The CW's Amazon Casting Now, No Plans for Batman Show

by SuperHeroHype

January 14, 2013

A few months ago, it was announced that The CW was venturing into the world of Wonder Woman with a new series titled Amazon. Writer Allan Heinberg has been commissioned to write a script, but no pilot has officially been ordered. In an interview with IGN, CW President Mark Pedowitz had this to say: “First off, we’re waiting to see the script. Second off, we’re busy casting for Diana as we speak. Hopefully the script works the way we want. It's an origination story in the sense that Smallville was an origination story.”

With Warner Bros.' plan to have a Justice League film in theaters by 2015, The CW made sure the new series wouldn't interfere. “We worked carefully with Warner Bros. to make sure Warner Bros. theatrical was onboard so we were able to get it done. You want to work carefully with your studio to make sure that it works and that it doesn’t interfere with their projects.”

Pedowitz also says it's possible that Arrow and Amazon might be in the same 'universe.' “I think they all could exist in the same world, but whether they do or they don’t is depending on what the showrunner wants to do.”

Even though it would appear the stars are aligning for the potential new series, a pilot still won't be commissioned for a while. “If we get the right script and the right casting, we’ll go right forward to pilot.”

With Wonder Woman potentially getting her own series and the Superman series Smallville having wrapped up, that leaves just one of the DC Universe's Trinity without a CW TV show - Batman. Pedowitz shot down all of our hopes by saying there are currently no plans for a Batman TV show.

Wonder Woman Drama Amazon Won't Premiere This Fall

by SuperHeroHype

January 28, 2013

Deadline is reporting that the potential CW series Amazon, based on the DC comics character Wonder Woman, will not go to the pilot stage at this time. The series, however, will stay in development at The CW for a potential pick up next pilot season or an 'off-cycle pilot' later this year.

The last update reported about the series were that they were actively casting for the role of Diana and when the script and casting were right, a pilot would be ordered.

Amazon is the working title of the series with writer Allan Heinberg penning the pilot script. Heinberg is no stranger to The CW or Wonder Woman, having written both "Wonder Woman" comics and The CW series "Gilmore Girls."

The CW's Wonder Woman Series is Still Alive

by SuperHeroHype

May 16, 2013

The last we heard about The CW's "Wonder Woman" project, titled "Amazon," it was being reworked internally and would not be debuting in the fall of 2013. This seemed like a death sentence for the series to many, but EW is reporting that The CW President Mark Pedowitz says the series is still very much alive and in development.

"It’s being redeveloped. We don’t want to produce something that doesn’t do the franchise justice. It’s the trickiest of all the DC characters.”

Development on the pilot is no doubt in a similar state than it was a few months ago where the network was actively casting for the role of Diana except now Heroes writer Aron Eli Coleite is working on a script instead of Allan Heinberg. It has been said before that should the project come together later this year, that an "off season" pilot could be ordered for the project with an eye toward a spring 2014 premiere.