Joe Gazzam to Write Barbarella
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Robert Luketic will direct the sci-fi action-adventure, with original producer Dino De Laurentiis on board to produce the update along with his wife, Martha De Laurentiis.
Robert Rodriguez came on the project, which was then set up at Universal, in May 2007 with an eye to making it a vehicle for Rose McGowan. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the script, but the studio and director reportedly could not agree on where to shoot. After the parting of ways, a new direction for Barbarella was sought.
Barbarella centers on a female mercenary who roams the universe of a distant future, undertaking missions that require fearlessness, ingenuity and sensuality. The character debuted in 1962 in a French graphic magazine written and illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest and was known for her sexual escapades. There also was a musical produced in 2004.
The new take on the iconic character will not be campy, though it will keep the sexuality; there will be seductions, but the focus will be on the adventure.
The project is not set up at any studio, though De Laurentiis duo plans on shopping it when the script is in shape.
Barbarella comes to theaters in 2012.
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pablouk
Needs to be an 18 with kinky hard sex.
3 years agoby @pabloukFlag
Diaigma
LOL! Do we really need a new Barba...no, I don't think so :P
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Radimus-83
Think my excitement died when R/R pulled out.
3 years agoby @radimus-83Flag
RavenX5 God of Light
why the f*ck him?
3 years agoby @hackx9Flag
Rufio
Man I'm glad to hear this! Hollywood is running desperately short on projects that exist solely to show off chics in tiny clothing!
*Sighs* When is Hollywood gonna pull it together and start offering GREAT popcorn flix with GREAT writing, characters and stories?!?!
3 years agoby @rufioFlag
Robert Mata
this will be a loss of time and money
3 years agoby @the-dark-knight10Flag
CelluloidDreams
Give it up already!! Let this die!
3 years agoby @2movieguysFlag