Wonder Woman
2011 NBC pilot
NBC completed a modern Wonder Woman pilot, tested a redesigned costume in public, and declined to show the episode or order the series.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Never Born
- Peak stage
- near release
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A completed unaired television pilot written by David E. Kelley and starring Adrianne Palicki.
The proposed series recast Diana as a Los Angeles crime fighter and corporate executive, blending superhero action with a contemporary procedural format.
Existence timeline
NBC commissions David E. Kelley's new television interpretation.
Adrianne Palicki is selected to play Diana.
The complete pilot is filmed in Los Angeles.
NBC reviews the finished production for its coming schedule.
The network rejects the pilot and leaves it unaired.
Why it ended
After seeing the pilot, NBC declined the series in May 2011; the episode remained outside authorised public distribution.
Last confirmed trace
Production photographs, costume footage, scripts and unauthorised copies preserve the completed episode.
What it left behind
Its highly visible costume revisions and rejection became a case study in how a famous property can fail at the pilot gate.
How we classified it
The proposed archive unit never reached ordinary public access in the form being documented.
The strongest verified milestone maps to near_release under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.