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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 11, 2014 11:42 PM UTC  Kristen Wiig attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York. Kristen Wiig attends the "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York.Larry Busacca—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 11, 2014 11:42 PM UTC Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, the women behind the 2011 hit _Bridesmaids_, are [writing another comedy](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/movies/bridesmaids-writers-team-up-for-new-comedy.html?smid=tw-nytmovies&seid=auto&%5Fr=0), which Wiig will likely direct. Wiig and Mumolo plan to write, produce and star in the film about friends who “find themselves out of their depths,” the New York _Times_ reports. This will be the former _Saturday Night Live_ star’s first directing gig. “We will be going into a cave for months to finish. An actual cave,” the two women said_. “_We found one that’s nice and big. We’re putting a couch in there.” _Bridesmaids_ brought in a whopping $288.4 million at the box office in the spring of 2011, a feat even greater for the fact that it cost only $32.5 million to make. Critics [praised](http://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/11/bridesmaids-kristin-wiig-review/) the film and predicted that its success would pave the way for a crop of female-created comedies starring women. But studios have been slow to catch on: of the top-grossing movies in 2013, women made up only [16 percent](http://time.com/8788/9-depressing-facts-from-the-latest-women-in-media-report/) of the writers, directors, producers, editors and cinematographers. And only four of the 129 pictures scheduled for wide release in 2014 were made by women filmmakers. Research suggests that studios are losing out by not investing in female-driven films: a [2013 ](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/03/movies-with-strong-female-roles-make-more-money/)study found that films that passed the Bechdel Test—a simple test that asks whether two women in a film talk to one another about something other than a man—did better at the box office. And strong turnout for movies with female protagonists like _The Hunger Games_, _Gravity_ and—more recently—[_Maleficent_](http://time.com/2811177/maleficent-female-summer-blockbusters/)and [_The Fault in Our Stars_](http://time.com/2819213/the-fault-in-our-stars-sales-records/) have added more evidence to the power, across multiple genres, of women at the helm. In other words, the industry should be excited that Wiig and Mumulo are lending their comedic chops to a new project, not just because it’ll leave audiences in stitches, but because it’ll bring in the big bucks. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/movies/bridesmaids-writers-team-up-for-new-comedy.html?smid=tw-nytmovies&seid=auto&%5Fr=0)\] Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo Will Write 'Bridesmaids' Followup ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2861611/kristen-wiig-will-direct-bridesmaids-followup/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2861611/kristen-wiig-will-direct-bridesmaids-followup/"},"headline":"Kristen Wiig Will Direct Bridesmaids Follow-Up","datePublished":"2014-06-11T23:42:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:27.558Z","description":"The Bridesmaids writers will pen another script at a time when there's a push in Hollywood for more women behind the camera","url":"https://time.com/2861611/kristen-wiig-will-direct-bridesmaids-followup/","keywords":["movies","Living","Kristen Wiig"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12f24e86390c20/69869740169ab08535279df0/kristen-wiig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5f12f24e86390c20/69869740169ab08535279df0/kristen-wiig.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kristen Wiig attends the \"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York.","caption":"Kristen Wiig attends the \"Charles James: Beyond Fashion\" Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2014 in New York.","creditText":"Larry Busacca—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2861611/kristen-wiig-will-direct-bridesmaids-followup/","name":"Kristen Wiig Will Direct Bridesmaids Follow-Up"}}]}] ```