Lexi Alexander on Why She Won't Direct WONDER WOMAN

Just three weeks ago we learn that a Wonder Woman movie would be coming in 2017. A week later we learned that DC and Warner Bros. are looking for a female director to helm the movie. Then a week after that we learned that the Wonder Woman movie would be set in the 1920s. Late last week a rumor started to circulate that Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone) was attached to direct. Those rumors have since been squashed by Alexander and not in a nudge and wink way, but a full on explanation of why she is not doing it.

Alexander via Fast Company:

"Imagine the weight on my shoulders. How many male superhero movies fail? So now, we finally get Wonder Woman with a female director, imagine if it fails. And you have no control over marketing, over budget. So without any control, you carry the fucking weight of gender equality for both characters and women directors. No way."

Alexander later spoke to to Forbes on the assumption or inside knowledge that a director for Wonder Woman has been selected but hasn't been announced. Here's what Alexander said about another director already being picked:

"If she says yes, everybody will be very happy, including me. I don’t see at this point why anyone would say yes. There is huge pressure… If [a female director] does fail, then all of a sudden it’s ‘all women suck at directing.’"

A lot of readers are pulling for Kathryn Bigelow, which seems like the obvious choice. I think Angelina Jolie would be a more interesting pick. And why not make her Hippolyta too?