DC Comics is beating Marvel to the punch with their first woman-driven superhero picture, but the first look at Wonder Woman has many fans in despair.
Entertainment Weekly reported Thursday the first official image of the Amazons, the women who raised Wonder Woman (Gal Godot, making her debut in the new Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice). Despite sharing a name with the South American river and rainforest, these women (Connie Nielsen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Robin Wright) are all white.
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This didn't sit well with fans who, while impressed by the costuming and bold staging, were dismayed by such a monochrome tableau.
So..again the books are more diverse than the movies. Let's all watch this flop too. https://twitter.com/SuperheroFeed/status/712996357452259328 ...
so there are only white amazons?https://twitter.com/ew/status/712990369076613120 ...
The Amazons were middle Eastern women but yeah sure just make everyone white w/e https://twitter.com/io9/status/713003928267399168 ...
Notably, there were white Amazons in previous comic and animated adaptations of the DC Comics characters, but not every member of the group was white. Additionally, it is assumed the three women included in Entertainment Weekly's first-look photo do not comprise all of Wonder Woman's Amazons.
Just a couple of different media representations of DC Amazons. So what's with them all being white on the left? pic.twitter.com/AdVHP760BP
Every black person I know is asking "Where is Phillipus in this film???" #WonderWoman pic.twitter.com/WXMICRXTfI
It will upset me a lot if all the Amazons are white. That's a massive step backwards from the baby steps DC/WB is taking to be diverse.
Looks pretty diverse to me. Unlike that photo of all white women Amazons. Sigh. https://twitter.com/sparkymonster/status/713032021401014272 ...
@FotoCub I do hope the Amazons aren't ALL white though
In the movie, directed by Monster helmer Patty Jenkins, the Amazons are Wonder Woman's superhuman and immortal mother and aunts. In the superheroine's origin story set before Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, the Amazons train and prepare Wonder Woman for the world around her.
Wonder Woman is set for a June 23, 2017, release. Watch early footage from the film below.
