Sentences with phrase «female leads in those films»

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.

Earlier this week, Elizabeth Banks criticized legendary director Stephen Spielberg for the lack of female leads in his films.

Deadline reports that a trio of very hot - right - now actresses are being considered to play the female lead in the film, in the shape of Rooney Mara, Emily Blunt and Rebecca Hall.

Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (Inception, Dark Knight Rises) who co-stars with Fassbender in Kurzel's Macbeth is already attached as the female lead in the film as reported by Deadline.

In other Robopocalypse news, A-list actress Anne Hathaway is reportedly in discussions to play the female lead in the film.

The truth is, there were female leads in those films but they had a male counter part.

Well, it's obviously been a while, and now it's being reported (via Deadline) that former «Mad Men» actress Rosemarie DeWitt has landed the female lead in the film.

It's starting to look like Fox's Assassin's Creed film will be a huge Macbeth reunion, as according to Deadline Oscar winning actress Marion Cotillard (Dark Knight Returns, Inception) will take the female lead in the film.

Not exact matches

When DreamWorks screened an early version of its 2001 film Shrek for test audiences, the female lead, Princess Fiona, made children scream in fear.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

Female leads comprised 24 % of protagonists in the 100 top domestic grossing films last year — five percentage points fewer than in 2016.

Lead actress Cate Blanchett perfectly encompasses the fashion - forward female of the 50s in the film Carol.

Other members of the case include Erin Bethea, who notably portrayed female lead Catherine Holt in the film «Fireproof,» Stephen Tobolowsky («Groundhog Day»), and John O'Hurley («Seinfeld»).

Carpenter recently completed production on the psychological thriller THE FACTORY as the female lead opposite John Cusack in the Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment film directed by Morgan O'Neil, and produced by Joel Silver, David Gambino, and Robert Zemeckis.

People in Hollywood are always citing rules, and they always have figures to back them up: «Action films with female leads never make money.»

Take the scene early on in which the film's heroes — an all - female government expedition, led by biologist Lena (Natalie Portman), tasked with exploring a quarantined zone known only as «Area X» — encounter a mutated alligator large enough to be mistaken for a small dinosaur, surreal enough to be a mass hallucination.

Some may disagree, but it's one of the better Bond films not just because of Craig, and a great female lead — but because it combines everything that is good about Bond in the first place without the need of just gadgets to progress what happens in the storyline.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

Rarely are female leads given anything of substance to do in action films, so I applaud Besson for writing this role for a woman.

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His final film for Shaw, Come Drink With Me (66) revolutionized the industry, and gave Hong Kong not only one of its first period swordplay films shot in a new, modern style (inspired by Japanese swordplay films of the time), but also its first female action lead.

The «Girls With Guns» films featured strong female leads, usually supported by ineffective or soon - to - be-killed male counterparts, and blended martial arts action with heavy gunplay, usually supported by eye - piercing 80s fashion, heavy synth scores, and lots of explosions in empty warehouses and abandoned construction sites.

The film accolades continued with a 2014 Screen Actor's Guild nomination for Judi Dench for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role and 2014 Golden Globe ® nominations for Judi Dench for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama, Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope for Best Screenplay — Motion Picture, and Best Motion Picture — Drama.

There's so much to appreciate in that film — from its portrayal of a kickass female lead character who just so happens to have a physical disability (though is never depicted as being a person who matters less because of it) to its impressive number of real - time stunts and action sequences to its feminist message.

There is a brief stop at an art fair in France, where the beautiful Monique (Cecile De France) insists on joining their expedition and can not be dissuaded; we think at first she has a nefarious motive, but no, she's probably taken a class in screenplay construction and knows that the film requires a sexy female lead.

While sexual harrassment exposed depressing truths about the state of women in the industry, it was also a banner year for female - led films.

Previously, it was reported that Jane the Virgin «s Gina Rodriguez, Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl «s Olivia Cooke were on the shortlist for one of the female leads in Johnson's Star Wars film, but now it appears that Mbatha - Raw is also in contention for this role.

According to THR, Lily is in talks with Disney / Marvel Studios to play the «female lead» of the film.

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Meanwhile, Reynolds and the film's other producers are reportedly in the process of casting the film's female lead, popular Marvel mutant Domino.

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According to Deadline, Rooney Mara, Emily Blunt and Rebecca Hall are all in the running for the film's female lead, which, should The Wrap summary be accurate, is Evelyn.

Female - led high - budget flicks like «Divergent,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1» and «Maleficent» did very well at the box office, while directors Angelina Jolie and Ava DuVernay «s films, «Unbroken» and «Selma,» respectively, are accumulating Oscar buzz as awards season is already in full swing.

In addition to each film featuring a female lead, they each hail from a different country, which seems to be important for each film's message.

Desperate for a project that will give his reputation a jump start, Jack agrees to star in a film version of the once - popular television series Bewitched as hapless hubby Darrin Stephens, under the condition that an unknown actress be cast as the female lead so he won't be upstaged.

Casting agents on the film are reportedly currently looking for a female in her twenties for a lead role in the Jon Watts directed film.

Granted, Hollywood still has a problem of creating substantive female lead roles in films it wants to release in more than nine theaters, but at least this is something of progress.

And those weren't even the only films with female leads in the top 5 of this weekend's domestic box office: Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth installment in the vampire hunter series starring Kate Beckinsale, opened at No. 4 with $ 13.1 million from 3,070 theaters.

«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.

Plus, the GRAND CARDINAL RULE of Costume Design is to always, always bet on the films that feature a female lead or plenty of female characters, and preferably in a period setting.

We already knew that Katherine Waterston had been cast as the film's female lead, but last we heard, Rapace was still set to return, albeit in a reduced capacity.

The much - discussed film about the late Apple co-founder may have found its female lead in Natalie Portman, according to trade reports.

«FIRE MAY BE SUBTLE» Three leads, two male and one female, are being cast in this short film about a woman whose psyche suffers a major break after the death of her boyfriend.

We need African - American female lead actresses in films, in tandem with African - American male leading actors.

It was the first time since 1958 films with female actors in lead roles topped North America's box office, according to the Guardian.

Which is actually kind of shocking when you realize that the highest grossing film in two of the last three years has had a female lead.

If the apartment of the female lead in Head - On (04) looks (according to her boyfriend) like it's been hit by a chick bomb, then the title restaurant of Fatih Akin's latest film has been hit by the male equivalent.

Outstanding performances from the female leads carry the film through its dizzying twists and turns, underlaid with a wicked streak of black comedy and an unexpected faith in the power of true love.

After months of being rumored for Doctor Strange, Rachel McAdams has finally confirmed that she will be playing the female lead in the upcoming Marvel film.