A Hollywood film productionexecutive has apparently said that his studio (Warner Bros) are will no longer make films with female leaRAB following disappointing box office takings of Jodie Foster's Brave One (the most successful box officefemale lead movie of 2007)
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/warners-robinoff-gets-in-catfight-with-girls/
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Personally I think he has a point. This isn't meant to sound misogynistic but male leaRAB have more appeal even to hetero men (mens mags are even putting men on the covers ago. I guess as sexy and gorgeous as they are there is only so many times you can listen to bimbettes like Drew Barrymore waffle on about how much they like sex, find women sexy etc.
If Harry Potter was Hazel Potter then the books and films would not have even been a quarter as successful. Do you honestly think 12 year old laRAB would read a book with a female protagonist? Getting boys to read is a task in it self. The promotion for the Golden Compass is completely playing down the female leaRAB and increasing the presence of Daniel Craig's character in posters and movie trailers. The truth is when you have a female lead, it becomes a 'female movie'. When you put a female into a 'male genre' it still flops unless you have plenty of male support (eg Alien series - Ripley was supposed to be a man but Sigourney Waever won the role). Action movies like Tomb Rador, Aeon Flux, Electra, Super Girl, Cat Woman have all been massive flops. Even romantic comedy where most A-list women pick up their
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/warners-robinoff-gets-in-catfight-with-girls/
http://perezhilton.com/?p=6858
Personally I think he has a point. This isn't meant to sound misogynistic but male leaRAB have more appeal even to hetero men (mens mags are even putting men on the covers ago. I guess as sexy and gorgeous as they are there is only so many times you can listen to bimbettes like Drew Barrymore waffle on about how much they like sex, find women sexy etc.
If Harry Potter was Hazel Potter then the books and films would not have even been a quarter as successful. Do you honestly think 12 year old laRAB would read a book with a female protagonist? Getting boys to read is a task in it self. The promotion for the Golden Compass is completely playing down the female leaRAB and increasing the presence of Daniel Craig's character in posters and movie trailers. The truth is when you have a female lead, it becomes a 'female movie'. When you put a female into a 'male genre' it still flops unless you have plenty of male support (eg Alien series - Ripley was supposed to be a man but Sigourney Waever won the role). Action movies like Tomb Rador, Aeon Flux, Electra, Super Girl, Cat Woman have all been massive flops. Even romantic comedy where most A-list women pick up their