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In exciting news for fans of old Hollywood glamour and/or primitive wi-fi technology (yes, we’re vastly oversimplifying it, we know), this afternoon Showtime announced that Wonder Woman herself, Gal Gadot, is “near a deal” to star in and executive produce a series for the premium cable network based on the life of…
[Note: Spoilers for Wonder Woman—which came out last summer, and is currently streaming on HBO Go/Now as well as available for digital rental—within.]
It seems like it has taken a long time, but Gal Gadot is finally getting her first starring film role since Wonder Woman. According to Deadline, she’ll be starring with Dwayne Johnson in Red Notice, a “globe-trotting, action-comedy, heist thriller” that is being kept vague beyond that. Gadot’s character will be a…
Gal Gadot has at least three more DC films on the horizon, including the Wonder Woman sequel that will reportedly take place during the Cold War. But apparently, she still has time to drop by Springfield, USA.
Justice League pretty much crashed and burned (although there was one scene our critics liked a lot), so fans are looking ahead to the followup to the DCEU’s 2017 success story: director Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman. Diana (Gal Gadot)’s sweet and charming (and ultimately, ill-fated) romance with Steve Trevor (Chris…
A blockbuster with more studio notes than script (underlined: “Be more Marvel”), Justice League attempts to inject some levity and rock ’n’ roll into Zack Snyder’s dinosaurian version of the DC Comics-verse; in many cases, it ends up with the worst of multiple worlds. Gone are the artistic pretensions and doofy…
Over the weekend, Page Six cited an anonymous source who claimed that Gal Gadot was refusing to star in Wonder Woman 2 if Brett Ratner, whom several actresses recently accused of sexual harassment, was involved in any way. Ratner’s RatPac-Dune Entertainment company was one of the financial backers on the first Wonder…
According to a source for Page Six, Gal Gadot has put her foot down and informed Warner Bros. that she won’t make Wonder Woman 2 unless the studio cuts alleged sexual harasser Brett Ratner and his RatPac-Dune Entertainment production company out of the project. Ratner and his company helped finance the first Wonder…
Harvey Weinstein jokes weren’t the only thing cut out of last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live; we also lost a new Kyle Mooney/Beck Bennett/Gal Gadot rap parody to the vagaries of time and dress rehearsal whims. But Saturday night’s loss is Tuesday morning’s gain, since NBC released the video for public…
“Is it a maybe, or is it a no?”
Despite having multiple Avatar movies to worry about/make people care about, James Cameron recently took the time to double down on his comments about Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman movie, telling The Hollywood Reporter that Diana of Themyscira was very much an “objectified icon.” For Cameron, who doesn’t seem to think…
Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 43rd season on September 30 with Ryan Gosling, who is a timely host thanks to Blade Runner 2049 also coming this fall, but one problem with the early episodes in an SNL season is that most of the big movies of the summer have already come and gone. So, to celebrate a couple…
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Gal Gadot reveals that, after a hitching a ride on the Fast And Furious franchise, she was up for two of the baddest roles in recent film history: Diana Prince and Furiosa. Obviously, she landed the former, making a delightful first impression in Batman V Superman: Dawn…
Though this weekend was a harrowing time in several parts of the country, the Teen Choice Awards unfolded undeterred last night, so that at the start of the next Civil War, we’ll at least know who the last breakout film, TV, and music stars were. Riverdale was the big winner, picking up nods for best—sorry, Choice—TV…
The members of the DC Extended Universe’s Justice League took a literal victory lap around Comic-Con’s Hall H today, as Ben Affleck, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Ray Fisher, and Jason Momoa all walked through the crowd greeting fans who had gathered to watch them discuss their double lives as onscreen superheroes. Miller,…
Diana Prince will once again be caught up in humanity’s war machine, as reports are now cropping up to indicate that the Wonder Woman sequel will be set during the Cold War. ScreenRant broke the news first, citing sources and production details about the 1980s setting for the film, which will once again star Gal Gadot…
The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is the organization behind the Academy Awards, and it consists of thousands of people who work in the movie industry—from actors and directors to hairstylists and PR people. That means The Academy is basically the not-so-shadowy cabal that runs Hollywood, breaking hearts…
Given that the Hollywood gender wage gap—i.e., the phenomenon that sees Jennifer Lawrence rank as Hollywood’s top-paid female star, and still make $30 million less a year than her male contemporaries—is demonstrably still a thing, people have been eyeing the paychecks headed to Warner Bros.’ latest female action star, …
Note: This article reveals some plot details from the movie Wonder Woman.
