Katee Sackhoff joins Gina Carano in cast of all-female 'Expendables'-type movie

Katee, yes. Pussy Cats, no.

Move over, Charlie's Angels. A team of butt-kicking female action stars is assembling for a serious film.

And stop comparing it to "The Expendables" - you know, like we did in the headline on this story just to get a few more hits. Early accounts by Screen Rant and others suggest that producer Adi Shankar wants to create "a gritty action title." In other words, Josie and The Pussy Cats alumni need not apply.

Sackhoff, of course, gained sci-fi fame as the hard-fighting, hard-drinking Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the rebooted "Battlestar Galactica." Her casting follows the announcement that ex-MMA fighter Gina Carano ("Haywire") is part of the team.


Who's next?

Gina Carano as Wonder Woman?

Ready to rumble in the Amazonian jungle?

Add MMA fighter/actress Gina Carano to the list of stars who would like to play Wonder Woman - assuming the oft-delayed project ever gets off the ground.

Carano, starring in the current Steven Soderberg-directed "Haywire," was asked about the role of the Amazon princess in an interview with Jennifer Vineyard of Vulture:

People have suggested you play Wonder Woman.
I know! We even had a Wonder Woman reference in the film — did you catch it? One of the cops said something to me like, "Oh, chill out, Wonder Woman." And I thought that was so funny. I said to Steven, "You know there's a little rumor about me and Wonder Woman." And he said mischievously, "Oh, that's interesting."

"Haywire" marks Carano's acting debut. She plays a secret agent who hunts down the traitors who betrayed her. And it's an impressive list - Ewan McGregor, Antonio Banderas and Michael Fassbender.

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