Source: SciFi Wire

Comic book writer Brian Bendis interviewed comics scribe and filmmaker Joss Whedon for WizardUniverse.com, wherein Whedon discussed the troubles he is having bringing Wonder Woman to the silver screen.

“I am having enormous trouble with the script,” Whedon admitted. “It’s going very well and I’m loving life, but because it’s only at script stage and there will be no discussion of casting before, I don’t really deal with that. No, it’s weird, I’m in my office and it’s just me.”

Whedon continued, “It’s kept me busy for a long time. I’m finally finishing the second draft. I’m very happy with it, but wow! Wow, this one was like pulling teeth. It’s tough. I would watch Batman Begins and just grumble, just Phlox and moan, because he’s got everything. He’s got so much of the work done for him. He’s got the best rogues’ gallery. He’s got the best origin story. Wonder Woman is a lot more to figure out. But it’s coming together.”

Joel Silver will produce Wonder Woman for Warner Bros.

Avi Arad, an independent producer for Marvel Comics, plans a “do-over” of the Hulk movie, he told iF Magazine. “It’s a ‘do-over.’ I loved the Hulk movie. It was just a different approach, and it wasn’t exactly the comic,” Arad told the magazine. “We want to be much closer to the comic. It’s what we would rather do.”

Although Ang Lee’s 2003 Hulk film didn’t perform as expected, Arad said, “A lot of people are looking forward to the comic-book version of the Hulk. That’s the one we are making, and I think it will be incredibly satisfying. It will be big and awesome and a big ride.”

Arad also confirmed that a Thor movie is in the script-writing phase and that The Black Panther film project is awaiting an OK from a specific actor. Nick Fury and Ant-Man are other projects Marvel wants to bring to the big screen.

A TV series based on Blade is debuting this summer, with 13 episodes on Spike TV. Arad said he’s excited about other cartoon shows: “We’ve got a new Fantastic Four cartoon,” Arad added, “We’ve got a new Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon; it’s going to be based on the comics. We’re going to do another Sony Spider-Man cartoon. We are probably going to do an Iron Man cartoon after the movie.”