Sentences with phrase «female lead in a movie»

Caplan replaces Isla Fisher as the female lead in the movie, after Fisher's pregnancy made her unavailable for filming.

For every female lead in a movie, there are three male leads.

Not exact matches

Brie Larson's Captain Marvel could make a brief appearance or cameo in «Infinity War» to get us even more excited about 2019's «Captain Marvel,» the first female - led movie in the MCU.

DC is poised to be the only comic book company with a successful female - led movie in its arsenal, where competitors like Marvel are lacking.

Superhero universes have had few female - led movies in general, and none in recent years.

You'll see a lot of action movies where they'll have a supposedly awesome female lead, but it's still a lead who is broken, has «daddy issues,» or is crippled in some form.

In 2007, she appeared in an even bigger horror movie as the female lead in a remake of The Hitcher, starring opposite veteran actor Sean BeaIn 2007, she appeared in an even bigger horror movie as the female lead in a remake of The Hitcher, starring opposite veteran actor Sean Beain an even bigger horror movie as the female lead in a remake of The Hitcher, starring opposite veteran actor Sean Beain a remake of The Hitcher, starring opposite veteran actor Sean Bean.

Through the early»50s he starred in dozens of Westerns, often accompanied by his horse, Trigger (billed «the smartest horse in the movies»), and his sidekick, Gabby Hayes; his female lead was often Dale Evans, whom he married in 1947.

But here's Twilight Time to revive that memory: Ms. Kelly plays the female lead in the film adaptation of the Off Broadway show The Fantasticks, a movie about a carnival and a scheme two get two «bickering» neighbors» kids married off to one another.

In fact, eight of the ten movies I included in my top ten of the festival were led by a female performance, five of the ten films were directed by womeIn fact, eight of the ten movies I included in my top ten of the festival were led by a female performance, five of the ten films were directed by womein my top ten of the festival were led by a female performance, five of the ten films were directed by women.

Fanning, who was last seen as Aurora in Disney's MALEFICENT alongside Angelina Jolie, will lead a young female cast in the movie, Refn's first dip into the genre following some absolutely belting action / crime movies which have always have heaps of style, depth and substance.

Saoirse said she was shocked recently when a close friend auditioned for a role in a movie where the female character was described as «the leading man's type».

In a year where we had some pretty cool and unusual things happening in mainstream cinema (an animated «princess» movie where the most important relationship was between two sisters, a space thriller whose face was a middle - aged woman, a high - grossing action movie starring a young woman, a sci - fi blockbuster where 2/3 leads were NOT white men, a female buddy - cop movie), this just seems..In a year where we had some pretty cool and unusual things happening in mainstream cinema (an animated «princess» movie where the most important relationship was between two sisters, a space thriller whose face was a middle - aged woman, a high - grossing action movie starring a young woman, a sci - fi blockbuster where 2/3 leads were NOT white men, a female buddy - cop movie), this just seems..in mainstream cinema (an animated «princess» movie where the most important relationship was between two sisters, a space thriller whose face was a middle - aged woman, a high - grossing action movie starring a young woman, a sci - fi blockbuster where 2/3 leads were NOT white men, a female buddy - cop movie), this just seems....

When it comes to the big YA movies in question, most feature a female lead faced with troubling romantic prospects.

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Instead, the Disney - produced and vaguely Disney - inspired Tomorrowland wastes Bird's talent, a scrappy female lead, and Clooney gravitas on what amounts to a feature - length prologue; this movie about a retro - futuristic utopia in an alternate dimension accessed by the world's best and brightest takes approximately forever to get going, marking the first time Bird's whiz - bang set pieces haven't set his movie's pace.

Diana Prince has officially arrived in the world of men, both literally and figuratively, as DC and Warner Bros. dropped the very first trailer to the very first female led super hero movie....

Directors Catherine Hardwicke and Mimi Leder are also said to be in talks to helm a reboot of the 2000 female - led action movie

«Homeland» star Morena Baccarin has nabbed the female lead role in «Deadpool», an action movie based on the Marvel character.

«Lucy» marks Johansson's top opening as the lead in a film and is one of the highest openings ever for an R - rated action movie starring a female.

«Trainwreck» actress Brie Larson is also in talks to play the female lead in the big - budget movie.

One would think it would be obvious, and rushed into development long ago: the MCU already has some of the most bankable women in the world on its payroll, this is a new era where Wonder Woman was a huge critical and box - office success, demonstrating the viability of a female hero - led movie; there's precedent from comics canon to mine, from the more recent A-Force to the 1970's Lady Liberators.

And we're still more than a year from Captain Marvel, which will be Marvel's first female superhero - led movie in the more than 20 made over the last 10 years.

The First Avenger was not a movie that had a lot of room for a fully - fledged female lead, but it made the time anyway (granted, this should not be an exemplary quality in a movie, but we live in the world we live in).

Umberto Gonzalez from Heroic Hollywood is reporting that Rachel has been offered the female lead in Marvel's upcoming «Doctor Strange» movie.

Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch are already on the roster, but this will be the first time a female superhero — Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel — leads her own movie in the new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

Morena Baccarin has nabbed the female lead role in «Deadpool», an action movie based on the Marvel character.

Variety reports Creed's Tessa Thompson, X-Men First Class» Zoe Kravitz, and Power Rangers» Naomi Scott are currently testing for the female lead in the 2018 Han Solo Star Wars movie.

«It is just a renaissance going on in 2017 and now moving into 2018 where female - led movies and movies with female characters at the centre of the story have moved front and centre in terms of the box office and in terms of critical acclaim.»

Who knows, though, since Captain Marvel is the focus of a lot of MCU - related speculation at the moment; not only will it be the franchise's first female - led superhero movie, but it also got a massive Hail Mary pass from last month's blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, which asked fans to sit through, roughly, 7,000,000 minutes of end credits in order to get the merest peek at her logo.

Actress Rachel McAdams has been quoted as saying she's in «super-early days» talks with Marvel Studios to portray an unnamed female lead in 2016's Doctor Strange movie.

In the last few months of 2017 (which saw female - led movies top the year - end box office and female stories dominate the Emmys), the entertainment world was rocked by scandal, starting with the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, which were followed by accusations against executives, longtime actors and some of the industry's most powerful men.

SCOOPERHERO NEWS — who is in talks to play Captain Marvel in the MCU's first female - led superhero movie?

And this brings us to the critical backlash to this film: a feeling in some quarters that for all its powerful and compelling female lead, the movie appears obtuse on race and blackness by making it a subsidiary function of the white characters» moral journey.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Thor and Thor: The Dark World star Natalie Portman won't be returning for the thord third movie in the trilogy, but she and Thomspon will still be working together in the near future on Annihiliation, the female - lead sci - fi movie from Ex Machina director Alex Garland.

A few other Westerns featuring female protagonists that almost made the cut are: the Coens» «True Grit» although we just didn't really feel like Hailee Steinfeld, good as she is, actually leads the movie; Samuel Fuller «s «Forty Guns» which also stars Western superheroine Barbara Stanwyck; 1995 TV movie «Buffalo Girls» in which Anjelica Huston plays Calamity Jane; William Wellman's «Westward the Women» in which a wagon train of «marriageable» females is brought out to supply a woman - starved town in the West; and straight to video title «The Desperate Trail,» just because this is a list about strong women leads and they don't get much stronger than Linda Fiorentino (alongside Sam Elliott).

While the pair speaks big for their future projects (including the strong desire to make a musical), they are currently attached to direct a screenplay by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) and Dean Cavanagh, a female lead heist movie set in Leith.

«In relationship movies, you're usually expecting a really sparkly, Julia Roberts-esque female lead, but this character makes mistakes and she's sometimes awkward in the way she interacts with people and has sex.&raquIn relationship movies, you're usually expecting a really sparkly, Julia Roberts-esque female lead, but this character makes mistakes and she's sometimes awkward in the way she interacts with people and has sex.&raquin the way she interacts with people and has sex.»

Legendary's King Kong movie Kong: Skull Island may have lost two of its male stars earlier this month in Michael Keaton (Birdman) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), but the project has now secured its female lead, with Deadline revealing that Brie Larson (Trainwreck) has signed on to the film.

Band Aid's clever songwriting, and its charming lead performances, have gotten positive notices, along with the fact that the movie's crew was entirely female, a rarity in the industry.

«It has everything in a movie you're not supposed to do in Hollywood — female leads, math, the female leads are black,» Melfi told IndieWire.

It is long overdue, and while Marvel has given us some memorable female characters along the way — notably Peggy Carter and Black Widow, mostly thanks to Joss Whedon — it's about time the studio dove headfirst in an honest - to - goodness female - led superhero movie.

His 2013 drama «Gloria,» which starred Paulina Garcia in as another unorthodox female lead — in this case, a middle - aged divorcee who finds new love — followed a similar trajectory to «A Fantastic Woman»: Both movies premiered to great acclaim at the Berlin International Film Festival and landed rave reviews.

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The 32 - year - old also mentioned that when she first started out in the industry there were «very few female - led movies and even fewer female directors» - but things are changing.

It's absurd not only that we haven't had a female - led superhero film since 2005's Elektra, but also the fact that Marvel are 15 movies in and still haven't made one.

And because there can be no talk of gender swapping or reboots without invoking Paul Feig's new Ghostbusters movie, Indiewire notes that the Sony hack — that gift that keeps on giving — uncovered an email from Amy Pascal, in which she urged completion of Feig's film to head off other female - led franchises.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Felicity Jones is currently in talks to play the female lead in Gareth Edward's standalone Star Wars movie, emerging triumphant over fellow candidates Tatiana Maslany and Rooney Mara.

As for film inspirations, Dyer commented that any movie with a strong female lead is inspiring to her — particularly Kathy Bates in «Misery», and Toni Collette in «Muriel's Wedding».