Melbourne
(ANI):
Aussie
actress
Megan
Gale's
role
as
Wonder
Woman
met
an
online
challenge
from
actress
Megan
Fox's
fans,
who
wanted
the
latter
to
play
the
role
of
the
super-heroine.
After
a
very
convincing
poster
campaign
and
web
report,
Warner
Bros,
the
US
studio
behind
the
stalled
production
of
Justice
League
Of
America,
in
which
Gale
is
signed
to
star,
was
forced
to
deny
reports
about
the
change.
In
the
poster,
Fox
was
mocked
up
in
the
movie-style
trailer,
and
it
also
had
political-type
slogans,
including,
"It's
time
for
a
new
'W'" and
an
Obama-esque
"A
real
change
is
coming".
The
rumour
featured
on
wonder-who.com
has
been
exposed
as
a
fake
produced
by
comic
fans
attempting
to
force
studio
executives
to
cast
Fox
over
Gale.
The
campaign
was
deemed
credible
in
movie
gossip
circles,
given
the
trailer
featured
the
company
logos
of
Warner
Bros,
Legendary
Pictures
and
DC
Comics.
However,
London's
The
Guardian
newspaper
exposed
the
fan
fraud
in
a
blog
entitled:
"The
week
in
geek." Confidential
yesterday
sought
Gale's
comment
over
the
cyber
push
to
unseat
her
from
her
Wonder
Woman
role,
but
her
publicist
said
her
Justice
League
contract
with
Warner
Bros
prevented
her
from
speaking
on
the
controversy.
"Megan
has
an
agreement
with
Warner
Bros
that
she
cannot
comment
on
details
of
film
projects
that
she''s
been
linked
with
and
she
has
to
respect
that
request," News.com.au
quoted
her
publicist
as
saying.
The
movie's
Australian
director
George
Miller
did
not
return
calls,
but
has
previously
backed
Gale
as
his
first
choice
to
debut
as
the
alter
ego
of
character
Diana
Prince.
"She
got
the
job
because
she
blitzed
her
screen
test.
I
had
no
idea
she
was
so
good.
She
was
brilliant," Miller
told
Confidential
in
August.
"Once
she
read
we
all
looked
around
at
each
other
and
said,
'Well,
there''s
no
question',"
he
added.