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What “The Hunger Games” Owes to Milla Jovovich, Kate Beckinsale, and Sigourney Weaver

March 28, 2012 By Thelma Leave a Comment

Blame the alien bitch for the bad perm

 

With all the buzz surrounding The Hunger Games and the anticipation for its three sequels to come, there’s been plenty of shock and awe that a female-driven action movie has this kind of box office clout. And while some (like Melissa Silverstein on the must-read Women and Hollywood blog) have asked whether The Hunger Games will be the first real female franchise, I have a definitive answer: No. It can’t be. Because it’s not the first.

Though they’ve been oft-overlooked by the Hollywood establishment — and critics, too — at least three women-driven franchises have commanded the box office: Resident Evil‘s soon-to-be-five installments, anchored by Milla Jovovich, represent the most successful video-game movie series ever; Kate Beckinsale’s leads the four Underworld movies; and the grandma of the bunch, Sigourney Weaver, kicked extraterrestrial butt as Ripley in Alien and its sequels.

Violent Video-Game Vixen –[Read the full column on AMC filmcritic.com via Thelma Adams on Reel Women]

Filed Under: Essay, Movies & TV Tagged With: Alien, AMC filmcritic.com, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Beckinsale, Katniss, Melissa Silverstein, Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil, Sigourney Weaver, Strong Women, The Hunger Games, Thelma Adams on Reel Women, Underworld, Women and Hollywood

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