Yahoo Movies Edgar Wright in Talks to Direct ‘Barbarella’ Starring Sydney Sweeney
The Sydney Sweeney-led “Barbarella” film is taking shape, with Edgar Wright in talks to direct the picture for Sony. Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are in talks to pen the script.
Wright, best known for directing the satiric zombie film “Shaun of the Dead,” is next set to direct Glen Powell in an adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man.” Wright’s other directorial credits include “Last Night in Soho,” Hot Fuzz,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and “Baby Driver.”
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Adapted from French writer and illustrator Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, the original 1968 “Barbarella” starred Jane Fonda as the titular space-traveling heroine. Although the film wasn’t a box office smash at the time, it has garnered a cult film status in the decades since, with Barbarella widely seen as one of Fonda’s most iconic on-screen roles.
Although several attempts to bring “Barbarella” back to the big screen have been dreamed up in recent years, none have come to fruition. Fonda expressed hesitation regarding the reboot in 2023, saying, “I worry about what it’s going to be.”
Sweeney first confirmed her involvement with the project in Oct. 2022, sharing a photo of the heroine with the caption, “Time to save the universe.”
Deadline was first to report the news.
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