We can’t say it’s an idea that's necessarily crossed many people’s minds, but Paramount is re-booting What Women Want with a female lead. And it’s going to be called – yep, you guessed it – What Men Want.

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While the original 2000 comedy film followed Mel Gibson as a cocky man who suddenly finds himself with the ability to read women’s minds, the reboot will turn the tables with Empire’s Taraji P Henson as a female sports agent who gains the power to hear men’s thoughts, allowing her to get ahead of male colleagues and sign the NBA’s next superstar. Your classic Hollywood ending.

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Will Packer and James Lopez are set to produce, and Henson is executive producing. The movie doesn't yet have a writer, but Paramount has already scheduled a release date of 11th January 2019.

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