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Wonder Woman Creator William Moulton Marston Gets Biopic From Sony
Done right, this one could be beyond fascinating. Sony has just announced Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, about Wonder Woman co-creator Dr. William Moulton Marston.
Professor Marston & The Wonder Women details the life of Dr. William Moulton Marston (Evans), Harvard psychologist and inventor who created Wonder Woman in 1941, his wife, fellow psychologist and inventor Elizabeth (Hall), and their polyamorous relationship with Olive Byrne (Heathcote), a former student of Marston's and an academic in her own right.
Their relationship proved enduring. Marston created DC's iconic Amazonian princess with significant input from Elizabeth, and was profoundly influenced by the feminist ideals espoused by Elizabeth and Olive.
The film will explore how Marston dealt with the controversy surrounding his creation, which homophobic moral guardians charged would turn young girls into lesbians, while he and his partners navigated and concealed a romantic and family life that, if exposed, could have destroyed them all.
As a student of comic book history I can tell you that this blurb barely scratches the surface of this complex tale, which stretches back to the turn of the 19th century and sometimes attracts familiar and famous figures in publishing, comics, feminism, and politics into its orbit.
Source: deadline.com
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