Producer Robert Rodriguez receltly sat down with MTV to talk about what happened to the Red Sonja remake that I believe was in the works for the past year and some change:
"If I kept the project myself, we could've just made it, but it belonged to another company that had financing problems," said Rodriguez. "They had to wait until they made a couple of other movies first. They're actually waiting until they make the CONAN movie before they do that — to see how that works for them."
Actress Rose McGowan, who was dating Rodriguez at the time (the two met on the set of Planet Terror and he allegedly left his wife for her) was supposed to play the vengeful sword-swinger (which was originally played by Bridgette Nielsen), but has since opted for a role in Marcus Nispel's CONAN as an entirely different character, a "half-human/half-witch" villain. So I doubt she will be donning the famous chainmail bikini.
Red Sonja was set to be an origin story detailing Sonja's transformation from a victim of savagery to the "Red Goddess' Blade of Justice". She would team with mischievous childhood friend Cyrus and mentor Ozzyus to slice her way through the forces of evil Kulan Gath and exact revenge for the brutal slaying of her family.
I'm honestly drawing a blank on who should play Red Sonja. I thought Rose would be good in the role. Maybe Christina Hendricks from Mad Men could play her. She's busty, curvaceous in all the right places, and a great actress, so I'm sure with the right fight trainer she could definitely pull this role off. Just don't throw Megan Fox's hat in the ring or Angelina Jolie.
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