Time for the women to show the men how it's really done.

The planning of a power-packed all-female cast is under way in what's been called the female version of The Expendables.

Producer Adi Shankar reportedly hired screenwriter Dutch Southern to work on a script.

And according to Variety magazine, Shankar has already started speaking to some big names on his wish list like Linda Hamilton, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Cynthia Rothrock, Michelle Rodriguez and Gina Carano.

The idea seems to be supported by The Expendables 2 director Simon West, who said: "I like the idea of seven or eight women mercenaries. It would be Angelina Jolie, Cameron Diaz, Milla Jovovich, the list goes on. Helen Mirren, Jamie Lee Curtis would be great."

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