Female-Led ‘Kung Fu’ Sequel Series in Development at Fox

Reboot mania has reached a fever pitch, with Fox reviving a classic martial arts western series that may have been better left behind in the dust. The ’70s series Kung Fu is receiving a sequel series featuring a female lead and a hopefully less whitewashed cast. The original series, which ran from 1972 to 1975, arrived […]

Jessica Chastain explains why she chose a man to direct her upcoming female-led spy movie

Anthony Jones/Getty Jessica Chastain is the producer and one of the stars behind the female-led spy thriller, “355.” Though there are numerous women involved in front of and behind the camera for the project, a man (Simon Kinberg) will direct the movie. Business Insider asked Chastain why he was the best person to direct. There […]

Ryan Coogler Says He Would Love to Make a Female-Led ‘Black Panther’ Spin-Off

Wakanda may be ruled by a king, but Black Panther was ruled by its amazing female characters played by Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Letitia Wright. Their characters of Okoye, Nakia, and Shuri, respectively, stole the scenes from under Chadwick Boseman‘s T’Challa and had many fans buzzing about the possibility of an all-female Black Panther spin-off. Now, with the post-Avengers […]

‘High Fidelity’ is Becoming a Female-Led TV Series on Disney’s Streaming Service

The forthcoming Disney streaming service isn’t going to launch until sometime in 2019, but the House of Mouse already has plenty of movies and TV shows in development. Most of the programming they’ve planned so far has sounded quite family friendly, but for one of their TV projects, they’re looking at turning an R-rated romantic […]

All Female-Led Short Film ‘Pink Trailer’ Explores Girlhood in LA

You can see LA-based actress, writer, and filmmaker Mary Neely in the upcoming remake of Martha Coolidge’s Valley Girl, the 1983 film that stars baby-faced Nicolas Cage as a Hollywood punk who falls for Deborah Foreman’s Valley girl, despite disapproval from her straight-laced friends and family. We can see how Neely would be inspired by […]

Female-Led Films Top Box Office for the First Time in 59 Years

The last time women lead the highest-performing movies at the box office, Elizabeth Taylor slinked around an eastern Mississippi estate in a skin-tight white négligée. But 59 years later, women rule the box office again. The three top-performing films of 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Beauty and the Beast, and Wonder Woman, were all headlined by female leads, the first time […]

Ghostbusters director REVEALS why his female-led reboot FAILED

It was supposed to be a big comeback for the iconic franchise, but the female-led reboot failed at the box office. Ghostbusters may have received mostly positive reviews, however it only made £177 million worldwide on a budget of £111 million. Now director Paul Feig has spoken out on why his movie didn’t do better. […]