Nicole Kidman Killed Wonder Woman, Says Warner Bros.

charliejane — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PDT

Wonder Woman could be on hold forever — thanks to Jodie Foster and Hilary Swank. Actually, blame the sexist stumblebums at Warner Bros. The last three Warner movies with female leads bombed: Nicole Kidman's The Invasion, Swank's The Reaping, and Foster's The Brave One. So Warner Bros. president of production Jeff Robinov says he won't even look at a script with a female lead ever again.

Actually, The Brave One did way better than Kevin Bacon's competing revenge flick Death Sentence. Maybe the problem is with War-On-Terror gun porno?

You can spend hours dissecting Robinov's idiocy, but the fact is it's bad for science fiction. As Slashfilm points out, the danger is that we'll end up with characters like Sue Storm in the Fantastic Four movies, who's a bride and not much else. Science fiction needs well-rounded, interesting women in challenging situations — not just mindless fluffers for the male hero.

Warner Bros. Says "No More Female Lead Characters" [Slashfilm]

Must See: Contact

Annalee Newitz — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:00:43 PDT

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by Jason Shankel.

Title: Contact
Date: 1997

Vitals: Jodie Foster, surrounded by the likes of Matthew MacConaughey, Tom Skerrit, John Hurt and James Woods, searches for less creepy life elsewhere in the galaxy.

Famous names: Jodie Foster John Hurt Matthew MacConaughey Carl Sagan Tom Skerrit

Crunchy goodness: 3

Elevator pitch: Close Encounters of the Third Kind with more math and fewer French people.

Life lesson: Never let Jake Busey near anything expensive.

Deadliest spoiler: Turns out the alien was just her dad.

Contact: Official Site

io9: Jodie Foster

Nicole Kidman Killed Wonder Woman, Says Warner Bros.

Must See: Contact