Female-fronted reboots aren’t progressive – they mask a lack of investment in women’s stories

nme.com:

In the final season of animated Hollywood satire BoJack Horseman, Princess Carolyn – a hugely successful movie agent who also happens to be a pink cat – has a pitch for a film: a retelling of Robin Hood from Maid Marian’s perspective, to be directed by Sofia Coppola.

The idea is presented as a punchline, and highlights the show’s ability to lay bare the industry’s hunger for profit above all else.

The pitch is an easy way to tap into a paying audience who now demand better female representation. The notion that Princess Carolyn is trying to help get more women on to the screen is never entertained.It probably hadn’t escaped the attention of the BoJack writer’s room that in real life, a project called Marian already exists.