Silver Ties Up Smulders As "Wonder Woman"?

Vancouver-born actress Cobie Smulders has been reported as the front-runner to play 'Diana Prince' for producer Joel "Lethal Weapon" Silver's long-gestating "Wonder Woman" feature for Warner Bros Pictures.

Smulders currently stars in the TV series "How I Met Your Mother", playing 'Robin Scherbatsky'. She also appeared as 'Leigh Ostin' in the Vancouver-filmed "The L Word", in "Andromeda" as 'Rhade's Wife' and in the Warners/CW series "Smallville" as 'Shannon Vell'.

Notwithstanding Smulders' physical attributes/acting talents, the Cancon beauty could make it easier for the film to get government tax breaks, should the big budget feature lense in Canada.

Stay tuned ...

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ABC Picks Up "Men In Trees"

The ABC Television Network has announced that the BC-lensed "Men In Trees" TV series will be picked up for their 2007-08 broadcast season.

The show looks at men and women through the eyes of relationship coach 'Marin Frist', who resolves to stay in Elmo, Alaska, where the ratio of men to women is ten to one.

In its Thursday 10 o'clock time period "Men in Trees" ranks second to NBC's "ER", but beats out CBS' James Woods-starrer "Shark" among Adults 18-34.

On its most recent airing (2/15/07), "Men in Trees" achieved high ratings among Adults 18-49.

The series stars actress Anne Heche as Frist, Abraham Benrubi as 'Ben Thomasson', Emily Bergl as 'Annie O'Donnell', Seana Kofoed as 'Jane', Suleka Mathew as 'Sara', Derek Richardson as 'Patrick Bachelor', Cynthia Stevenson as 'Celia Bachelor', Sarah Strange as 'Theresa', Lauren Tom as 'Mai Washington', James Tupper as 'Jack Slattery' and John Amos as 'Buzz Washington'.

Created by Jenny Bicks, "Men In Trees" is from Tree Line Films, Perkins Street Productions and NS Pictures, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television.