This Was Supposed to Be the Year of the Female Movie Hero

The first rumblings came when Diana Prince's metallic boots crossed No Man's Land in 2017's Wonder Woman. The movement gathered steam when Carol Danvers fell through the roof of that Blockbuster two years later. Female-led superhero movies were finally here--and they were about to be huge. Among the many other trends that never really caught on in 2020, the Year of the Female Superhero never quite came to pass. On a different timeline, this year would have begun with Birds of Prey and ended with Angelina Jolie and team of immortal heroes saving the world in Eternals.