Given the nerdy public’s touchiness with regard to the new Wonder Woman costume, and leaked plot details that were widely panned, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that NBC has decided not to pick up the Wonder Woman series.
Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt explained why they passed:
“I hate to disappoint anybody. I know there are legions of fans of the original show,” Greenblatt told EW. “I don’t know if it’s cursed or what. I just have this one experience. They made a really fine pilot and Adrianne Palicki did a fantastic job. You look at what you have, what you need, and it just didn’t seem to fit in with what we were doing.
“We did what was best for the schedule,” Greenblatt continued. “It does give one pause. You’re almost damned if you and damned if you don’t. It’s tricky.”
Of course, this is a nice way of saying that NBC has enough experience in the crappy superhero genre (hello The Cape!) to know that nerds would eat it alive.
(via Entertainment Weekly)
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Fashionably Geek readers and the internet in general had a lot to say about the new Wonder Woman costume, and by the looks of this photo it seems that someone at NBC was listening. No more shiny, candy hooker pants and the blue boots have gone to a more appropriate red color. Much better!
Check out an additional image and a video of the costume in action on Fashionably Geek…
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As you may already know, Wonder Woman issue #600 caused quite a stir back in June when it revealed the new costume designed by DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee.
Love it or hate it, the first statue featuring the design is now available for pre-order. The real test though is when cosplayers and trick-or-treaters start dressing in the new outfit, and my guess is that the old costume won’t be going away anytime soon.
Product Page ($105/Pre-Order for May 2011)
It started out as an April Fool’s joke, but demand quickly spread and Mattel decided to sell the Wonder Woman invisible jet as a Comic-Con exclusive collectible. It’s only an empty box, but this will definitely be a unique item for Hot Wheels enthusiasts. Unfortunately, the only place to get one now that Comic-Con is over is to hit up eBay.
(eBay via Super Punch)
Yesterday we featured Funko’s Justice League line of plushes, but we also learned that a few other DC characters are on tap for October. This includes the Joker, Penguin and Catwoman with Wonder Woman thrown in this mix of villains for some reason. Perhaps she spent some time in her cuddly, noseless, mouthless youth mixing with the wrong crowd.
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