More and more big studios are signing up women to helm their big-ticket films. The latest on the list is Niki Caro who has been brought in by Disney to direct Mulan, a live-action version of the studio’s 1998 animated film of the same name that’s based on the Chinese folklore called The Ballad of Mulan. “It’s about telling a good story, but it’s also filmmaking on steroids,” Caro, 53, has said about her experience of directing Mulan that releases this month and has been mounted on a $200-million budget. The filmmaker, who has a couple of indie films to her credit, worked with a largely female crew on Mulan and has been vocal about the need for more women filmmakers, saying, “When I directed North Country in 2005, only four per cent of directors were women. Fifteen years on, that hasn’t changed.”