Wonder Woman Has Been Cast!

The Golden Tiara returns to TV...



I'm sure most of you heard of the recent attempt by David E. Kelley to get Wonder Woman back on the small screen, and if you didn't hear about it, it might be because I possibly didn't write about it. Kelley had written up a treatment and a script that he was shopping around to the networks, and nobody bit. It seemed like Wonder Woman was not destined to be back on TV, despite her success in the 70's with Lynda Carter in the red, white and blues.


But their was a change of management, and NBC picked up the pilot. So the web was buzzin with thoughts on who would fill the... uh... corset of Diana Prince. Well, we didn't have to wait long. Spinoff Online reports:


Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki has landed the lead in David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman revival for NBC, Variety reports.


The 27-year-old actress will play corporate executive Diana Themyscira, who fights crime in Los Angeles as Wonder Woman while maintaining a third, secret identity as Diana Prince. The DC Comics superheroine was last seen on live-action television in 1979, when she was famously portrayed by Lynda Carter. According to Deadline, Palicki was the only actress invited to test for the role.


Palicki, who played Tyra Collette on the first three seasons of that acclaimed NBC series, is no stranger to superhero adaptations: She was the evil Siren in the ill-fated Aquaman pilot. She also portrayed Sam Winchester’s doomed girlfriend in the pilot episode of Supernatural, and appeared in Fox’s short-lived drama Lone Star. Palicki co-stars in the upcoming remake of Red Dawn.

Here, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, is NBC’s official description for Wonder Woman:

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.

I'm not sure if Palicki really screams Wonder Woman to me, but I also can't really think of anybody else who would. Diana is such an iconic character it's hard to place a celebrity in that position. Hopefully we get a good version of the costume, because Palicki certainly has the figure for it. 

I'm sold...


UPDATE: Check out Palicki in full WW costume here.