Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara has stated his desire for either a Wonder Woman TV show or movie to enter productioin as soon as possible.
The Hollywood Reporter quotes the exec as lamenting that their failure to use any DC franchises other than Superman and Batman is a "missed opportunity".
Tsujihara goes on to say that the studio has "huge plans for a number of other DC properties on TV... we need to get Wonder Woman on the big screen or TV".
There have been a hell of a lot of attempts to get the Amazonian onto the screen over the last ten years (in fact, current Marvel head writer Joss Whedon was once attached to a project, but his loyalties are of course elsewhere now), but none have proved to be a success - the closest being an unaired pilot starring Friday Night Lights' Adrianne Palicki.
Whether this latest attempt will get anywhere is up for debate. Arguably if it doesn't happen now it never will - Warner Bros. have made no secret of their desire to set up a DC Cinematic Universe to rival Disney's Marvelverse, with 2015's Batman/Superman crossover movie already in production and talk of an Avengers-rivalling JLA movie never far from the lips of rumourmongers.
But the fact remains that, despite so many efforts to bring her back, Wonder Woman has not made a live action appearance since 1979. Whether the character is that hard to get right, or whether the interest just isn't there, you can't shake the feeling that Tsujihara may have an uphill struggle on his hands...
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