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Warner Bros.’ news of the full DC Comics movie slate was big for many reasons. It showed a commitment to a brand fans know and love. It showed the scope of the company’s plan. And buried under all those names and dates, it showed a commitment to diversity. Among the films, Warner Bros. announced the first female solo superhero film as well as the first African-American superhero film since the superhero craze really kicked into gear. Those films, of course, are Wonder Woman and Cyborg.

If that’s not enough, it turns out Warner Bros. is looking for a female director to helm Wonder Woman, which will star Gal Gadot. Below, read more about that as well as five awesome choices for the Wonder Woman director chair.

In a new Hollywood Reporter story analyzing the Warner Bros. DC movie slate, there’s this statement:

Warners also is opting for strong directors, tapping David Ayer (Fury) for Suicide Squad and seeking a female helmer for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman.

Well that’s an unexpected piece of good news. Wonder Woman tentatively has a June 23, 2017 release date. That’s a long time away, but not as long as one might think for a superhero movie of this scale. We’ll probably hear a director announcement before the Summer of 2015. Here are five names we think might fit the bill, in no particular order.

Mimi Leder

After directing a some huge action movies (Deep Impact, The Peacemaker), Mimi Leder sort of took a step back from feature film directing for the past decade. She’s been doing a lot of TV, including a few standout episodes of The Leftovers this year. She’s still got blockbuster talent.

Kathryn Bigelow

The Oscar-winning director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty is on the top of any list like this and she knows it. She’s very much someone who develops her own material instead of coming on as a hired gun. But maybe Wonder Woman is the exact project to lure her into this scene. It has the potential to be both historic and epic.

Lexi Alexander

One of the few female directors with superhero experience, Lexi Alexander already knows this world. Punisher War Zone struggled at the box office, but there’s no way to argue that she didn’t really go for it. With respect to Wonder Woman, War Zone shows huge promise. Plus her film Green Street Hooligans is highly stylized and awesome.

Angelina Jolie

When Unbroken hits theaters in December, there’s a good chance Angelina Jolie will have a blank check to do whatever she wants as a director. And since she can’t play Wonder Woman, why not direct the film? She got a taste of this kind of filmmaking as a producer on Maleficent and has a great mix of artistic integrity and mainstream sensibility.

Michelle MacLaren

Eventually, someone is going to hire Michelle MacLaren as a feature film director. She deserves it. She directed 11 amazing episodes of Breaking Bad, several episodes of Game of Thrones, a few on The Walking Dead and more. In some ways those are all feature films with shorter run times. It’s time for her to have a feature gig (assuming she wants one) and Wonder Woman would be perfect.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are many other awesome women for the job. Who do you think should direct Wonder Woman?

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Want to read about some hidden details in Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer? How did James Spader describe his villainous Marvel character? Who is the woman standing next to Thor? How did Hollywood cover Riggan Thomson leaving the role of Birdman? Could we see a Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer before the end of the year? Did the director of Nightcrawler talk about his work on Superman Lives? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.

Hitfix has a great piece on things you many not have noticed in the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer.

As for one of those things, Newsarama thinks they’ve figured out who the mystery girl standing next to Thor in the Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer.

Total Film talked to James Spader about playing Ultron and he talked about him being a child and “batshit crazy.”

It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but Batman On Film is running a rumor that the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice teaser trailer could be out before the end of the year.

#TBT to when #RigganThomson hung up the Birdman suit and quit before Birdman 4. @Variety #The90s #BirdmanMovie pic.twitter.com/M0FsxqcGVm

— Fox Searchlight (@foxsearchlight) October 23, 2014

Even in the 90s, superhero news was huge. Remember the Birdman scandal? (In theaters this weekend. Seriously, go, so good.)

X-Men Days of Future Past is the best selling DVD this week.

I wanted this to be better, like the actual trailer mixed with the Pinocchio song, but it’s still pretty cool.

Nightcrawler director Dan Gilroy talked about his time working on Tim Burton’s Superman Lives with Movies.com.

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Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness.

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How Kevin Smith learned to love making movies again

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JOHNNY DEPP’S DUMB HATS, RANKED

Forever Fest 2014 to Feature ‘Mean Girls‘ 10th Anniversary Screening

Disney Made These Test Animations To Study The Characters In Big Hero 6

Kristen Stewart Says She’s Going To ‘Take Time Off’ To ‘Make A Bunch of Stuff’

Check Out These Exclusive Pics From ON SET WITH JOHN CARPENTER!

‘Interstellar,’ ‘Big Hero 6‘ Lift Off in Tracking for Possible $60M Debut

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Earlier this year, news broke that The Incredibles and Ratatouille were getting 3D post-conversions. The two Brad Bird-directed Oscar-winners are already on Blu-ray, but the rumor was that these conversions could be for upgraded 3D Blu-ray discs. Soon after that rumor landed, a 3D version of Ratatouille hit shelves overseas. Nothing happened with The Incredibles, however. Now, a new rumor says that, unlike Ratatouille, The Incredibles 3D conversion could be going to the big screen.

The rumor popped up on FinalReel. They noted that when Ratatouille 3D was classified in the UK by the British Board of Film Classification, it was done so as a “video.” The Incredibles was classified as a “film,” which suggests a possible theatrical release.

Neither Walt Disney Theatrical nor Disney Home Video had an official response as of press time. And a hail mary tweet to Brad Bird remains unreturned. (He’s probably a little bit busy.)

Honestly, the move makes very little sense. 2014 is the 10th anniversary of The Incredibles. With only two months left in the calendar, that ship has all but sailed. Plus there’s still an Incredibles Blu-ray available for purchase, so releasing a second one also doesn’t sound correct.

Actually, the most logical explanation of all this is animated films aren’t difficult to convert into 3D and the conversion will be held until something happens with The Incredibles 2. Once that happens, they can pull the current Blu-ray, release a new one with a 3D conversion, and maybe do a 3D double feature in theaters. But conservatively speaking, that’s at least five years down the road. Why go through all this trouble now?

It’s a mystery we have no answer to just yet but will keep an eye on. What do you think is the reason a 3D version of The Incredibles was classified in the UK? Would you pay to go see the film again in theaters?

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