One of the most successful movies of 2017, and arguably the best superhero film, is Patty Jenkins’ wonderful Wonder Woman. A follow-up is on the way in the near future, and it looks like an A-lister wants in on the action. She’ll be seen in Ocean’s 8 in the summer, but Sarah Paulson reportedly wants to fill the shoes of the villainous Cheetah/ Barbara Minerva, a character who was cursed with the powers of a cheetah after a failed ritual.
No idea if the character will even feature in the film, but a fan mentioned the prospect fo either Paulson or Charlize Theron playing the role on Twitter. Ms. Paulson, replied:
Yes please @PattyJenks ??
— Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) December 21, 2017
Here’s some more about the Cheetah character, courtesy of the DC Wikia.
Barbara Ann Minerva was raised in a group home in Idaho, run by a woman named “Aunt Lyta”. The group home, Amazonia, was run along the lines of a cult, where the occupants were trained to view life as a hunt, and all other people as either competitors or prey. On her last day there, she killed her brother in a fight to the death, proving her worth to their sacred cause: retrieving the God-Killer Knife.[2]
Building a series of false identities, Barbara Minerva got a job in Washington, D.C. as an expert in antiquities, and searched. Her life was immensely enriched by meeting Wonder Woman, a member of the Amazon culture she had been raised to admire, but when Wonder Woman laughed at her beliefs, Barbara decided to bring her down. She convinced Wonder Woman to let her into the Black Room, A.R.G.U.S.’ special containment facility for magic artifacts, stole the God-Killer Knife, and stabbed herself in the chest in the name of her goddess.
This act empowered her, turning her into a cheetah woman, with the cheetah’s characteristic hunting prowess and speed. She would spend the next six years committing criminal acts, though Wonder Woman was frequently on hand to stop her, always believing that the knife had somehow corrupted her and that she could be saved.
Wonder Woman 2, which will not be its final title, will be released in cinemas on Nov. 1, 2019 with Gal Gadot returning as the title character. She can currently be seen in Justice League. which is still playing in some cinemas.
