Back In January, it was announced that a new "Ghostbusters" movie was going to be made. The catch is, however, that the four new stars of the movie will all be females. This female all-star line up includes Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, and "Saturday Night Live" actresses Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon. The movie is set to hit theaters on July 22, 2016, so it looks like we're gonna have to wait a whole year for this movie to be released.
While I'm proud to see a popular movie franchise like "Ghostbusters," continue on for a whole a new generation of movie-goers (especially with having an all-star group of females fighting off ghosts while at the same time giving it a comedic vibe), I am going to be one of those people to say that this movie is not going to be the "all-female Ghostbusters." It's female-led, not "all female." Saying that it's an "all-female" any movie, is like saying that every character in the movie is going to be a female. There are most likely going to be male characters in the movie, so why say that it's an "all-female" movie?
Aside from that, here are seven other movies that I believe can be remade with a female lead cast.
1. "Stand By Me" (1986)
This movie, based on the Stephen King novella "The Body," tells the story of four boys who go on an adventure to find a dead body. This movie is a story of adventure, friendship, and growing up in 1959. Can you imagine what it would be like for a girl 12 or 13 years old at that time to act as tough as the late River Phoenix's character, smoking cigarettes and talking about sex? She'd make the Pink Ladies of "Grease" look like angels.
2. "12 Angry Men" (1957)
If you've been watching "Inside Amy Schumer" lately, there was an episode that recently aired where 12 male jurors had to decide whether Amy was attractive enough for television. This movie, based on the 1954 play of the same name, was the basis of that episode. In the movie, 12 male jurors have to decide the fate of an 18 year old who stabbed his father to death. While most of the jurors vote that the defendant is guilty, one juror (Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda) is the first to state that the defendant is not guilty. I've seen versions of the play where the jurors were were males and females. So, if a woman can play Juror #8 on the stage, there's definitely room for a woman to play the role on film in the future.
3. "The Odd Couple" (1968)
This film, like "12 Angry Men," is based another well-known play, this time written by Neil Simon. This movie about two divorced men (one a neat freak, the other a slob) who decide to live together despite their clashing personalities. Both the play and movie were very successful, even spawning two successful television series (The reboot of the series is currently on CBS, starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon) and an adaptation of the play with two female roommates that premiered on Broadway in 1985. If a female "Odd Couple" can be brought to the stage, why not bring a female "Odd Couple" onto the screen?
4. "The Elephant Man" (1980)
We've seen so many movies where males are feared and scorned by society because the male has a deformity ("The Phantom of The Opera", anyone?). Yet, women are criticized in movies because of their personality or the way they look. Unlike the males, most of time all the woman has to do in order to be appreciated by society is change who she is. But what if the woman can't do that? What if she has something so severe that she can't do anything to change it? Enter the 19th century setting of "The Elephant Man," where plastic surgery and changing your personality is not going to be the answer to the problem. In fact, back then, people who suffered from severe deformities, like the character of John Merrick in the movie (Joseph Merrick in real life), are put into freak shows.
5. "Animal House" (1978)
Ah, "Animal House," the ultimate college movie that stereotypes fraternities as "drunk party-goers." This movie is about a college fraternity on the verge of being removed from the campus by the college's dean, due to the fraternity's several conduct violations and poor grades of its members. Many sororities portrayed on film stereotype the women as party-goers but also rich and snobby. To see sorority girls portray the way the men of the down to earth and wild Delta Tau Chi were would be pretty fascinating.
6. "Dead Poets Society" (1989)
When it comes to English (especially poetry), women are often stereotyped as being stronger in that subject than men. But, if you think about it, can you imagine a female teacher inspiring her students through poetry, like how the late Robin Williams' character inspired his students? Plus, there'd be a whole new meaning to the climatic "O Captain! My Captain!" scene. Carpe diem, ladies! Seize the day!
7. "Men In Black" (1997)
What sounds just as good as females kicking some ghostly butt? Females kicking some alien butt! Enough said.




























