Wonder Woman Panel at San Diego Comic Con 2008

From DC
BURBANK, CA, (July 26, 2008) – Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Serenity) has joined Warner Home Video's Saturday, July 26 panel at Comic-Con in support of Wonder Woman, the fourth entry in the DC Universe animated original movie series. Presented by DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation, Wonder Women streets in February 2009 on DVD, Blu-Ray, OnDemand and for download.

The Comic-Con panel, entitled "A Look Back and Forward at DC Universe Animated Original Movies," will be held from 2:15-3:15 p.m. in Room 6CDEF.

As the voice of Trevor, Fillion is reunited with Waitress co-star Keri
Russell (Felicity) atop a stellar celebrity cast for the animated film. In addition to Russell, who is providing the voice of the title character, the Wonder Woman cast includes Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Alfred Molina (The Da Vinci Code) and Rosario Dawson (Sin City). Casting/dialogue director Andrea Romano has also recruited Oliver Platt (The West Wing), David McCallum (NCIS) and Vicki Lewis (NewsRadio) for the film.

Fillion and Romano will be joined on the panel by animation legend Bruce Timm, Wonder Woman director Lauren Montgomery and DC Comics President and Publisher Paul Levitz. DC Comics Senior Vice President of Creative Affairs Gregory Noveck will moderate the panel, which will include discussion of the first three DC Universe films as well as reveal inside information on the making of Wonder Woman, and offer the first look at early animated footage from the upcoming film.

Wonder Woman presents the origin story of the all-time greatest female
DC Super Hero, beginning with her emergence as Princess Diana on the
mystical Amazonian island of Themyscira. The action-packed film
follows Diana's adventures as she attempts to return felled pilot
Steve Trevor to his American homeland, only to get caught in the
middle of god of war Ares' diabolic plan to destroy all of
civilization – including the human inhabitants and the Amazonian
warriors.


While the New York-based Russell is unable to attend the San Diego
convention, she expressed great fondness for Fillion and said his
participation was important to her performance in the film.

"I adore Nathan and, after spending so much time with him making
Waitress, while I was reading the Wonder Woman script at home I could
hear exactly how he'd read every line," Russell said. "We've got this
great cast with Virginia Madsen and Alfred Molina and Oliver Platt –
so I really wanted to do (the film) just to be in the cool kids'
group."

"Playing second fiddle to Keri is a wonderful fiddle to play," Fillion
said. "I've done it before, I'll do it again … quite happily. Besides,
I think I've carved out a niche for playing the not-so-hero."

Molina was already enchanted with the opportunity to stretch his
wicked acting chops when he finally had the opportunity to see the
chiseled physique of his character, Ares.

"They gave me cheekbones!" Molina exclaimed. "Ares is really cut. He
even has a very manly chin. I'm very flattered and I must make sure
I'm never seen in public again, or it'll spoil the image."

The film is executive produced by Timm (Justice League: The New
Frontier) and directed by Montgomery (Superman Doomsday) from a script
by Michael Jelenic (Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman) and a story by
Jelenic and award-winning comics writer Gail Simone.

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which Warner Bros. is known.

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infrastructure in the global video marketplace. Warner Home Video's
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and vintage titles from the repertoires of Warner Bros. Pictures,
Turner Entertainment, Castle Rock Entertainment, HBO Home Video and
New Line Home Entertainment.

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iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman.
These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies,
television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace,
thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' Web site
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