The man who created her in 1941, William Moulton Marston, was a feminist, a psychologist and the inventor of the lie-detector test. If Diana is an Amazon princess, she is also a suffragist, a soldier and a sex symbol.įollowing Wonder Woman's evolution is like tracing the trajectory of the women's movement in America.

AND RATPAC ENTERTAINMENT, LLC - Clay Enos/ TM & (c) DC Comics LISA LOVEN KONGSLI as Menalippe ( chief priestess of the Amazons), GAL GADOT as Diana, CONNIE NEILSEN as Hippolyta (queen of the Amazons and Diana's mother), ROBIN WRIGHT as Antiope (sister of the Queen). Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana left Paradise to fight fascism with feminism, in “America, the last citadel of democracy, and of equal rights for women!” Fighting alongside men in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers… and her true destiny. Here is the pitch for this new female super hero movie: Today, Gal Gadot plays Wonder Woman in the latest DC Comics film directed by Patty Jenkins ( Monster with Charlize Theron). Lynda Carter played Wonder Woman in a TV show from 1975 to 1979. If you’re old enough to remember the 1970s, you must remember when you heard about Diana Prince for the first time. She wore a golden tiara, a red bustier, blue underpants and knee-high, red leather boots.īefore she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Wonder Woman made her debut in All-Star Comics at the end of 1941. It took 76 years to bring the world's most famous female superhero to the big screen. AND RATPAC ENTERTAINMENT, LLC - Clay Enos/ TM & © DC Comics The world’s most popular female superhero has finally made it to the big screen for her first solo movie and has been named an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls by the United Nations…for only 2 months! GAL GADOT as Diana.

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