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Will horror master John Carpenter come down from his horror perch to helm the long-gestating, oft-delayed remake of “Barbarella”? That’s the story currently being pedaled by British tabloid The Sun. On the face of it, it’s not so “out there”, as Carpenter has already directed sci-fi before, most recently the horror-sci-fi hybrid “Ghosts of Mars”. According to The Sun, they have been told by a “Hollywood insider” that Carpenter has already boarded the project as director, and that the studio is now looking at three possible candidates to play Barbarella: Sienna Miller, Jessica Alba, and Katherine Heigl. I could actually see all three women in the role, they definitely have the body and faces for it. Though I doubt if Heigl will even consider it. She seems to be on a “grll power” kick at the moment, and Barbarella and her thrifty wardrobe is probably a step back for her. Alba, on the other hand, might do it, she’s not… Continue Reading »

For a campy and mostly forgettable sci-fi movie (at least if you’re into sci-fi, not so much if you’re into watching a young Jane Fonda slink around the screen in various stages of half-dress), a lot of people sure seems interested in resurrecting space mercenary Barbarella. The latest news has producer Dino De Laurentiis finally getting this thing ready to shoot. THR reports that Dino De Laurentiis has hired a screenwriter to adapt the 1960s movie starring Fonda as the titular Barbarella for Robert Luketic to direct. Joe Gazzam will pen the screenplay, replacing previous writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who had completed a script that Robert Rodriguez was originally attached to direct with his fiancee Rose McGowan starring as the title character. Rodriguez has since bailed on the project. The original “Barbarella” was directed by Roger Vadim, and based on the comic books by Jean-Claude Forest. Set in “the far future”, the film starred Fonda as a highly… Continue Reading »

And I stress the word “may”, because frankly, like a lot of movies with Robert Rodriguez’s name attached to it at one point or another, a proposed remake of Jane Fonda’s 1968 cheesy sci-fi flick “Barbarella” has been talked about often, but nothing has ever come off it. Now with Rodriguez declaring that he’s permanently off the remake (a problem with the Germans, apparently), has producer Dino De Laurentiis found a replacement? Entertainment Weekly thinks so: Now it seems that director Robert Luketic (Monster-in-Law, Legally Blonde) is working with Dino De Laurentiis’ company (which owns the rights to the original property) to develop the picture with a different studio. “It will be a big intergalactic adventure with a sexy twist,” a source close to the project tells EW.com. Beyond that, details are being kept top secret, including who’ll be cast in Fonda’s old role (Rodriguez’s girlfriend, Rose McGowan, had been attached at one point). If the remake is to go… Continue Reading »