Films more likely to star an actor called Chris or a talking animal than a woman over 60, study finds

yeah a ton of movies star older men

This is also true. In their site they specificaly say on this topic:

The study, authored by academics at the University of West London School of Film, Media and Design, found that female characters aged 65 years and over were more than three times less likely than men of the same age to be featured in British films over the last decade. Women characters over 50 were also found to speak 14% less than older men in the sample of films studied by researchers.