Bring on the Magic to Paradise Island... Jason Fuchs IS the Script Writer

[Lencho01]

As I understand it, Marvel's program was different from what WB is doing according to that article. They had writers choose from a list of lesser known titles and see what they come up with. That's how Guardians got made anyway.

 

[The Sage]

They're having several writers come up with Wonder Woman scripts and picking the best out of the bunch. I fail to see how that's a problem. I assume each writer is given some plot points and elements that the stories are expected to include.

 

[John-An]

Article said nothing we didn't already know. All comparisons against Marvel with opinions from Marvel reps and cursory insiders. It's funny how people forget how rushed Avengers was. Marvel's movie developments haven't been always smooth.

This article is Hollywood worshiping Marvel's success and typically wanting to pattern all other movies by it. Anything different is met with huge skepticism and doubt because they like bankable formulas.

This!!

I dunno why the most reliable source of information apparently is someone who works for a competing company. Do you expect them to say anything other than that their company is doing better and that their competition is clueless?

You hit the nail there... What can we do?

Little known fact on the whole six writers thing....Marvel does the same thing. It just gets praised for it though.
http://deadline.com/2009/03/what-a-marvel-ous-idea-for-screenwriters-8924/

I am glad I am not the only one seeing it.
Six writers at Marvel = new and inventive
Six writers at WB/DC = throwing @#$% at the wall

 

[John-An]

What does Marvel Studio's defunct 2009 writers program have to do with conflicting reports on WB's approach to the Wonder Woman movie in the year 2015? Because I don't recall Marvel hiring six writers to work on one film at the same time. Not a comparable situation at all.

reports form the company competence. Yeah right... Do you know what exactly they are doing? Beginning with the cinematic universe as Marvel have done many years ago and many then had doubts... but anyways

 

[roach]

From what I heard of Marvel's program...they'd get a bunch of writers working on an idea and the best one would win the job.

 

[The Sage]

From what I heard of Marvel's program...they'd get a bunch of writers working on an idea and the best one would win the job.

Is that a common practice in Hollywood?

 

[roach]

Is that a common practice in Hollywood?

it seems to be an idea that they got from TV, a writer's room, and applied to movies. It's not a common practice but when you need to lock in a writer for a movie that wont come out until 5-10 years from now...it's a good practice.
It's good for new writers...which is most of the Marvel (non-director) and DC guys.

 

[Bullseye1]

They're having several writers come up with Wonder Woman scripts and picking the best out of the bunch. I fail to see how that's a problem. I assume each writer is given some plot points and elements that the stories are expected to include.

As long as there is a vision for the shared universe I don't see the problem at all. The problem only exists if the writers are not given some direction on where they are taking the character going forward.

 

[roach]

As long as there is a vision for the shared universe I don't see the problem at all. The problem only exists if the writers are not given some direction on where they are taking the character going forward.

The problem is they are writing for a character that's is still being created. We know WW...but we dont know Snyder's WW...
Example:
Right now BvS is being put together and will start to get the critical viewings soon. So let's say that in BvS WW doesn't fly. The execs sit down and watch the film and they have an issue with her not flying. They say let's make her fly...Snyder agrees and Gal comes in to film scenes of her flying instead of jumping...mostly green screen (think the close up of Superman while he is flying type scene).
Right now Jason Fuchs is writing this awesome action sequence where WW has to jump from sky scrapper to sky scrapper in a downtown city while fighting a giant flying monster. Notes come down from on high...WW flies now. Something like that could send him to a page one rewrite or just a re imagining of several action sequences.

 

[John-An]

You've ruffled some feathers hiring competing writers to work on some projects at the same time, such as with Wonder Woman. What's the strategy?
Every project is different. On some projects, we have multiple writers working together. In some cases, we put writers together who have never been a team together. And sometimes, there is only one writer whose voice is right. In the case of Wonder Woman, the right approach was to have writers pitching different scenes within the framework we created.


Without knowing what the others were up to?
Correct. They came to me and said they wanted to try this approach. I don't know how much collaboration and noncollaboration was going on. Treating writers well is a massive priority at this studio. I'd be very shocked if writers weren't treated with respect and grace.

from Greg Silverman.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-film-chief-wonder-799408?utm_source=twitter

 

[Bwahaha!]

Doesn't seem to be so uncommon. Was reading the studio hired a room full of writer's for the next Transformers movie.

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

Screenwriter Jason Fuchs on ‘Wonder Woman’ and DC’s Cinematic Vision

Warners has been very kind to me, I have to say.

This is what I would say. When you work for DC, it’s sort of like working for the CIA. You have a vow of silence. I think, as we speak, Zack Snyder’s gonna come in here and put a muzzle on me. The trouble with these things is that you really can’t say much. So I’m excited about everything that’s going on in that universe. And I’ve certainly read the same reports you’ve read about my involvement and what that might be, but I can only speak to it as a fan. I can tell you, I am someone who from a very young age was a huge fan of DC Comics. A huge fan of that key troika in the Justice League of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, as well as all the other characters.

So I am very, very happy that that DC Cinematic Universe is finally being fleshed out. I don’t think it’s any secret that people who have seen the Batman v Superman trailer, the Suicide Squad trailer can see that this is a very different cinematic universe than the one that Marvel has constructed over at Disney, or the one that Simon Kinberg and company have constructed with X-Men over at Fox. It’s a really specific, grand, slightly darker, slightly grittier place. As a fan of those comic books, a fan of those movies, I’m excited to see where it goes next.

Link: http://collider.com/wonder-woman-sc...ersocial&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

[Dr.]

Screenwriter Jason Fuchs on ‘Wonder Woman’ and DC’s Cinematic Vision

His enthusiasm is nice. But his talent is the question (Pan is getting poor-ish reviews).

 

[Mrs. Wayne]

True. Can only hope he wrote a better script here.

 

[Pickleweasel]

Haven't seen the movie, has 9 bad reviews and that means Fuchs wrote a bad script and doesn't have talent?

 

[Micromind]

I wouldn't worry too much, first.. Snyder and Geoff Johns (he an executive producer in this right ?) has already given a rough outline for DC universe movies which all writers / directors have to follow, which means there will be a specific direction which needs to be taken.

Second, remember that WB hired as many as Six writers to write different stories / scenes for this movie ? All Jason has to do is to select the best parts out of them and then develop them.

Plus, WB has a habit of lifting certain ideas out of old scripts, for instance the plane rescue scene in Superman Returns was originally present in JJ Abrams script of Superman: Flyby which was used by Singer, similarly WB allows for writers / directors to use elements from old scripts, which means Jason can use some ideas in Whedon's WW story as well.

Edit: Lastly, Jason must be having some talent as he was selected for writing Pan movie and WW, he can't be that bad either.

 

[flickchick85]

I'm not saying the guy's a bad writer - definitely too early to make a call on that - but I don't understand the "he can't be that bad because he was chosen for such-and-such film" arguments. I mean, how much crap gets released every year because untalented people were chosen for them? As we all know in Hollywood, it's usually less about talent than it is about who you know.

 

[Wally_West]

I am still pronouncing his name as jason F**ks. It just rolls off the tongue so well.

 

[jokesonm3]

What are the critics saying? bad acting? bad writing? bad idea in general?

 

[Dr.]

Haven't seen the movie, has 9 bad reviews and that means Fuchs wrote a bad script and doesn't have talent?

No. But as mentioned earlier in this thread, Fuchs doesn’t have much of a track record as a writer (he started as an actor) and Pan would be his “litmus test.” Now, a poor showing by that movie doesn’t all fall on Fuch’s shoulders. But obviously, it would be a more hopeful sign for WW if Pan were garnering raves.

 

[Willi Berg]

What are the critics saying? bad acting? bad writing? bad idea in general?

What I read is that "Pan" is derivative, taking elements of popular movies (Avatar, Harry Potter, even Moulin Rouge) as well as being part of the recent trend of fairy tale movies (Oz the Great and Powerful, Maleficent) that are joyless and overloaded with CGI. I have read more positive reviews as well, though. And some of the main negative reviews seem overly harsh and curmudgeonly. I will check it out to make up my own mind, as I have seen the other Pan movies.

I just hope the WW movie is original, its own thing, and not derivative of other 'trendy' movies. I know that it is "another" superhero movie but WW is a unique comic and character.

 

[KillerWolf]

No. But as mentioned earlier in this thread, Fuchs doesn’t have much of a track record as a writer (he started as an actor) and Pan would be his “litmus test.” Now, a poor showing by that movie doesn’t all fall on Fuch’s shoulders. But obviously, it would be a more hopeful sign for WW if Pan were garnering raves.

Which is, again, far better than having Kurt Johnstad's track record... I kinda see him as a newcomer who has yet to shine (hopefully) and at least he should be very motivated to do well, given that he is just breaking out as a script writer. And given that I don't see him being a newcomer as a bad thing, I remain optimistic that he'll do well.

Again, out of all DCEU script writers so far, Johnstad's involvement is the only one that worries me. Verdict still hasn't been made when it comes to Fuchs.

 

[theotherme]

We also don't know if Fuchs is going to wind up as the sole credited screenwriter, he's just one name we know.

Also, Patty Jenkins ain't a bad writer herself (she wrote Monster as well as directing it) so one would think/hope her judgment would come into play.

 

[Jonwo]

The writer is only one of a part of the equation and given that film is the director's medium, I imagine a lot of the issues are down to Joe Wright.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I think for Fuchs sake we should give him the benefit of the doubt