Trailerblazing -- Wonder Woman

This year's fantabulous Comic Con gave us some truly delicious trailers. With too many terrific trailers to choose from these days, I bring you one of these beauties, with more coming next week.

Wonder Woman -- June 2, 2017 -- directed by Patty Jenkins -- starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Elena Anaya, Robin Wright, Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Danny Huston 

Wonder Woman's story has long been gestating among the big studios, with stars like Sandra Bullock having been considered at one point. After this year's introduction of Gal Gadot as the Themiscyra warrior in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the heroine gets her stand-alone film, and it looks great. Gadot has been getting rave reviews in the role and has the physicality to match the script's action demands. On that note, how about those fight and battle scenes? With his good guy persona and after playing an all-American hero in The Finest Hours, Pine is well cast as a U.S. soldier and Wonder Woman's love interest. Strong actors like Wright and Nielsen play her family and mentors, and it is fantastic and appropriate that Jenkins (Monster) has been chosen as the director. I also love Matthew Jensen's (Chronicle, "Game of Thrones") cinematography -- the gravity of the action scenes and the serious explorations of relationships justify the dark tones. I have long felt that the market has been oversaturated with Marvel adaptations and think that, with this film and Justice League coming up, DC Comics has a host of stories to offer as well. Welcome to the beginning.