Adrianne Palicki will be TV’s Wonder Woman

The hunt for a Small Screen Diana Prince is over, and Friday Night Lights Adrianne Palicki will be the first actress since Lynda Carter to play Wonder Woman on TV.

Zap2It reports:

Palicki will assume the role of Diana Prince in NBC’s reboot of the 1970s series. Deadline.com reports that the actress was the only one the network invited to test for the role.

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.

Anyways, I have little exposure to this actress, but she certainly has the rack to fill out the costume (Although I hope they go more with the retooled Straczynski costume - more realistic and modern for a TV series). No doubt she will be getting a dark hair treatment for the role or the fanboys will loose their Underoos over it. But as far as presence goes, I don’t know if she can fill the Woman in Wonder Woman.

David E Kelley has a pretty solid track record for strong female lead TV series.

I will have to wait to see how they play it out. The Cape looked pretty good in previews too.

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She looks nice, but dunno is she’s “Wonder Woman” enough.
Anti-Septic

Not my first choice as WW, but I am more than ok with it. The whole origin story thing from what I am hearing will have me worried a bit.

I’ll keep an open mind though, bring it on.
Devin

She seemed to really grow as an actress on Friday Night Lights and I think she could be really good. My personal choice would have been Monica Bellucci but that’s probably a little outside the box for network TV.
- 420BAND
  
  She’s a smoker thats for sure! BUT to qoute Angel from the Scarface scene where there in an ol’ convertable crusing South Beach: “She’s like a hundred eh-jeers ol!”
  
  senior cougar dude.
  - Devin
    
    Ha! Well said. I know she’s over the hill by Hollywood standards, but it is supposed to be “Wonder WOMAN.” I think she’s one of the few woman in the world that has the beauty to stand up to the Carter legacy, she’s got an exotic look that could help her pass as Amazonian, and she can actually act. I’m not even sure if this TV version is supposed to be Amazon though. Bellucci would have been amazing. If I could show you my whole mockup of her in costume, you’d be convinced :)
- tzaylor
  
  wow I never thought about monica bellucci, talk about a perfect look for wonder woman.
Dirk Anger

the actress that they chose for the part doesn”t really bother me; it’s the writer that’s gonna sink this ship. David Kelley’s script sucks plain and simple. The fact that Palicki will be playing Wonder Woman + Diana Prince the working girl + Diana Thymescera corporate big wig = one season and done. At least with Smallville some of the details were changed but the basic story and soul of the character remained the same. All this version is is Wonder Woman meets Ally McBeal. Damn, even typing that last sentence sucked.
- http://www.judymoodymovie.com Rodney
  
  You know David E Kelley has created far more than just Ally McBeal right?
  
  LA Law, Doogie Howser MD, Picket Fences, The Practice, Boston Public, Boston Legal.
  
  All of those shows have their own style and voice that never once indicate that he is a one-trick-pony. The one thing they do all have in common however is strong leading female roles.
  
  I don’t think Kelley’s involvement at all makes this “Wonder Woman meets Ally McBeal”
Pman-67

What, an announcement of a reinvention with no mention of it be “grittier” than the original? Yes, the discription makes it sound that way, but I though there was a law that there must always be mention of the remake/reinvention/reimaging being darker/grittier than the original?

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