‘Athena’ Is Proof We Need More Movies About Powerful Greek Goddesses

We need to talk about goddesses. More specifically: Greek goddesses. Because, I’m pretty sure you were just as excited as I was to hear the news that Athena the new script by Michael Diliberti was acquired by Amy Pascal’s production company, Pascal Pictures. Thrilled. Delighted. Over the moon at the news that a movie was being made about a very famous, very powerful Greek goddess — or, rather, the descendent of one. But then, like me, you may have stopped and checked your enthusiasm. You may have asked yourself, “Why is this so exciting when there are already tons of movies about Greek gods?” And then you probably realized it: The reason why this new film is so exciting is because most films about Greek gods are about male Greek gods. Read More…