Why I should be hired to write the Wonder Woman script.

The problem that keeps stalling Wonder Woman film treatments is a) finding the proper actress, and b) the lack of a strong supporting cast. Can anyone reading this name a WW villain? She's had a few, but they've never entered the public consciousness the way Lex Luthor or the Joker have. That said, I challenge you to name a different Superman villain...

The thing is, though, Wonder Woman doesn't need a strong villain to have a good story. Instead have a more intelligent, less smashy-smashy (but still plenty of smashy-smashy) movie. Cast Monica Bellucci as an aging Wonder Woman, who came from Paradise Island to world of men in WWII to help fight the Nazis (as she did in the comics). After the Allies victory, she stays on to fight crime, act as a diplomat for the Amazons, and promote feminism.

But where does that put her now? Bellucci is the perfect age to play the older Wonder Woman, still trying to juggle diplomacy and saving the world while questioning her role here. Feminism has become such an object of derision, where so few people understand what it even means any more. Sexism has morphed from the overt to the covert, and many women don't call themselves feminists, associating it with man-hating and bra-burning rather than equality. How is Wonder Woman meant to fight this? In the 60s she could punch aliens hard, and show people that women could do anything. But how does she deal with a generation apathetic to feminism? How does running around in spangly underwear help the cause?

Throw in some political conflicts between Paradise Island and the U.N. (ignoring aid embargoes, perhaps) and some big fight scenes with intelligent giant apes for an action angle, and you'd have yourself a winner!

C'mon Warner Bros., hire me!

Oblig. picture of Monica Bellucci.