I’m Starting to Worry About This ‘Wonder Woman’ Film

Okay, so, now we’re at the point where I’m forced to think there’s something seriously wrong in the land of DC’s film division. Actually, let me backtrack. By the time you read this, we will probably be a little over a month away from June 2, 2017. I know and keep track of this for two reasons. The first is that, by that time, I’ll be in the middle of my vacation in New York, marveling at the bodega guy giving me a straw with my soda (this doesn’t happen in the South), drinking and making bad decisions for a straight week. The second is because the Wonder Woman movie will be making its big debut in theaters.

And yet, if I didn’t already happen across this information via the movie’s Wikipedia page, I would never know about it if television and conventional advertising were an indication. I mean, maybe Gal Gadot’s had a Jimmy Kimmel appearance that flew under the radar or something, but the fact that it was Jimmy Kimmel basically means that nobody will ever know about it because that requires watching Jimmy Kimmel to begin with. Sure, we got a second trailer but that was a month ago. We haven’t seen a press tour, any annoying pop up ads on [enter generic gaming site here]. Serena Williams’ unborn baby has only been known to the world for days and has had more PR handling than a Wonder Woman film has had in almost 6 months. I mean, seriously, Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is dropping in two weeks and we’ve been drowning in Baby Groot shirts at least since Christmas. It’s a little …