Gender-swapped roles in movies and TV shows: an update

The Me Too movement has helped fuel the trend of gender-swapping roles in movies and TV shows from actors to actresses.
But what will continue the trend is the success of those films and series. “Ocean’s Eight,” starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, did well at the box office this summer, so that bodes well for more of the same.
A similarly themed movie about a band of female criminals, “Widows,” is due out in November.
Here’s a quick update on some gender-swapped movies and TV shows in the works:

• Charter Communications picked up a spin-off of the “Bad Boys” film franchise with female leads called “L.A.’s Finest.” The Sony Pictures Television production stars Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba. It will premiere in 2019, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
• Disney is making a TV series based on the 2000 movie “High Fidelity,” which starred John Cusack. The remake will have a female lead, Deadline reported.
• A reboot of the 1980s TV series “The Greatest American Hero” with a female lead was filmed, but ABC passed on ordering a series. The project starred Hannah Simone of “New Girl.” (See article by ScreenRant.)
• CBS has ordered a remake of private-detective series “Magnum P.I.” in which the character of Higgins has been reinvented as a woman. Perdita Weeks plays Juliet Higgins. John Hillerman played Jonathan Higgins in the original series. The new series premieres this fall.
• Universal is remaking the action-horror movie “Doom” with a female lead. The previous adaptation of the video game starred Dwayne Johnson. The new movie is set to star Amy Manson, ScreenRant reported.
• “The Hustle,” a gender-flipped remake of the 1988 comedy “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” is set for release in May 2019. It stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.
• NBC Universal is considering a remake of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” called “Fresh Princess,” according to TMZ.

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Photo: Promotional art for “L.A.’s Finest.”