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Wonder Woman almost wasn’t the strong, confident Amazonian hero fans know her to be today.

With Gal Gadot‘s critically praised Wonder Woman opening Friday, an unearthed clip of the first attempt to bring Wonder Woman to life in 1967 has surfaced — and it’s cringeworthy, to say the least.

Producer William Dozier’s failed attempt at a Wonder Woman sitcom titled Wonder Woman: Who’s Afraid of Diana Prince? starred Ellie Wood Walker as the titular hero and Maudie Prickett as her mother.

In the five-minute clip above, Diana Prince is berated for being single by her nagging...

2017-06-01T07:55:29-07:00Original 'Wonder Woman' Pilot Was Gloriously Terrible

Holy hell, what was that?

The first attempt in 1967 to bring the character of Wonder Woman to life was a disaster.

It's so bad, it is almost a work of art. And with Gal Gadot's critically praised Wonder Woman opening this weekend, an unearthed clip by Heat Vision of that Mad Men-era short is worth taking a cringing look at.

Never making it to air, but floating around the Internet, Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? featured Ellie Wood Walker as the lead and Maudie Prickett as the heroine's mother.

Read the rest of this article at The Hollywood Reporter.

The original Wonder Woman TV series starred Lynda Carter.

She’s easily the most famous female superhero of all time, and she’s doing it on her own. She’s Wonder Woman, and she’s been a solo superhero since her first DC Comics appearance in 1941. Though Gal Gadot is taking her to the big screen in Wonder Woman, out Friday, until now, the best-known depiction of Wonder Woman has to be the Lynda Carter version, which first premiered on Nov. 7, 1975.

That theme song! It’s enough to make you want to spin around and see if maybe this time you’ll magically change into her very same star-spangled costume.

Superman and Batman have been the subject of various live-action films, enjoying portrayals from the likes of Christopher Reeve, Christian Bale, and Henry Cavill. But the third member of DC's Holy Trinity has yet to leave Paradise Island -- until now.

Wonder Woman will finally make her blockbuster debut in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" before headlining her solo film in 2017.

It's been a long journey on the road of development hell for Warner Bros., which has spent years trying to make a Wonder Woman movie (or TV show) happen. Here are 11 notable times they tried, and failed.

1. "Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?" (1967)

What Went Wrong: Actress Ellie Wood Walker played Wonder Woman for a presentation reel for a prospective TV series. Following the success of the Adam West-led "Batman," "Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?" featured a similar style of camp. It's unclear why the network execs passed on this project specifically,...

She's easily the most famous female superhero of all time, and most important, she's doing it on her own. She's Wonder Woman, and she's been a solo superhero since her first DC Comics appearance in 1941. But the best-known depiction of Wonder Woman has to be the Lynda Carter version, which first premiered 40 years ago this week: on Nov. 7, 1975.

That theme song! It's enough to make you want to spin around and see if maybe this time you'll magically change into her very same star-spangled costume. Carter's performance as Wonder Woman was everything a '70s superhero should be, and years...

Sunday night's episode of Downton Abbey may have been less bloody than last week's, but that's not to say this episode lacked any shocking moments of its own.

Between complicated relationships both new and old, an unexpected new role for Cora and the unwelcome - but very necessary - decision to open the Abbey to the public to raise some funds, the latest episode of Downton had a lot to talk about and Digital Spy was on hand to find out exactly what you thought:

Not everyone thinks it's a good idea to open Downton Abbey up to the public:

Flashforward to Mary and George beating off the National Trust with sticks #Downton #DowntonAbbey

— Marianka Swain (@mkmswain) October 25, 2015

Cora: "Don't forget to exit via the gift shop, where you can buy #DowntonAbbey cushions, jigsaws and 'What's a Weekend?' t-shirts." #Downton

— Jon Reed (@jonreed) October 25, 2015

"and this is where we...

From Wonder Woman to Red Sonja, here are the female comic book projects that we’ve missed out on…

Although Supergirl, Catwoman and Elektra are movies that exist, there are times when we wish they didn’t. To be honest, the ‘perfect’ female-headlined superhero movie is still the stuff of our cinematic dreams. Saying that, TV’s Agent Carter provided us with a brilliant example of bringing a female comic book character to the small screen earlier this year, which hopefully Hollywood will learn a lot from going forward.

Of course, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel will be joining their respective cinematic universes soon, with Supergirl getting a pop at small screen success too. It looks like female comic book heroes will be getting the attention they deserve in the live action realm, finally.

This isn’t the first time the powers-that-be in Hollywood have tried to launch a slate of female superheroes,...

Exclusive: Cate Blanchett is in talks to star in The Dig, a drama about one of Britain’s most famous archaeological finds - the Sutton Hoo burial grounds.

Oscar-winning Danish director Susanne Bier is attached to direct the feature, which is written by Tamara Drewe and Byzantium writer Moira Buffini.

Buffini’s buzz script, adapted from John Preston’s novel The Dig, explores the story and characters behind the 1938/9 excavation of Sutton Hoo, whose sixth and seventh century riches included a 27-metre ship and which is the likely burial site of King Raedwald of East Anglia.

Blanchett, who picked up a second Oscar earlier this year for her lead role in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine, is in talks to play amateur archaeologist Edith Pretty, one of the driving forces behind the excavation.

Producers are Murray Ferguson of Clerkenwell Films, former Clerkenwell exec Ellie Wood, and Philomena producer Gaby Tana with backing from BBC Films, whose head Christine Langan...

Squatters can be a real pain in the ass. Especially evil squatters of the supernatural kind. You can barely see them, much less kick them out. Still, can't blame 'em for staying if they did indeed live there once. Check out your first look at the new indie flick Squatter.

This supernatural horror flick, filmed at the very haunted Walker Ames House, is the first in a planned trilogy and is directed by Jerusha Pettit. Jeff Newberg (Cyrus, "Criminal Minds"), Andres Faucher, and Alexander "Lexi" Yulish star.

"Although the film is a straight narrative, there are certainly events and inspiration that have come directly from the town, its founders, and of course, the Walker Ames House," says Pettit of the film's shooting style. "We are also making a behind-the-scenes featurette that will contain actual footage. We are finding that the making of the movie is proving just as interesting as the film itself,...

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Shooting at the Walker-Ames House in Port Gamble, Wa (pictured right) that has been the site of reported ghost activity for years and visited by a number of parapsychologists, Squatter focuses on Ellie Walker (Tracy Pettit), who is forced to return to her childhood home and finds a stranger living there, claiming squatter’s rights. As she tries to get him out, she discovers that something much more evil has also taken up residence in the house. The cast additionally includes Alexi Yulish (1st and 2nd photo below with Pettit), whose credits include David Lynch’s Inland Empire, as the fallen angel Abaddon, Jeff Newberg (3rd photo below) and Andres Faucher.

”The investors who decided to fund the project told me I needed to find the perfect, iconic house on which the film would center,” Jerusha Pettit tells us. ”Port Gamble was suggested to me, so I went to scout it out.

Sorry darling, your tits are just too big:

I've only seen Pajiba Sweetheart, Christina Hendricks, act in one thing:

And she was pretty good, even without speaking a word. But you'll notice something: her tits are all buckled up and covered up.

And now, a little aside in the interest of history. Here's some actress named Ellie Wood Walker as Wonder Woman:

Here is Cathy Lee Crosby as Wonder Woman:

Here is Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman:

And finally, here is Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman:

It would appear that with each incarnation, Wonder Woman's assets have grown and you might wonder how far a director is willing to take that theory. Well, wonder no more. Apparently one man, Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Bronson, Valhalla Rising), is willing to go over the top, to stretch a spandex costume like no spandex costume has been stretched before.

Check out this 1967 screen test for a super campy Wonder Woman TV series starring actress Ellie Wood Walker by the same guy who created the cheesy Batman series starring Adam West!

With so much Wonder Woman shit going on right now, we thought you might enjoy this flashback of what might have been.

While we're at it, check out this 1967 pilot for a Batgirl series spinoff, which is just as cheesful and camp-laden.