The script is a mock pitch meeting for the movie "Wonder Woman 1984". The movie starts with a young Diana competing in a challenge on Themyscira, where she learns that cheating is wrong. The story then jumps to the 1980s, where Diana is working at the Smithsonian and is still heartbroken over Steve Trevor's death. She meets a new coworker, Barbara, who is a nerd and wishes to be more like Diana.
Max Lord, a wealthy businessman, gets his hands on a magical stone that grants wishes but takes something in return. He wishes to become the stone, allowing him to grant wishes to others. Barbara and Diana also make wishes, with Barbara wishing to be more like Diana and Diana wishing for Steve to come back to life. However, Steve's consciousness goes into a random man's body, causing confusion and raising questions about the man's original consciousness.
The story unfolds with Max using the stone to grant wishes and causing chaos, while Diana and Steve try to stop him. Along the way, Barbara's wish is twisted, and she becomes a cat-like creature. The final confrontation involves Diana using her lasso to talk to everyone through Max and convincing them to renounce their wishes. The movie ends with Max reuniting with his son, Barbara returning to normal, and Diana having a flirty moment with the man whose body Steve was controlling.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The movie is a sequel to Wonder Woman.
2. The movie starts with Diana as a kid in Themyscira.
3. The movie takes place in the 1980s.
4. Diana is working at the Smithsonian in Washington D.C.
5. Diana has a new coworker named Barbara.
6. There is an artifact called the Dream Stone that grants wishes.
7. The Dream Stone takes something in return for granting a wish.
8. A businessman named Max Lord gets his hands on the Dream Stone.
9. Max Lord becomes a vessel for the Dream Stone, allowing him to grant wishes to others.
10. Barbara wishes to be more like Diana and gains super strength and nice clothes.
11. Diana wishes for Steve Trevor to come back to life, but his consciousness goes into a random person's body.
12. Steve and Diana go to Egypt to stop Max Lord.
13. Max Lord steals a technology that allows him to broadcast to every screen in the world.
14. Max Lord uses the technology to grant wishes to everyone in the world through their screens.
15. Diana must stop Max Lord and convince everyone to renounce their wishes.
16. Barbara turns evil and gets into a fight with Diana.
17. Barbara turns into a cheetah-like creature.
18. Diana defeats Barbara and then confronts Max Lord.
19. Diana convinces everyone to renounce their wishes, including Max Lord.
20. Max Lord reunites with his son after renouncing his wishes.