Kerpow! Girl superheroes fight as much as boys

CANNES, France - A new wave of female cartoon superheroes take no nonsense from anyone and revel in a good fight as much as the boys, a top Hollywood producer said.

"Too many shows for girls are less about entertaining them or reflecting them and come across as lectures on how we expect girls to behave," said Lauren Faust, the executive producer of the new hit animated TV series, DC Super Hero Girls.

It is not just boys who want to watch their superheroes level up to each other, she told MIPJunior in Cannes, the world's biggest gathering of vendors of children's entertainment. The annual fair ended on Sunday.