PROFESSOR M Movie Video Features Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote

Over the weekend, audiences attending the female-led WONDER WOMAN were treated to a very short teaser for an upcoming film that tells a superhero origin story unlike any other. The DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone film, from director Patty Jenkins, had an opening weekend total of $223 million worldwide.

Annapurna Pictures has released this “more to come” teaser.

We’re hooked! Also known as “Professor Marston & the Wonder Women”, PROFESSOR M features Luke Evans (Dr. William Moulton Marston), Rebecca Hall (Elizabeth Marston), Bella Heathcote (Olive Byrne), Connie Britton and Oliver Platt and is directed by Angela Robinson (“True Blood,” “The L Word”.

IMDB Synopsis:

The films details the unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941. Marston was in a polyamorous relationship with his wife Elizabeth, a psychologist and inventor in her own right, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became an academic. This relationship was key to the creation of Wonder Woman, as Elizabeth and Olive’s feminist ideals were ingrained in the character from her creation. Marston died of skin cancer in 1947, but Elizabeth and Olive remained a couple and raised their and Marston’s children together. The film is said to focus on how Marston dealt with the controversy surrounding Wonder Woman’s creation.

In author Jill Lepore’s book, “The Secret History of Wonder Woman,” (2014) the New York Times’ review states Marston:

…briefly worked as a psychological consultant for Universal Studios, and then in a similar job for Charlie Gaines, the publisher of Superman comics. Superman had arrived in 1938, and Batman a year later. The first Wonder Woman comic came out in 1941, and Marston was in the right place at the right time to create it, which he did under the pen name Charles Moulton. It was a hit from the start.

Ms. Lepore teases out Wonder Woman’s back story and explains how Marston put it together from previous literature. “She was an Amazon from an island of women who had lived apart from men since the time of ancient Greece,” she writes. “She came to the United States to fight for peace, justice and women’s rights. She had golden bracelets; she could stop bullets. She had a magic lasso; anyone she roped had to tell the truth. To hide her identity, she disguised herself as a secretary named Diana Prince; she worked for U.S. military intelligence. Her gods were female, and so were her curses. ‘Great Hera!’ she cried. ‘Suffering Sappho!’ ”

Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Annapurna Pictures, founded by Megan Ellison, has released some great films such as including ZERO DARK THIRTY, JOY, THE MASTER, FOXCATCHER, and THE GRANDMASTER. Annapurna is in post-production on Kathryn Bigelow’s DETROIT, which it will release as its first distribution title on August 4, 2017. (Trailer)

The company is also in production on Paul Thomas Anderson’s untitled new period film starring Daniel Day-Lewis and is developing the film adaptation of Maria Semple’s WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, to be directed by Richard Linklater. Annapurna’s most recent projects include Mike Mills’ terrific 20TH CENTURY WOMEN.

Keep an eye out for more on this mysterious film here: http://professorm.movie/