Warner Bros. has met with numerous female directors, and the 'Breaking Bad' director lands on the top spot at the studio's list to helm their first female superhero movie.
- November 13, 2014
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"Wonder Woman" may be close to finding a director. Michelle MacLaren whose credits include "Breaking Bad", "Game of Thrones" and "The Walking Dead" reportedly has emerged as a frontrunner to take the job. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she has met with Warner Bros. several times regarding the project.
WB was rumored looking for a female director for the movie, but the studio insisted their search was not limited to women. Among their considerations were Jennifer Kent ("The Babadook") and Lesli Linka Glatter ("Homeland"). The other names on the studio's list included Kathryn Bigelow ("Zero Dark Thirty (2012)") and Catherine Hardwicke ("Twilight").
One of the rumored candidates, "Punisher: War Zone" helmer Lexi Alexander, previously expressed her hesitance to take the job. "I don't see at this point why anyone would say yes. There is huge pressure ...If [a female director] does fail, then all of a sudden it's 'all women suck at directing,' " she explained to Fast Company.
"Imagine the weight on my shoulders," she went on. "How many male superhero movies fail? So now, we finally get Wonder Woman with a female director, imagine if it fails. And you have no control over marketing, over budget. So without any control, you carry the f**king weight of gender equality for both characters and women directors. No way."
Gal Gadot will make her debut as Wonder Woman in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" due March 25, 2016, before getting her own solo film in 2017. "Justice League Part One" follows in 2017 and "Justice League Part Two" in 2019. The other planned DC movies are "Suicide Squad" (2016), "The Flash" (2018), "Aquaman" (2018), "Shazam" (2019), "Cyborg" (2020) and "Green Lantern (2020)".
