Wonderwoman Page #2

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HIPPOLYTA:

(smiles; nods)

Let's get you back to school

before another tutor quits.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

But, Mother... Don't you think

it's time to start my training?

HIPPOLYTA:

Training? You are training.

Hippolyta softens, she loves her daughter more than

anything, and PULLS DIANA into an embrace.

HIPPOLYTA:

Your mind is your most powerful

weapon.

(beat)

All battles begin here --

(taps Diana's head)

-- before they end here --

(CONTINUED)

5.

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Hippolyta motions to the world around them. Diana

frowns.

Antiope RIDES to meet them, PHILIPPUS at her side.

Antiope catches Diana's hopeful eyes.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

Antiope thinks I'm ready.

HIPPOLYTA:

(eyeing Antiope)

Does she?

Antiope approaches, Philippus respectfully keeping a

distance.

ANTIOPE:

I could begin showing her some

things.

(off Hippolyta's

silence)

She should at least be able to

defend herself.

HIPPOLYTA:

From whom?

ANTIOPE:

In the event of an invasion.

HIPPOLYTA:

Isn't that why I have an army at

my command, General?

ANTIOPE:

I pray a day will never come where

she has to fight, but you, the

wisest of us all, know that one

cannot deny their inner nature. A

scorpion must sting, a wolf must

hunt --

HIPPOLYTA:

She's a child. The only child on

the island. Please, let her be

so.

ANTIOPE:

But, sister --

YOUNG DIANA (8)

But, Mother --

(CONTINUED)

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HIPPOLYTA:

(a final declaration)

There will be no training.

Hippolyta rides a crestfallen Diana away. She looks back

at Antiope, who nods at Diana pointedly.

8 INT. HIPPOLYTA'S PALACE - DIANA'S BEDCHAMBER - NIGHT 8

Hippolyta attempts to tuck a wide-awake Diana (8) into

bed.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

What if I promised to be careful?

HIPPOLYTA:

It's time to sleep.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

What if I didn't use a sword?

HIPPOLYTA:

Fighting doesn't make you a hero.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

(not listening)

Just a shield then! No sharp

edges!

HIPPOLYTA:

Diana... You are the most precious

thing in this world to me. So

much so, I sculpted you from clay

and begged Zeus to give you life.

YOUNG DIANA (8)

(bored)

You've told me that story.

Hippolyta steps away and removes a GOLDEN-BOUND TRIPTYCH.

HIPPOLYTA:

Then I will tell you a new one.

One of our people, and my days of

battle...

Diana's face LIGHTS UP, but Hippolyta raises her voice to

correct her mood.

HIPPOLYTA:

So you will finally understand...

why war is nothing to hope for.

(CONTINUED)

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8 CONTINUED:
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Hippolyta slowly unfolds the large TRIPTYCH, revealing an

elaborate PAINTING illustrating the history of the

Amazons.

HIPPOLYTA:

Long ago, when time was new, and

all of history was still a

dream... the gods ruled the Earth,

Zeus king among them.

PUSH IN as the painting seems to come alive, subtly

animates. Lightning and thunder herald the arrival of

ZEUS atop Olympus, surrounded by the PANTHEON OF GODS.

HIPPOLYTA (O.S.)

Zeus created beings over which the

gods would rule -- beings born in

his image -- fair and good, strong

and passionate. Zeus called his

creation... man.

(beat)

And mankind was good.

Another flash of lightning REVEALS MANKIND.

HIPPOLYTA (O.S.)

But one grew envious of Zeus' love

for mankind -- and sought to

corrupt his creation.

The painting seems to come alive again -- ARES, features

hidden in shadow beneath a fearsome, HORNED HELMET.

HIPPOLYTA (O.S.)

This was Ares. The God of War.

The sky splits open and fire rains from the heavens. Men

take up arms, falling in line around Ares and becoming

his ARMY.

HIPPOLYTA (O.S.)

Ares poisoned men's hearts with

jealousy and suspicion, vengeance

and rage. He turned them against

one another.

The DYING and the DEAD litter a RAGING BATTLEFIELD.

8A INT. HIPPOLYTA'S PALACE - DIANA'S BEDCHAMBER - NIGHT 8A

BACK TO Young Diana (8), her eyes WIDE.

HIPPOLYTA (V.O.)

And war ravaged the Earth.

8.

9 EXT. PALACE (THEMYSCIRA) - NIGHT 9

YOUNG DIANA (8) sneaks out of the palace, past her

GUARDS. Pleased with herself, she runs off into the

night!

10 EXT. SECRET TRAINING LOCATION 1 (THEMYSCIRA) - NIGHT 10

Antiope and Young Diana (8), now dressed for training,

raise their BO STAFFS. Antiope strikes, gently at first,

but not for long. Diana works hard to defend herself.

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