Joss Whedon: DC Characters Are Harder to Write Than Marvels

Joss Whedon, who once wrote a screenplay for Wonder Woman that never got produced, told Deadline during an interview earlier today that DC characters are, in general, more difficult to adapt well than Marvel's are, and that it makes it difficult to say how hard it is to make something like Justice League, or even Wonder Woman. "I don't keep that close an eye on it. But I loved Batman Begins so much and thought Christopher Nolan nailed Batman in a way that nobody ever had," Whedon said. "It couldn't be more different from The Avengers, and the Marvel and DC universes are different animals. If they actually crack the code which has not been done in terms of creating a shared sensibilities where all the movies are interesting and come together, I'm going to be thrilled. I have no fear that we're going to be stepping on each others' turf." He added, "It's not easy. It's not a simple trick. The Marvel properties with the exception of Batman who has often been described as the Marvel character in the DC universe are much easier to translate to a modern audience. Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern are so far above us and their powers are amorphous and that makes it 10 times harder. Even when you're doing a fight, it's harder to write a fight for Thor than it is for Captain America because he's that much stronger. I loved what I was doing on Wonder Woman. Clearly I was an excited party of one. I wrote the movie, I felt good about the characters, the structure needed work, I did another outline, they read it and were done. There wasn't even a phone call."