catwoman #3.2 catwoman animated second draft

Catwoman #3.2 Catwoman Animated

Second Draft

By

Mathew Wilmot

Based on the original treatment by Martin Lafrance.

Batman created by Bob Kane.

EXT. ROOF TOP. GOTHAM CITY. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN and the assassin known as DEADSHOT are standing

atop one of GOTHAM CITIES many skyscrapers in the

financial district. Thunder rumbles and rain begins to

pour as a storm sets in over the darkened city.

In one swift movement DEADSHOT pulls a PISTOL from his

holster and shoots CATWOMAN.

CATWOMAN

Arrgh!

CATWOMAN crumples to the floor clutching her wound.

CATWOMAN (cont’d)

(voice over)

I know what you’re thinking,

’cause I’m thinking the same

thing, was it all really worth

it? Was it worth using my last

life on this?

INT. SELINA KYLE’S APARTMENT. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

It started six months ago when I

was visited by an old friend who

convinced me I was wasting my

life.

SELINA KYLE is sitting on the floor beneath her window. In

front of her stands CATWOMAN (ANIMATED SUIT).

CATWOMAN (ANIMATED SUIT)

No matter how hard you party you

can’t forget, can you? You miss

the rush of the hunt, you miss

being chased!

SELINA KYLE sits and tries to process her conflict.


When you remember who you are,

I’ll be waiting.

CATWOMAN (ANIMATED SUIT) disappears into the shadows of

the Apartment.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Maybe I should have just switched

to decaf and gotten more sleep

but then I would have just been

denying who I really was.

2.

INT. SELINA KYLE’S APARTMENT. BEDROOM. NIGHT

SELINA KYLE is changing into the the CATWOMAN (ANIMATED

SUIT).

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

The cat is hard to ignore,

especially when she’s right. The

parties didn’t contain enough

liquor to forget who I really am.

And it wasn’t long before I felt

right at home again.

SELINA KYLE is now fully suited and has transformed into

the feline anti-hero CATWOMAN (ANIMATED SUIT)


Now lets go give those fat cats

some heart attacks.

INT. CATWOMAN’S HIDEOUT. NIGHT.

The hideout is in an old factory, the walls are covered in

shelving units and containers that house some of

CATWOMAN’S belongings and trophies. A large notice board

is on one wall with a map of Gotham covering it. It is

surrounded by news paper clippings from past heists and

encounters.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) is reviewing data for a job to

seal a DIAMOND NECKLACE from the crime boss BLACK MASK.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Weeks went by and I made a few

changes, I changed my skin to

suit the new Gotham city. And I

changed the locations of some of

its most valuable pieces of art

and jewellery from the safes and

mansions of Gotham’s finest and

freakish to my private

collection.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) pauses at a PHOTOGRAPH of the

DIAMOND NECKLACE.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT)

Oh sweetie, you’re gorgeous.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Things just like this one.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) continues her preparation for the

up coming job.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) 3.

CATWOMAN (cont’d)

(voice over)

I won’t lie to you, it was an

awful lot of fun being back out

there.

EXT. ROOF TOP. GOTHAM CITY. NIGHT

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) bounds along the rooftops of

GOTHAM

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Out on the rooftops of Gotham, my

playground.

INT. BLACK MASKS OFFICE. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) retrieves the DIAMOND NECKLACE

from a safe and admires it.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Tracking down the most beautiful

items and finding a way to make

them mine.

INT. WAYNE MANOR. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

I stole from everyone, Black

Mask, Maroni, Falcone, even from

Bruce, but that was purely

business. No hard feelings honey.

INT. GOTHAM CITY SEWER SYSTEM. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) drops into the sewers, she is

being chased and is looking around nervously.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

It wasn’t fun all of the time

though.


*huff* *huff* Where are you?

A low rumbling growl reverberates though the enclosed,

stone channels of the sewer.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) 4.

KILLER CROC

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) begins to run through the sewers.

KILLER CROC appears behind her and barrels towards her.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) reaches the end of the tunnel and

leaps into the air with KILLER CROC close behind her.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) clasps her hands around a hanging

chain and using her momentum swings out of the reach of

KILLER CROC who falls into the darkness.

KILLER CROC manages to claw at CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT)

cutting though the back of her suit.

KILLER CROC disappears from sight. His voice echoes out

though the cavernous room.

KILLER CROC (cont’d)

I’ll find you cat! I’ve tasted

you now. You can’t hide from

Croc!

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) swings onto a ledge and lets go of

the chain.


I doubt that Croc, and neither

will your boss.

INT. RESTAURANT. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) is tied to a chair in the center

of a huge dining room. Besides her is a table where here

GOGGLES, WHIP and a BASTET STATUE is sitting. TALIA AL

GHUL is circling in the shadows.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Looks like I was wrong about that

one too. His boss did find me,

and was just as unpleasant, she

smelt worse than rotting fish.


And if I don’t join your little

"team?"

TALIA AL GHUL

The Gotham river will have

another cat filled sack at the

bottom of it.

TALIA AL GHUL picks up the BASTET STATUE from the table

and walks away from the light.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) 5.

TALIA AL GHUL (cont’d)

I’ll give you some time to think

this through, This is a life

changing decision after all...

TALIA AL GHUL leaves CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) alone to

decide.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

Again I’m wondering if I made the

right call with this one. Maybe

if I had just said yes I wouldn’t

be bleeding out in the rain.

INT. RESTAURANT. NIGHT.

CATWOMAN (GOGGLES SUIT) has escaped from her bindings and

fled. TALIA AL GHUL returns to the dining room to find an

empty chair.

TALIA AL GHUL

Poor choice, we could have owned

this city.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

But which is better? To go out on

your feet or make a deal with the

devil? I know which I’d choose

every time.


DEADSHOT has chased CATWOMAN across the city and cornered

her on top of a skyscraper. Thunder rumbles in the

distance as a storm moves in.

CATWOMAN

You just don’t quit do you?

DEADSHOT

You pay for the best, that’s what

you get.

CATWOMAN

So its all about the money?

DEADSHOT

Not at all, Its mainly the joy of

the kill, the thrill of the hunt.

I thought you’d understand that,

being a predator.

The storm has closed in and rain is beginning to fall.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) 6.

CATWOMAN

I don’t kill people for a living.

DEADSHOT

No you just steal from some

powerful and angry people. all of

whom want you dead and I’m more

than happy to oblige.

DEADSHOT opens the claps on his HOLSTER.

CATWOMAN tightens the grip on her WHIP.

CATWOMAN

So this is it? you’re just going

to gun me down like a Mafia goon?

You said you’re the best, this is

just amateurish.

DEADSHOT

Believe me sweetheart I could

have ended you several times over

in the past week, all of which

from distances of at least one

thousand yards. And you know why

I didn’t?

CATWOMAN

Why?

In one swift movement DEADSHOT pulls a PISTOL from his

holster and shoots CATWOMAN.

CATWOMAN (cont’d)

Arrgh!

CATWOMAN crumples to the floor clutching her wound.

DEADSHOT holsters his PISTOL, walks over to CATWOMAN and

kneels down beside her.

DEADSHOT

I did it so I could watch you

squirm.

CATWOMAN

I’ll kill you.

DEADSHOT

I doubt that very much, I hate to

inform you that you’ve been the

mouse all along. You were a

puppet from the start. Haven’t

you ever wondered what it was

that got you to put on the suit

again? It wasn’t just a twist of

fate.

7.

INT. NIGHT CLUB. NIGHT.

SELINA KYLE is in the crowd dancing to the music of a live

band. She is alone but enjoying herself none the less.

DEADSHOT

(voice over)

They had been watching you for a

while, they wanted you, they

needed you.

SELINA KYLE makes her way though the crowd to the bar and

orders a drink.

The BARMAN drops a small CAPSULE into the drink and stirs

it to help it dissolve.

SELINA KYLE takes the drink and swallows it quickly.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

(voice over)

They were building an empire and

they wanted you more than

anything it became an obsession,

but you know what that’s like

don’t you.


DEADSHOT is still hunched over the wounded CATWOMAN.

DEADSHOT

We can’t blame you for that

though, he is an intriguing

character. Oh that’s right you’re

expecting him to save you aren’t

you? That almost spoils it, I

thought you were a worthy

opponent.

CATWOMAN begins to slowly shuffle backwards away from

DEADSHOT.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

I’m starting to think I’m wasting

my time with you now.

DEADSHOT pounces on top of the wounded CATWOMAN.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

Maybe I should make this quick.

CATWOMAN meets DEADSHOT’S gaze, fury burning in her eyes.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (2) 8.

CATWOMAN

There’s only one problem with

that.

DEADSHOT

And that is?

A smile curls in the corner of CATWOMAN’S mouth.

CATWOMAN

You assume that I’m done.

DEADSHOT

Huh?

CATWOMAN swiftly raises a knee into DEADSHOT’S groin

stunning him.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

Guhhhh!

CATWOMAN uses her good arm and rakes a gloved hand down

DEADSHOT’S face cutting into his mask and drawing blood.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

Agh!

CATWOMAN uses all her strength to fling the dazed DEADSHOT

over her head and long the ground until he slides to a

stop close to the edge of the building.

CATWOMAN rolls onto the front and hops to her feet.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

I’ll kill you, you witch!

DEADSHOT reaches for his PISTOL. It is knocked from his

hand buy a lick from CATWOMAN’S WHIP.

The PISTOL scuttles along the roof away from DEADSHOT.

DEADSHOT picks himself up and stands before CATWOMAN once

more.

DEADSHOT (cont’d)

Well played kitten, maybe you

were worthy of my time all along.

But now it is you who is making

assumptions.

A small calibre PISTOL slides out of DEADSHOT’S coat

sleeve and into his waiting hand.

Before he can raise his arm to fire, CATWOMAN launches he

WHIP into the air and clasps the tip around DEADSHOT’S

leg.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: (3) 9.

CATWOMAN yanks on the WHIP with all her remaining strength

and DEADSHOT stumbles backwards towards the edge where he

begins his free fall.

CATWOMAN stands alone on the roof top, wounded and soaked.

She takes a few moments to collect herself.

CATWOMAN

(voice over)

The sooner people realise that I

don’t need a knight to come to my

rescue, the sooner they’ll stop

underestimating me. I’m not a

damsel who needs saving, I’m more

than capable of looking after

myself.

CATWOMAN turns and walks towards the other side of the

building.

CATWOMAN (cont’d)

(voice over)

Someone thinks they can

manipulate me? tame me? Its time

to show them that this cat has

claws. look out Talia, I’m on the

prowl.

CATWOMAN disappears in a flash as lightning bathes the

city in a dazzling white glow.

END.

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