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KERI RUSSELL TO VOICE WONDER WOMAN FOR DVD FEATURE
Back in August, we told you that Wonder Woman and Batman were up next for the direct to DVD movie treatment, with a Batman’s turning into a six-chapter Batman: Gotham Knight with Eastern-flavored animation combined with stories by Brian Azarello, Josh Olsen, David Goyer, Greg Rucka, Jordan Goldberg and Alan Burnett. The stories of Gotham Knight will be set in movie continuity and will take place between Batman Begins and this summer’s Batman: The Dark Knight, and the direct to DVD movie should hit before The dark Knight’s July 18th’s theatrical debut.
So what about Wonder Woman?
Well, no firm release date, but the voice of Wonder Woman will be provided by Keri Russell, according to TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello. According to Ausiello, Russell is in “advanced talks” for the role in the animated feature, which is tentatively slated for a late ’08, early ’09 release. Russell was a favorite choice by many fans for the lead role in a live action Wonder Woman movie before said potential movie sank beneath the waves.
According to the original information Newsarama received in August, the Wonder Woman animated feature will be rated PG-13, and is described as follows:
On the mystical island of Themyscria, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength – Princess Diana. When and army fighter pilot, Steve Trevor crash-lands on the island, the rebellious and headstrong Diana defies Amazonian law by accompanying Trevor back to civilization. Meanwhile, Ares (the god of War) has escaped his imprisonment at the hands of the Amazonians and has decided to exact his revenge using the mystical “Hand of Rage,” an ancient artifact with the power to raise armies from the dead and infuse them with a thirst for blood. Ares intends to start a world war that will not only last for centuries – but will wipe out every living being on the planet, starting with the Amazons! It is up to Princess Diana to save her people and the world – by using her gifts and becoming the ultimate Wonder Woman!
Russell will be the second actress to portray DC’s Amazonian princess in the company’s direct-to-DVD features, as Lucy Lawless is providing the character’s voice in JLA: The New Frontier, due for release on February 26th.
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