Barbarella is one tough chick to keep down. Last week, hopes for a
remake of the 1968 erotic sci-fi classic seemed to vanish like, um,
Jane Fonda’s space suit in the original film’s sexy opening credits,
when Sin City director Robert Rodriguez turned down the project. (The reported reason: Universal wanted to shoot the picture in Germany,
while Rodriguez wanted to stay in Austin with his family.) 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).
'Barbarella': 'Legally Blonde' director Robert Luketic to helm remake?
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Rihanna should be cast as Barbarella.
Rihanna should be cast as Barbarella.
Maybe a third movie in a row for Rob Luketic and Katherine Heigl?
[...] *Después de varios años de intentos fallidos para realizar un “remake” de Barbarella, finalmente ya empiezan a moverse los engranes para la producción de esta cinta; la dirigirá Robert Luketic (sustituyendo a su tocayo, Robert Rodríguez) para la compañía de Dino de Laurentis (vía Entertainment Weekly). [...]
[...] Barbarella – Robert Rodriguez lost funding on this one after he insisted (now ex-) girlfriend Rose McGowan star in it (like he also insisted she star in Red Sonja and everything else he is trying to make) and the whole thing has been dropped by him and passed over to Legally Blonde’s director Robert Luketic. The 1968 original was only rated PG, thus allowing small children like me to see the awesome space strip scene on Cinemax at 2 in the afternoon. [...]
[...] director’s chair wasn’t empty for long. After Rodriguez departed the project, Entertainment Weekly was reporting that director Robert Luketic (21, The Ugly Truth) would helm the almost failed [...]
I would not mind seen Megan Fox as Bararella and some other very attractive actress as the evil queen tyrant. I use to think years ago that maybe Carmen Elecra or Eleziabeth Hurley might make for a good Barbarella in a remake.