‘Doctor Who’ Director Wants To Make A ‘She-Hulk’ Movie

Rachel Talalay, who directed several episodes of Doctor Who (including the 2017 Christmas Special), says that she'd like to take a shot at a She-Hulk movie.

She-Hulk

She-Hulk as a concept quickly moved away from being a standard application of the “female version of a male superhero” trope to exploring the nature of alter-egos in a rather funny, fourth-wall-breaking way (way before Deadpool, we may add). This concept seems like it’d be prime for a movie adaptation eventually, particularly with the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s tone, and now a director who has had a lot of experience with Doctor Who wants to give it a shot.

Tank Girl director Rachel Talalay recently sat down with Vice to talk about sexism in Hollywood and celebrated the success of Wonder Woman as a strong signal for progress in the industry to address her concerns. Talalay was at one point rumored to be on the shortlist to direct Captain Marvel, and though she never got into talks with Marvel, she does have a character in mind if she ever gets a chance to direct an MCU feature:

“I have such a strong vision of what She-Hulk should be. The difference between She-Hulk and Hulk is that she loved being She-Hulk. She was the Tank Girl of earlier days in terms of being able to say what she wanted, and when she became She-Hulk, it was like an opening of the door to freedom, to be the person that you wish you could be. That you’re stopped from being as a woman. And that’s the version of She-Hulk that I would love to embrace.”

Considering Wonder Woman‘s historic success, it’s incredibly likely that Marvel’s post-Phase 3 plans (which they aren’t ready to reveal just yet) are going to have a greater amount of representation in them than they would have without Wonder Woman breaking new ground on that front. Whether or not Talalay gets her wish to be in the director’s chair, She-Hulk seems like an ideal, feminist property to explore the largely-untapped realm of superheroines on film.

Source: Vice