’s Guardians or other members of the GL Corps?
- Do Hawkman, The Atom, Green Arrow, Zatanna, Hal Jordan or Black Canary appear and/or exist in this universe??
- A living, breathing Barry Allen appears in the script. Is Wally West in the movie as well?
- Are Aquaman, Wonder Woman, The Flash(es), Batman, Superman, John Stewart and J’onn J’onzz the only DC superheroes in the movie?
To see the answers to these questions head on over to AICN via the link below (opens in a new window).
I’m still thinking this Justice League movie is going to be a train wreck based on what I’ve heard and read so far…
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IMHO, having Mr. Millar as a director and a descent plot, this film gets 50/50 on expectation.
I’m in total agreement with you on this JL movie being a train wreck. Every bit of news I find awful and discourageing.
Vic
Well if the rumor(s) of Miller getting the greenlight for MAD MAX 4 and the HAPPY FEET sequel are true…I could see JLA not happening.
Can’t imagine how any director can helm 3 mega-budget productions con-currently…especially with a looming SAG/DGA strike this coming June. Although to be fair, the HAPPY FEET sequel would only take a few weeks for all the motion-capture work. The bulk of that film will lie in post-production.
Plus, now we’re suddenly getting news that WB is actively hearing out writers for Bryan Singer’s SUPERMAN sequel. If all this is true, something’s up over at WB.
I guess the strike is throwing everything into doubt.
Vic
it looks like a mess
it looks like a mess
sorry about the double post.
It STILL looks like a mess!
I’m STILL pissed that Hal’s not GL. Happy to see Barry,tho.
WW’s supposed to be a nice,big,healthy gal,not a skimpy teenybopper. Let’s see…..this girl’s too short,too blonde and too young to be WW,not to mention her bust doesn’t hold a candle to WW’s (sorry,folks,but come on!). This is almost as bad as the Rupert Evans Superman rumor (that’s false,BTW).
Looks more like “Anorexic Girl” to me than Wonder Woman.
ZAR.
Vic
She would be better suited as Cassie Sandsmark/Wonder Girl. If they’re casting young, forego JLA and make a Teen Titans film!
I would have liked a stronger looking Wonder Woman, but we’ll see. I wanted a bigger “Storm” in The X Men as well,but Halle did ok. Alittle wimpy, but ok…I guess.
Oh well.
I think they have casted this incarnation of Wonder Woman as a petite, young, pretty female mainly to appeal to the teenage and early-20s male crowd, who are always the prime targets for blockbuster action movies.
I think the thinking is probably that a tall, Amazonsque superhero woman would intimidate and frighten off a significant segment of that market, and that might hurt the film at the box office.
Movie studios create movies by committee these days, and always with a view to maximizing profits. Even a slight “intimidation” factor in the star might dent box office numbers just enough to label the movie a failure.
I just saw her in Restraint, renamed from a previous title. She has the WonderWoman body. Just see the movie. She will handle the role very well.
It difficult to translate comic to movie format but with Ironman and Batman it can be done with a good script as well as the cast
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