Wonder Woman fans, I know you are eager to find out more details about David E. Kelley’s upcoming reboot of the Wonder Woman television series with NBC. Recently, Bleeding Cool had gotten their hands on a draft of the script for the pilot episode and has extracted some non-spoilery facts from it.

As far as the premise of the new series goes, Wonder Woman has two other identities: Diana Themyscira, head of Themiscyra Industries, and Diana Prince. Like Iron Man, it is public knowledge that Diana Themyscira is Wonder Woman. Diana Prince is more of a disguise identity.

Here are some details that make up this version of Diana:

Identifies with ET the Extra Terrestrial when his movie comes on TV.

Really loves planes. Like really.

Pines for Steve like Carrie for Big.

Wants to belong and be “among” people, not just “with” them.

Sings along to the radio in multiple scenes – but nothing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror just yet.

Doesn’t like being “marketed, commercialized, merchandised”, though she is – there’s a joke about Wonder Woman tie-in dolls having their costumes redesigned that seems to reference the recent makeover for the comics.

When she’s Diana Prince she’s a mousey Miley Stewart, when she’s Diana Themiscyra she’s the Hanna Montana of businesswomen, and when she’s Wonder Woman she’s Wonder Woman – which is precisely twice in the whole episode.

Is a capitalist.

Puts on her PJs for an ice-cream filled sleepover with best friend Myndi.

Other facts derived from this draft include:

There’s a Myndi Mayer, herein portrayed as Diana’s BFF.

There’s a scene with comics character Etta Candy, a role that’s pretty much written like a job offer to Melissa McCarthy.

Long ago, government man Steve Trevor crashed onto Wonder Woman’s island and brought her back to New York, but now they’ve split up. She still loves him, though, and it’s obvious that their relationship is going to be a focus.

Diana might not have an invisible jet (if she did, I didn’t see it) but she has a whole rainbow’s worth of over coloured aircraft.

She has the lasso, and those bracelets with which she deflects bullets.

Her nemesis is Veronica Cale, who in this continuity is an evil scientist and rival businesswoman with a secret, nefarious plan that you’ll probably guess ahead of time.

From their early take on this script, the show sounded like “a slightly goofy comedy-drama about a hotshot business woman who moonlights as a superheroine.” This excerpt from the draft might give us a feel for the attitude of this reboot:

So, what do you think? Does David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman live up to your expectations? Of course, this is just a draft…

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[Source] BleedingCool