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However, there's clearly going to be focus on female superheroes in the future, with Ant - Man and The Wasp debuting later this year and Brie Larson's Captain Marvel flying into the MCU in March 2019.

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Last year, the world embraced a female superhero in Wonder Woman.

Talking to PeopleTV, Clark Gregg says that he's having «a blast» filming Captain Marvel before talking about how proud he is to work on the first MCU movie with a female superhero in the title role.

This means that not only is Ant - Man and the Wasp the first Marvel movie to feature a female superhero in its title, it will be the only the second movie with a primary female villain (after Hela's apocalyptic antics in Thor: Ragnarok).

Not exact matches

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

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Following Thor: Ragnarok in 2017, we'll get a slate of brand new heroes, including Black Panther (starring Get On Up «s Chadwick Boseman as Marvel's first black superhero), along with Captain Marvel (which will be Marvel's first female - starring film) and an Inhumans movie in 2018.

Since her inception in 1941 in DC comic books with her patriotic red bustier embossed with a golden eagle and blue shorts with white stars, Wonder Woman has become a symbol of female empowerment in a comic book world dominated by male superheroes like Batman, Superman and Iron Man, and by male fans.

The top ten men continue to out - earn their female counterparts by a huge margin — $ 488.5 million compared with just $ 172.5 million — a disparity Forbes attributed in part to the preponderance of superhero movies and action blockbusters that offer few starring roles for women.

Warriors both male and female fight for control of a vividly rendered African kingdom in this handsome superhero epic

She gained 12 lb of muscle, trained with top Hollywood stuntwomen, and is set to become a linchpin in the new era of female superhero stardom.

Sure, she could have had a bit more to do, but no other film has built up the idea of the female member becoming her own superhero in the same way, and none have made you want it so badly.

As we all know, Marvel has had quite a flogging in the press about its treatment of its female characters: Not only is there no stand - alone female superhero film yet, but our daughters also have no female superhero action figures.

The combined success of the record - breaking, critical acclaim - nabbing and audience - thrilling success of Marvel Studios» Black Panther, introducing a black superhero and boasting a largely black cast, and the recent record - breaking, critical acclaim - nabbing and audience - thrilling successWonder Woman, whixh gave female filmgoers a superhero in their own image, should prove to Hollywood that inclusion sells in cinema, but will it bring real change in the making of movies?

Not just a watershed moment — the first blockbuster comic - book movie centered on a female superhero — but an earnestly realized look at a character who embodies strength, compassion and courage in any century.

As reported by Inverse, she said, «Recently I marched up with a couple of other women who work in Marvel and [asked Kevin Feige] «How about a movie with some female superheroes?

The production was praised by gender equality groups for featuring the first real female superhero since Garbo's Wasp in 1927.

The director of the Captain Marvel movie has a big responsibility: they have to introduce a character who isn't particularly well known outside of comic book shops to a wide audience while also shouldering the burden of making the first solo female superhero movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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.

With the X-Men franchise pushing its female characters further and further into the background, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is the most prominent female lead in a major superhero franchise.

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).

While Wright still seems to doubt whether Shuri could become a superhero in her own right, the man who originally created her character back in 2005 is far more certain that we'll see a female Black Panther fight in the MCU.

Of course, as The A.V. Club reported last year, women made up the majority of movie audiences for the fourth year in a row in 2013, and they like action - packed superhero movies, though they prefer them with female protagonists.

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.

So we've established that Marvel knows it has a problem with female representation in its superhero movies, and it's probably going to make great strides in fixing that problem as soon as it possibly can.

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

Wonder Woman Female empowerment brings a touch of kindness to the chaos of mankind in this superhero film starring Gal Gadot as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman.

She said: «Usually the female parts in a superhero film feel thankless: She's the pill girlfriend while the guys are whizzing around saving the world.

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.

... During a press conference for Thor: Ragnarok, Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie) and Kevin Feige have revealed that they have spoken about an all - female Marvel team - up movie: «Recently I marched up with a couple of other women who work in Marvel and [asked Kevin] «' How about a movie with some female superheroes?

Gal Gadot is returning to the DCEU in her very own film, marking the first female - led superhero film on this list.

In a fierce battle between the two comic book superhero studios, DC bested rival Marvel with «Wonder Woman», the first big budget modern day female comic book adaptation, and now it's Marvel's turn to break new ground with «Black Panther» being arguably the first black superhero (just don't say that to Wesley Snipes).

Over the past few years, there has been an increasing number of female superheroes introduced in the MCU.

films to get there, but in 2019 we will finally see a female - fronted superhero pic from the foremost superhero movie studio around.

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.

So Gadot (pronounced «gah - dote», but originally Greenstein in her native Israel) is the best hope yet to become the first female superhero with the power to smash her way through

Back in May, we reported that Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie had secretly pitched Warner Bros. and DC on an all - female superhero movie that would feature her reprising her role as Harley Quinn and teaming up with an unnamed assortment of heroes / villains.

Yeah, sure, a good supporting female role in a superhero movie isn't unheard of.

... Superhero movies have long needed this kind of representation in terms of men and women of color, and for black audiences, «Black Panther» will undoubtedly be as culturally significant in the way it addresses subjects of identity, race and gender as «Wonder Woman» was to female fans.»

that Marvel Studios is eyeing Angelina Jolie to direct its first female - led superhero offering Captain Marvel, and now the magazine is added to is report by suggesting that Jolie will direct Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the title role -LSB-...]

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.

Marvel is already in pre-production on its own female superhero movie; Captain Marvel starring Brie Larson is due in theaters March 2019.

With Wonder Woman back in the cultural zeitgeist (if the most famous female superhero ever really left it), writer / director Angela Robinson's film serves as a superhero origin story in a more literal and more literary - criticism meaning of the phrase.

In one of the emails leaked in the cyber attack on Sony late last year, Marvel boss Ike Perlmutter explained to Sony CEO Michael Lynton why female superhero movies just don't work, referencing flops like Elektra («very, very bad»), Catwoman («a disaster») and Supergirl («another disaster»In one of the emails leaked in the cyber attack on Sony late last year, Marvel boss Ike Perlmutter explained to Sony CEO Michael Lynton why female superhero movies just don't work, referencing flops like Elektra («very, very bad»), Catwoman («a disaster») and Supergirl («another disaster»in the cyber attack on Sony late last year, Marvel boss Ike Perlmutter explained to Sony CEO Michael Lynton why female superhero movies just don't work, referencing flops like Elektra («very, very bad»), Catwoman («a disaster») and Supergirl («another disaster»).

The five - part series (premiering Saturday) stars Benedict Cumberbatch, the hypermagnetic star of PBS's «Sherlock» who rocketed to the big time in Marvel's superhero movies and an Oscar - nominated performance in 2014's «The Imitation Game,» and, more important, uploaded himself to the lovelorn psyche of the female Internet.

The trend continues after Marky Mark, as the list is mainly comprised of actors who've starred in uber - lucrative franchises or big - budget superhero movies, films for which there are conspicuously few female roles.

More notably, it serves as definitive proof that female - fronted superhero movies can be just as good as those starring men — and in the case of the DC Universe, even better.

We recently learned that Jessica Chastain might have played a female Killian in Iron Man 3, and has mentioned a desire to play a costumed villain or superhero.

The film in the works sounds like a combination of Birds of Prey, about a team of female superheroes, and Gotham City Sirens, about a team of female super villains.