The Rocketeer is getting a reboot starring a black female pilot

Disney has plans to reboot its 1991 cult classic The Rocketeer — but with a modern twist. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the studio is developing the movie, this time called The Rocketeers, with a black female lead in mind.
According to THR, the new effort is being written by screenwriting partners Matt Spicer and son of The Fonz Max Winkler. The story, set six years after the original, will follow a young African-American pilot who takes up the mantle of the Rocketeer to pr