Prince-Bythewood notes that such a gender breakdown "doesn't happen, or very rarely happens on any movie, but on an action film, I guarantee you that's never happened before.".
(Sarandos added that the property has "a world and stories to be told for some time to come.").
The director says it was both a conscious and an obvious choice to assemble a diverse team for the feature, which had a reported budget of $70 million.
"But I know for a fact that it doesn't have to do with talent, it has to do with opportunity.
… There are so many women out there who are so good at what they do, but they just haven't gotten the chance.
For automated dialogue replacement, each actor was sent a microphone and effectively set up an ADR booth at home.
This story first appeared in the July 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. »