Jean-Claude Forest created the heroine Barbarella in the pages of V Magazine back in 1962, and it only took six years for director Roger Vardim (and a small army of screenwriters) to bring the character to the screen in the film Barbarella (watch it Here), where she was played by Jane Fonda. A sequel called Barbarella Goes Down never made it into production, but talks of a Barbarella reboot have been bouncing around for decades, with Rose McGowan, Halle Berry, and Kate Beckinsale being among those who have been considered for the title role. Robert Rodriguez was going to direct the new film at one point, Robert Luketic at another. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote a screenplay, and were later attached to a TV adaptation that had Nicolas Winding Refn at the helm. None of these ever got the greenlight. About a year and a half ago, it was announced...
- 3/25/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, who is prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…
…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…
…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 3/23/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment has adapted the ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…
…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…
…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 3/3/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Emmy nominated "Euphoria" actress Sydney Sweeney, currently co-starring in the Sony/Marvel Studios feature "Madame Web", has been cast as "Barbarella" in a new feature based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
The Dynamite Entertainment title "Barbarella" #1 is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Josephn Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish and Roberto Castro.
"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!
"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone,...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
The Dynamite Entertainment title "Barbarella" #1 is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Josephn Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish and Roberto Castro.
"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!
"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Nineteen sixty-eight has to be considered the apex of psychedelic sexploitation romps, with the release of Candy, adapted from Mason Hoffenberg and Terry Southern’s satirical reworking of Voltaire’s Candide, and Roger Vadim’s Barbarella, based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic, and partially scripted by Southern (alongside an armada of other credited writers). Both employ a rambling, shaggy-dog structure as an excuse to flagrantly foreground softcore sexual hijinks tinged with a pungent whiff of social commentary, albeit the latter aspect may be easier to discern in Candy’s perverse daisy chain of events.
Southern’s contributions to the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Barbarella can be detected in some of its wittier lines (“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming!”) and sly pokes at the persistence of class-consciousness. Aside from Southern, the two films are linked by the presence of Anita Pallenberg, style icon and muse of the Rolling...
Southern’s contributions to the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Barbarella can be detected in some of its wittier lines (“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming!”) and sly pokes at the persistence of class-consciousness. Aside from Southern, the two films are linked by the presence of Anita Pallenberg, style icon and muse of the Rolling...
- 11/21/2023
- by Budd Wilkins
- Slant Magazine
Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 2/16/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Jane Fonda is hoping a screenwriter is working longer than nine-to-five on a sequel script.
The “80 for Brady” star revealed that there is still hope for a “9 to 5” sequel co-starring Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton more than 40 years since the original 1980 film debuted. “9 to 5” was a groundbreaking comedy that addressed workplace sexism and harassment, plus gave the culture Parton’s iconic song of the same name. Last year’s documentary “Still Working 9 to 5” charted the changes since the film’s debut.
A slated sequel to “9 to 5” was effectively canceled in 2019 due to script delay issues as Rashida Jones was set to co-write the script with original screenwriter Patricia Resnick.
“We haven’t been able to get a script that we were satisfied with,” Fonda recently told Entertainment Tonight. “If you don’t have the script, you can’t start.”
Longtime collaborator and co-star Tomlin added,...
The “80 for Brady” star revealed that there is still hope for a “9 to 5” sequel co-starring Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton more than 40 years since the original 1980 film debuted. “9 to 5” was a groundbreaking comedy that addressed workplace sexism and harassment, plus gave the culture Parton’s iconic song of the same name. Last year’s documentary “Still Working 9 to 5” charted the changes since the film’s debut.
A slated sequel to “9 to 5” was effectively canceled in 2019 due to script delay issues as Rashida Jones was set to co-write the script with original screenwriter Patricia Resnick.
“We haven’t been able to get a script that we were satisfied with,” Fonda recently told Entertainment Tonight. “If you don’t have the script, you can’t start.”
Longtime collaborator and co-star Tomlin added,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Jane Fonda is sharing what she really thinks about the upcoming “Barbarella” remake starring Sydney Sweeney.
The “80 For Brady” actress admitted that she just can “try not to” think about the slated reboot film based on Jean-Claude Forest’s French comic book series. Fonda starred in the original 1968 feature directed by Roger Vadim as a futuristic astronaut who is tasked with stopping a megalomaniac scientist threatening to reintroduce evil into the galaxy.
“I try not to [think about it]. Because I worry about what it’s going to be,” Fonda told The Hollywood Reporter of the planned remake. “I had an idea of how to do it that [original producer] Dino De Laurentiis, when he was still alive, wouldn’t listen to. But it could have been a truly feminist movie.”
“Euphoria” Emmy nominee Sweeney will star in and is believed to be executive-producing the Sony Pictures remake; a director has not yet been publicly attached.
The “80 For Brady” actress admitted that she just can “try not to” think about the slated reboot film based on Jean-Claude Forest’s French comic book series. Fonda starred in the original 1968 feature directed by Roger Vadim as a futuristic astronaut who is tasked with stopping a megalomaniac scientist threatening to reintroduce evil into the galaxy.
“I try not to [think about it]. Because I worry about what it’s going to be,” Fonda told The Hollywood Reporter of the planned remake. “I had an idea of how to do it that [original producer] Dino De Laurentiis, when he was still alive, wouldn’t listen to. But it could have been a truly feminist movie.”
“Euphoria” Emmy nominee Sweeney will star in and is believed to be executive-producing the Sony Pictures remake; a director has not yet been publicly attached.
- 1/30/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Emmy nominated "Euphoria"/"White Lotus" actress Sydney Sweeney, currently filming the Sony/Marvel Studios feature "Madame Web", is prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 11/17/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
On the carpet of the 11th annual Lacma Art + Film Gala on Saturday, Sydney Sweeney revealed working with co-star Dakota Johnson on Sony’s upcoming Marvel film “Madame Web” was initially a nerve-wracking experience.
“I was a little nervous,” Sweeney told Variety’s Marc Malkin at the event, reflecting on her reaction to seeing her co-star in person. The actress shared how she’s been a fan of Johnson for several years. “I have to say — I snuck ’50 Shades of Grey’ in high school. My parents didn’t let me watch it and I watched it. So I’m a huge fan of her. She’s so hot.”
“Have you told her that?” Malkin asked, to which the “Euphoria” star laughed and replied “No! But, Dakota, you’re hot and I loved working with you.”
Johnson is playing the titular role of Cassandra “Madame” Web in the Sony film, while...
“I was a little nervous,” Sweeney told Variety’s Marc Malkin at the event, reflecting on her reaction to seeing her co-star in person. The actress shared how she’s been a fan of Johnson for several years. “I have to say — I snuck ’50 Shades of Grey’ in high school. My parents didn’t let me watch it and I watched it. So I’m a huge fan of her. She’s so hot.”
“Have you told her that?” Malkin asked, to which the “Euphoria” star laughed and replied “No! But, Dakota, you’re hot and I loved working with you.”
Johnson is playing the titular role of Cassandra “Madame” Web in the Sony film, while...
- 11/7/2022
- by Katie Reul and Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
When Jane Fonda was preparing for the galactic striptease that opens the 1968 sci-fi fantasy Barbarella, she plied herself with vodka. She was so terrified that she made sure she was completely drunk before the cameras started rolling. A bat flew in front of the lens, spoiling the shot, and the director, her then-husband Roger Vadim, insisted that she shoot it again the next day.
“The take that was actually used, I was not only drunk. I was hungover too,” Fonda recalled in the 2018 documentary about her, Jane Fonda in Five Acts.
It’s one of the most memorable sequences in an otherwise patchy and eccentric movie that scarcely deserves its cult reputation. Fonda appears to be floating as she pulls off her outfit. In fact, she was lying on a pane of glass with the rest of the spaceship behind her for the shot. While she removes her helmet, gloves and eventually everything else,...
“The take that was actually used, I was not only drunk. I was hungover too,” Fonda recalled in the 2018 documentary about her, Jane Fonda in Five Acts.
It’s one of the most memorable sequences in an otherwise patchy and eccentric movie that scarcely deserves its cult reputation. Fonda appears to be floating as she pulls off her outfit. In fact, she was lying on a pane of glass with the rest of the spaceship behind her for the shot. While she removes her helmet, gloves and eventually everything else,...
- 10/21/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- The Independent - Film
Sydney Sweeney is heading to outer space in a new "Barbarella" movie. The actor confirmed the news on Instagram on Oct. 11, writing, "time to save the universe" alongside a screenshot of Deadline's announcement of the project. According to the outlet, the "White Lotus" actor is set to star as the title hero and executive produce. The film is in development, with no writer or producer attached.
Jane Fonda famously played Barbarella in a 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim. The character first appeared in a French comic series by Jean-Claude Forest. The film ultimately became a cult classic and is considered one of Fonda's most impactful roles. Fonda reflected on her character's legacy in an April interview with Vanity Fair, saying, "All these young men later kept telling me it was the first erection they had, watching 'Barbarella.' And I thought, I'll take that. That's a good thing to be responsible for.
Jane Fonda famously played Barbarella in a 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim. The character first appeared in a French comic series by Jean-Claude Forest. The film ultimately became a cult classic and is considered one of Fonda's most impactful roles. Fonda reflected on her character's legacy in an April interview with Vanity Fair, saying, "All these young men later kept telling me it was the first erection they had, watching 'Barbarella.' And I thought, I'll take that. That's a good thing to be responsible for.
- 10/12/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Because we, as the human race, will never be done with remakes, here's a little remake news that might be more exciting to you than the rest: "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus" star Sydney Sweeney is set to star in a new "Barbarella" film for Sony Pictures.
According to Deadline, "Insiders add that the new movie is still in development with no writer or director attached, but say that Sweeney is expected to executive produce," as well as star as the titular character.
The new film will be based on the 1968 original starring Jane Fonda that was adapted from Jean-Claude Forest's French comic book series. In 2020, the author's estate — he passed away in December 1998 — announced plans for a new take on "Barbarella," and almost three years later, we are getting some headway on the project.
The plot of the new movie has not been disclosed, but the Roger Vadim...
According to Deadline, "Insiders add that the new movie is still in development with no writer or director attached, but say that Sweeney is expected to executive produce," as well as star as the titular character.
The new film will be based on the 1968 original starring Jane Fonda that was adapted from Jean-Claude Forest's French comic book series. In 2020, the author's estate — he passed away in December 1998 — announced plans for a new take on "Barbarella," and almost three years later, we are getting some headway on the project.
The plot of the new movie has not been disclosed, but the Roger Vadim...
- 10/12/2022
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
Sydney Sweeney has been cast as Barbarella in a forthcoming film.
The Euphoria star is currently riding high after being nominated twice in the same acting category at the Emmys for her roles in the HBO teen drama and The White Lotus.
On Tuesday (11 October), Deadline reported that Sweeney would be starring in and executive producing a new film for Sony based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic book series.
Forest’s French comics were first adapted for the screen in a cult classic 1968 film starring Jane Fonda about a space adventurer.
Sweeney, 25, confirmed the news on Instagram as she shared a photo of the Barbarella cartoon.
“Time to save the universe,” she captioned the post.
“It’s about time,” Vanessa Hudgens commented, while another commenter wrote: “No words this is perfect.”
According to the original report, the Barbarella remake is still in development with no writer or director attached.
Sweeney...
The Euphoria star is currently riding high after being nominated twice in the same acting category at the Emmys for her roles in the HBO teen drama and The White Lotus.
On Tuesday (11 October), Deadline reported that Sweeney would be starring in and executive producing a new film for Sony based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic book series.
Forest’s French comics were first adapted for the screen in a cult classic 1968 film starring Jane Fonda about a space adventurer.
Sweeney, 25, confirmed the news on Instagram as she shared a photo of the Barbarella cartoon.
“Time to save the universe,” she captioned the post.
“It’s about time,” Vanessa Hudgens commented, while another commenter wrote: “No words this is perfect.”
According to the original report, the Barbarella remake is still in development with no writer or director attached.
Sweeney...
- 10/12/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
‘Under the Silver Lake’ star Sydney Sweeney has been signed for a new ‘Barbarella’ movie for Sony Pictures.
The film is currently in the early phase of development, with no director, producer or writer currently attached, reports ‘Variety’. Sweeney seemed to confirm her involvement with the project through an Instagram post.
The actress shared an image of original artwork from the original 1968 space opera, with a caption, “time to save the universe.”
According to ‘Variety’, Sweeney has become somewhat of a marquee talent at Sony Pictures, with the actress co-starring alongside Dakota Johnson in the Marvel Comics adaptation ‘Madame Web’.
The studio also landed the rights to ‘The Registration’, an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller of the same name. Brad Fuller is producing, while Sweeney is attached to star.
Adapted from French writer and illustrator Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, the original 1968 ‘Barbarella’ starred Jane Fonda as the eponymous space-travelling heroine.
The film is currently in the early phase of development, with no director, producer or writer currently attached, reports ‘Variety’. Sweeney seemed to confirm her involvement with the project through an Instagram post.
The actress shared an image of original artwork from the original 1968 space opera, with a caption, “time to save the universe.”
According to ‘Variety’, Sweeney has become somewhat of a marquee talent at Sony Pictures, with the actress co-starring alongside Dakota Johnson in the Marvel Comics adaptation ‘Madame Web’.
The studio also landed the rights to ‘The Registration’, an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller of the same name. Brad Fuller is producing, while Sweeney is attached to star.
Adapted from French writer and illustrator Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, the original 1968 ‘Barbarella’ starred Jane Fonda as the eponymous space-travelling heroine.
- 10/12/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Emmy nominated "Euphoria"/"White Lotus" actress Sydney Sweeney, currently filming the Sony/Marvel Studios feature "Madame Web", has now been cast as "Barbarella" in a new feature based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...
....often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her...
...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...
...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 10/12/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Rumors of a “Barbarella” remake have orbited studios for years, but it seems Sony Pictures may have finally found an actress up to the challenge of filling Jane Fonda’s shiny space boots. On Tuesday, Deadline reported that two-time Emmy nominee Sydney Sweeney, known for HBO’s “The White Lotus” and “Euphoria” among other projects, would star in and executive produce a reimagining of Roger Vadim’s 1968 space adventure.
The news comes on the heels of announcements confirming Sweeney’s involvement in two other Sony films. She’ll play an undisclosed role opposite Dakota Johnson in “Madame Web” and both star in and executive produce an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller novel “The Registration.”
As with the original sci-fi flick, the early-stages “Barbarella” remake would reportedly adapt Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, which ran as a serialized strip for the French publication V Magazine in early 1962 before getting published...
The news comes on the heels of announcements confirming Sweeney’s involvement in two other Sony films. She’ll play an undisclosed role opposite Dakota Johnson in “Madame Web” and both star in and executive produce an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller novel “The Registration.”
As with the original sci-fi flick, the early-stages “Barbarella” remake would reportedly adapt Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, which ran as a serialized strip for the French publication V Magazine in early 1962 before getting published...
- 10/12/2022
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Sydney Sweeney has found another film project to add to her slate, setting plans to star in a new “Barbarella” movie for Sony Pictures, a source close to the project confirmed.
The film remains in early development, with no director, producer or writer currently attached.
Sweeney seemed to confirm her involvement with the project through an Instagram post late Tuesday afternoon. The actress shared an image of original artwork from the original 1968 space opera, with a caption: “time to save the universe.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney)
Sweeney has become somewhat of a marquee talent at Sony Pictures, with the actress co-starring alongside Dakota Johnson in the Marvel Comics adaptation “Madame Web.” The studio also landed the rights to “The Registration,” an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller of the same name. Brad Fuller is producing, while Sweeney is attached to star.
The film remains in early development, with no director, producer or writer currently attached.
Sweeney seemed to confirm her involvement with the project through an Instagram post late Tuesday afternoon. The actress shared an image of original artwork from the original 1968 space opera, with a caption: “time to save the universe.”
View this post on Instagram
A post shared by Sydney Sweeney (@sydney_sweeney)
Sweeney has become somewhat of a marquee talent at Sony Pictures, with the actress co-starring alongside Dakota Johnson in the Marvel Comics adaptation “Madame Web.” The studio also landed the rights to “The Registration,” an adaptation of Madison Lawson’s thriller of the same name. Brad Fuller is producing, while Sweeney is attached to star.
- 10/12/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Sydney Sweeney is lining up another potential tentpole with Sony. The actor is attached to star in a new take on Barbarella, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Sweeney will also executive produce the project, which is in development and does not yet have a writer or director on board.
Sweeney broke out on the small screen with Euphoria and The White Lotus, both of which earned her Emmy nominations. She also has Madame Web at Sony, with the film that is based on the Spider-Man character due out in October 2023.
Barbarella came from the mind of creator Jean-Claude Forest, who introduced her in the 1962 French graphic magazine. She was a female mercenary roaming the universe in the distant future, taking on various missions. Jane Fonda played the character in a 1968 film, and a musical was produced in 2004.
A number of attempts have been...
Sydney Sweeney is lining up another potential tentpole with Sony. The actor is attached to star in a new take on Barbarella, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Sweeney will also executive produce the project, which is in development and does not yet have a writer or director on board.
Sweeney broke out on the small screen with Euphoria and The White Lotus, both of which earned her Emmy nominations. She also has Madame Web at Sony, with the film that is based on the Spider-Man character due out in October 2023.
Barbarella came from the mind of creator Jean-Claude Forest, who introduced her in the 1962 French graphic magazine. She was a female mercenary roaming the universe in the distant future, taking on various missions. Jane Fonda played the character in a 1968 film, and a musical was produced in 2004.
A number of attempts have been...
- 10/12/2022
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” actress Sydney Sweeney will star in a new film inspired by the 1968 science fiction film “Barbarella” that starred Jane Fonda, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
The new “Barbarella” film is set at Sony Pictures, but the film is in early development and does not yet have a writer or director attached. However, Sweeney would also executive produce the project.
Barbarella starred Fonda as an astronaut from the 41st century who sets out to find and stop an evil scientist named Durand Durand who plans to use a ray gun to bring evil back into the galaxy and that threatens to destroy all of humanity.
Also Read:
Sydney Sweeney Defends Family Photos Perceived to Be Pro-maga: ‘Please Stop Making Assumptions’
The film directed by Roger Vadim, Fonda’s then husband, turned the comic series by Jean-Claude Forest into a stylized but also hyper-sexualized story,...
The new “Barbarella” film is set at Sony Pictures, but the film is in early development and does not yet have a writer or director attached. However, Sweeney would also executive produce the project.
Barbarella starred Fonda as an astronaut from the 41st century who sets out to find and stop an evil scientist named Durand Durand who plans to use a ray gun to bring evil back into the galaxy and that threatens to destroy all of humanity.
Also Read:
Sydney Sweeney Defends Family Photos Perceived to Be Pro-maga: ‘Please Stop Making Assumptions’
The film directed by Roger Vadim, Fonda’s then husband, turned the comic series by Jean-Claude Forest into a stylized but also hyper-sexualized story,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sydney Sweeney isn’t done staying busy with Sony Pictures, as sources tell Deadline the Emmy-nominated Euphoria and The White Lotus actress is attached to star in a new Barbarella movie for the studio. The film is based on Jean-Claude Forest’s French comic book series that was turned into a 1968 movie starring Jane Fonda.
Insiders add that the new movie is still in development with no writer or director attached, but say that Sweeney is expected to executive produce.
Related Story Sydney Sweeney, Brad Fuller And Sony Developing Adaptation Of 'The Registration' Related Story 'El Muerto': Jonás Cuarón To Direct Bad Bunny In Sony's New Marvel Film Related Story Sony Acquires Rights To Tarzan, Will Take Swing At Reinventing Movie Franchise
Not much is known about this version, but the 1968 pic directed by Roger Vadim follows an astronaut from the 41st century who sets out to find and...
Insiders add that the new movie is still in development with no writer or director attached, but say that Sweeney is expected to executive produce.
Related Story Sydney Sweeney, Brad Fuller And Sony Developing Adaptation Of 'The Registration' Related Story 'El Muerto': Jonás Cuarón To Direct Bad Bunny In Sony's New Marvel Film Related Story Sony Acquires Rights To Tarzan, Will Take Swing At Reinventing Movie Franchise
Not much is known about this version, but the 1968 pic directed by Roger Vadim follows an astronaut from the 41st century who sets out to find and...
- 10/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at Drew Barrymore’s developed but eventually jettisoned Barbarella and the Second World, a feature film adaptation of the Jean-Claude Forest comic book previously brought to screens as Roger Vadim’s classic ‘60s Jane Fonda vehicle. Joining us for this talk is John August, the celebrated […]
The post Drew Barrymore as Barbarella? Writer John August Details the Unmade Movie [Phantom Limbs] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
The post Drew Barrymore as Barbarella? Writer John August Details the Unmade Movie [Phantom Limbs] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
- 4/29/2022
- by Jason Jenkins
- bloody-disgusting.com
For many, the name Barbarella conjures images of Jane Fonda floating across the screen in the camp, iconic classic from the 1968 movie. In reality, the character had existed years earlier, being created by French cartoonist Jean-Claude Forest for V Magazine in 1962.
The comic book exploits of the intergalactic agent caused quite a stir at the time, thanks to the then-groundbreaking sexual nature — in actuality, heavy innuendo — of the stories, being decried as pornographic in some quarters and held up as figureheads of the sexual revolution in others. Almost six decades later, American audiences will have a chance to ...
The comic book exploits of the intergalactic agent caused quite a stir at the time, thanks to the then-groundbreaking sexual nature — in actuality, heavy innuendo — of the stories, being decried as pornographic in some quarters and held up as figureheads of the sexual revolution in others. Almost six decades later, American audiences will have a chance to ...
- 10/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For many, the name Barbarella conjures images of Jane Fonda floating across the screen in the camp, iconic classic from the 1968 movie. In reality, the character had existed years earlier, being created by French cartoonist Jean-Claude Forest for V Magazine in 1962.
The comic book exploits of the intergalactic agent caused quite a stir at the time, thanks to the then-groundbreaking sexual nature — in actuality, heavy innuendo — of the stories, being decried as pornographic in some quarters and held up as figureheads of the sexual revolution in others. Almost six decades later, American audiences will have a chance to ...
The comic book exploits of the intergalactic agent caused quite a stir at the time, thanks to the then-groundbreaking sexual nature — in actuality, heavy innuendo — of the stories, being decried as pornographic in some quarters and held up as figureheads of the sexual revolution in others. Almost six decades later, American audiences will have a chance to ...
- 10/15/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fantômas – Three Film Collection
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1964, 1965, 1967 / 2.35 : 1 / 322 Min.
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot
Directed by André Hunebelle
Eighteen years after playing the duel roles of an aristocratic monster and his swashbuckling adversary in Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, Jean Marais got the chance for a reprise – this time as a two-fisted reporter named Fandor and his bête noire, the otherworldly antihero Fantômas.
He (they?) were the protagonists of a colorful trio of swinging sixties satires directed by André Hunebelle between 1964 and 1967 – each chapter was the CinemaScope equivalent of a chocolate sorbet and loaded with the same self-amused ironies of the French New Wave and the Batman TV show.
Fantômas even has his own Batcave, plotting his next move from a luxurious underground lair seemingly decorated by Captain Nemo and the Phantom of the Opera. The very definition of a protean figure, this phantom rotates...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1964, 1965, 1967 / 2.35 : 1 / 322 Min.
Starring Jean Marais, Louis de Funès, Mylène Demongeot
Directed by André Hunebelle
Eighteen years after playing the duel roles of an aristocratic monster and his swashbuckling adversary in Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast, Jean Marais got the chance for a reprise – this time as a two-fisted reporter named Fandor and his bête noire, the otherworldly antihero Fantômas.
He (they?) were the protagonists of a colorful trio of swinging sixties satires directed by André Hunebelle between 1964 and 1967 – each chapter was the CinemaScope equivalent of a chocolate sorbet and loaded with the same self-amused ironies of the French New Wave and the Batman TV show.
Fantômas even has his own Batcave, plotting his next move from a luxurious underground lair seemingly decorated by Captain Nemo and the Phantom of the Opera. The very definition of a protean figure, this phantom rotates...
- 5/21/2019
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Will Amazon go forward with their original plans to produce a live-action "Barbarella" TV series pilot, based on the comics character, that previously landed at the studio, with a script by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame ?
"...'Barbarella' has been lied to. Worse, she's been weaponized, and someone's going to answer for that...
"...assuming she survives the judgement of the 'Esseverine' sun-giants...
"...and an armada of a thousand ships..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn after much fanfare, opted out of directing the pilot, adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
The...
"...'Barbarella' has been lied to. Worse, she's been weaponized, and someone's going to answer for that...
"...assuming she survives the judgement of the 'Esseverine' sun-giants...
"...and an armada of a thousand ships..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn after much fanfare, opted out of directing the pilot, adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
The...
- 1/29/2019
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Development continues on a "Barbarella" TV series that landed at Amazon Studios, with a script written by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame. Plus take a look at Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #9, available August 22, 2018, written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Dave Bullock, Scott Chantler, Eion Marron, Anthony Marques and Yarar:
"...'Barbarella' has been lied to. Worse, she's been weaponized, and someone's going to answer for that...
"...assuming she survives the judgement of the 'Esseverine' sun-giants...
"...and an armada of a thousand ships..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn directed the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from...
"...'Barbarella' has been lied to. Worse, she's been weaponized, and someone's going to answer for that...
"...assuming she survives the judgement of the 'Esseverine' sun-giants...
"...and an armada of a thousand ships..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn directed the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from...
- 8/23/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Development continues on the new "Barbarella" television series that landed at Amazon Studios a few years back, with a script written by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame. Plus take a look at Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #4:
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn directed the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex. The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn directed the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex. The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
- 3/12/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #4, in support of the developing live-action "Barbarella" cable TV series, is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Jorge Fornes, with covers by Stephane Roux, Vincent Aseo, Stephanie Jans, Goran Sudzuka and Kenan Yarar, available March 14, 2018:
"...'Barbarella' may have narrowly averted a galactic war -- as only she could -- but she's still in need of a 'null-d regulator'.
"Hitching a ride on a cargo transport seems like a no-brainer, but these great seas in the final frontier are rife with pirates.
"Plus someone's about to learn first-hand the dangers of emotional intimacy!..."
The "Barbarella" live-action TV series pilot continues in development with a script by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to direct. adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said...
"...'Barbarella' may have narrowly averted a galactic war -- as only she could -- but she's still in need of a 'null-d regulator'.
"Hitching a ride on a cargo transport seems like a no-brainer, but these great seas in the final frontier are rife with pirates.
"Plus someone's about to learn first-hand the dangers of emotional intimacy!..."
The "Barbarella" live-action TV series pilot continues in development with a script by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to direct. adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said...
- 1/18/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #2, in support of the developing live-action "Barbarella" cable TV series, is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Marcos Martin, Paul Pope, Stephen Segovia, Fay Dalton and Kenan Yarar, available January 10, 2018:
"...the space-faring heroine may have been enlisted by Earth's underground, but that doesn't mean she trusts her new allies.
"On the run in an alien city, hunting for a doomsday device that might end a war...
"...'Barbarella' has to choose a side, but it might not be the one you expect..."
The "Barbarella" live-action TV series pilot continues in development with a script by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame:
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to direct. adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close...
"...the space-faring heroine may have been enlisted by Earth's underground, but that doesn't mean she trusts her new allies.
"On the run in an alien city, hunting for a doomsday device that might end a war...
"...'Barbarella' has to choose a side, but it might not be the one you expect..."
The "Barbarella" live-action TV series pilot continues in development with a script by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame:
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to direct. adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close...
- 1/11/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We all love a good story. And a behind-the-scenes story can be even better than the story told in the book itself. “Heroic editor spends years of his life trying to assemble a massive, global collection with contributions by the best in the field, but the book never sees the light of day” is a great story. That’s the story Bob Levin told in a 2009 issue of The Comics Journal, about Michel Choquette and his massive book The Someday Funnies, which was almost published in the 1970s, and how all of the pages of completed art were still in storage, never seen but ready to go at a moment’s notice.
That was a wonderful story, and it led to the actual publication of The Someday Funnies in 2011, with those hundred-and-fifty pages of 1970s comics displayed on oversized pages and introduced with commentary by comics historian and critics Robert...
That was a wonderful story, and it led to the actual publication of The Someday Funnies in 2011, with those hundred-and-fifty pages of 1970s comics displayed on oversized pages and introduced with commentary by comics historian and critics Robert...
- 1/9/2018
- by Andrew Wheeler
- Comicmix.com
A new "Barbarella" live-action TV series pilot continues in development at Amazon Studios, with a script written by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmatron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Barbarella"...
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex.
The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmatron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Barbarella"...
- 12/13/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #3, in support of the developing "Barbarella" live-action TV series, from Neal Purvis and Robert Wade ("Skyfall"), is written by Mark Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Fornes, Caspar Wingaard, Tom Feister and Yarar, available February 9, 2018:
"...to stop a war a planet must fall.
"For 'Barbarella' the ends don't justify the terrible means...
"... but if she acts to save billions of innocents it may spell defeat and disaster for Earth..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn has offered to direct the pilot for the new series, adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures,...
"...to stop a war a planet must fall.
"For 'Barbarella' the ends don't justify the terrible means...
"... but if she acts to save billions of innocents it may spell defeat and disaster for Earth..."
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn has offered to direct the pilot for the new series, adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures,...
- 11/27/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Dynamite Entertainment's "Barbarella" #1 in support of the upcoming Amazon-produced, live-action "Barbarella" TV series pilot, is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Josephn Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish and Roberto Castro, available December 8, 2017:
"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!
"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone, the theocratic rulers of 'Parosia' arrest and imprison her.
"A prison break is brewing, but now that she knows what the Parosians do to their own citizens...
"...Barbarella decides to make this fight her own..."
The "Barbarella" TV series pilot that landed at Amazon Studios, is written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and...
"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!
"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone, the theocratic rulers of 'Parosia' arrest and imprison her.
"A prison break is brewing, but now that she knows what the Parosians do to their own citizens...
"...Barbarella decides to make this fight her own..."
The "Barbarella" TV series pilot that landed at Amazon Studios, is written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and...
- 10/2/2017
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
30. Lady Snowblood Part 1 and Part 2
While American comic books have struggled for legitimacy as adult entertainment for decades, their Japanese counterparts have long enjoyed acceptance as legitimate elements of mainstream culture. So while the American comic book movie only properly took off in the last fifteen years, jidaigeki adaptations of popular manga have been a staple of Japanese pulp cinema since the early 1970s. The best of these remains Lady Snowblood, director Toshiya Fujita’s two part revenge opera of a woman checking off a kill list of the gangsters who killed her family and left her for dead. Any familiarity to Kill Bill is entirely intentional, with multiple visuals, soundtrack elements and plot points lifted whole cloth by Tarantino. But even for those only familiar with the update, Fujita’s films remain feats of hard edged efficiency, actress Meiko Kaji a goddess of death in a world of opposing colors and sudden violence.
While American comic books have struggled for legitimacy as adult entertainment for decades, their Japanese counterparts have long enjoyed acceptance as legitimate elements of mainstream culture. So while the American comic book movie only properly took off in the last fifteen years, jidaigeki adaptations of popular manga have been a staple of Japanese pulp cinema since the early 1970s. The best of these remains Lady Snowblood, director Toshiya Fujita’s two part revenge opera of a woman checking off a kill list of the gangsters who killed her family and left her for dead. Any familiarity to Kill Bill is entirely intentional, with multiple visuals, soundtrack elements and plot points lifted whole cloth by Tarantino. But even for those only familiar with the update, Fujita’s films remain feats of hard edged efficiency, actress Meiko Kaji a goddess of death in a world of opposing colors and sudden violence.
- 9/2/2015
- by Staff
- SoundOnSight
I've got an awesome sci-fi short film called "Malaise" for you to check out today. It was directed by Daniel Beaulieu for his final project at Vancouver Film School's 3D animation program. It has a very cool retro vibe and follows an astronaut who is trying to survive a brutal alien attack in her ship. It's actually an intense short, and I think you'll all really like it. This is what the creator had to say:
"With Malaise I wanted to do a project that was both visually exciting and a demonstration of my abilities as an animator. The look of the piece was influenced by an array of old sci-fi classics ranging from Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris to Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella. For the feel and tone of the film it was to Ridley Scott's Alien franchise that I drew inspiration from. I wanted to pursue a slightly...
"With Malaise I wanted to do a project that was both visually exciting and a demonstration of my abilities as an animator. The look of the piece was influenced by an array of old sci-fi classics ranging from Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris to Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella. For the feel and tone of the film it was to Ridley Scott's Alien franchise that I drew inspiration from. I wanted to pursue a slightly...
- 3/17/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The 1968 sci-fi movie staring Jane Fonda (which was based on a graphic novel by Jean-Claude Forest), Barbarella, may be made into a series over at Amazon Studios. I’ve been really clamoring for show to love online through Amazon and this might just be it.
According to Deadline, Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the script for Barbarella, which has been coming together over at Gaumont International Television (the company behind Hannibal on NBC and Hemlock Grove on Netflix).
We’ll be sure and keep you posted on the latest for Barbarella on Amazon.
According to Deadline, Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade wrote the script for Barbarella, which has been coming together over at Gaumont International Television (the company behind Hannibal on NBC and Hemlock Grove on Netflix).
We’ll be sure and keep you posted on the latest for Barbarella on Amazon.
- 1/22/2014
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
It just started to snow out here in the Atlantic Northeast. I got the mandatory robo-call from our mayor telling us the world is coming to its end. There’s just enough white stuff on the ground for a 1980s yuppie to slip into a twitchy nostalgic daze. Going outside would be stupid: people out here don’t know how to drive on snow, and they act as though a little bit of snow is a sign from their lord telling them they’re going to hell. Which, given the fact this is snow and not hot hail, seems oxymoronic.
I’d give up and just watch television, but I really haven’t enjoyed daytime television since Phil Donohue got liquored up and threated to bite Mike Douglas’s balls off, and besides, odds are in favor of my losing power for at least a while. The good news is,...
I’d give up and just watch television, but I really haven’t enjoyed daytime television since Phil Donohue got liquored up and threated to bite Mike Douglas’s balls off, and besides, odds are in favor of my losing power for at least a while. The good news is,...
- 1/22/2014
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
According to media reports, the new "Barbarella" television series pilot has landed at Amazon Studios, with a script written by writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade of "Skyfall" fame.
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex. The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Barbarella"...
"Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn will direct the pilot adapting creator Jean-Claude Forest's erotic sci-fi comic strip.
"I kind of went back to the original comic," said Refn "and really began to close my eyes and fantasize about women in outer space and it looked pretty good."
'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures, often involving sex. The aliens she meets often seduce her, and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.
The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot.
Barbarella will be produced and distributed by Gaumont International Télévision.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Barbarella"...
- 1/22/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
News broke back in June 2012 that "Drive" filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn was executive producing a television series adaptation of the 1968 cult film "Barbarella," based on the French comic strip by Jean-Claude Forest and starring Jane Fonda as a sort of intergalactic sex kitten tasked with stopping the inventor of a powerful weapon. The project was set up at Gaumont International Television, the company that produces NBC's "Hannibal" and Netflix's "Hemlock Grove." A year and a half later, Deadline is reporting that "Barbarella" has finally found a home, and it's not at a traditional network. The project has landed at Amazon Studios, which recently wrapped the first seasons of its two initial forays into original programming, the comedies "Alpha House" and "Betas." Dramas are the next big step for the company, which in the fall ordered pilots for "Bosch," based on Michael Connelly's detective novels, and "The After," from "X-Files" creator Chris.
- 1/21/2014
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The quest to reboot Barbarella has entered a new phase this week, with Nicolas Winding Refn setting the project squarely on the slate of the up-and-coming Amazon Studios.
There have been persistent attempts to ‘re-imagine’ Barbarella on film, not least by director Robert Rodriguez, for some years. However, the project has never made it past the planning stage partly due, some would argue, to the overt kitsch-ness that the original exudes. Based on the Jean Claude Forest graphic novel, Barbarella first appeared on our cinema screens in the shape of Jane Fonda in the 1968 Roger Vadim film and told the tale of an overly-sexualised woman assigned the role of finding an evil weapons inventor and putting a stop to his heinous plans.
It was in 2012, however, that director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) boarded the Barbarella project as executive producer, newly re-packaged as a TV show, with Bond...
There have been persistent attempts to ‘re-imagine’ Barbarella on film, not least by director Robert Rodriguez, for some years. However, the project has never made it past the planning stage partly due, some would argue, to the overt kitsch-ness that the original exudes. Based on the Jean Claude Forest graphic novel, Barbarella first appeared on our cinema screens in the shape of Jane Fonda in the 1968 Roger Vadim film and told the tale of an overly-sexualised woman assigned the role of finding an evil weapons inventor and putting a stop to his heinous plans.
It was in 2012, however, that director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) boarded the Barbarella project as executive producer, newly re-packaged as a TV show, with Bond...
- 1/21/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
The Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) produced Barbarella TV series has found a home with Amazon Studios, which continues to push it's way into the streaming competition against venues like Netflix and Hulu. Based on the graphic novel by Jean-Claude Forest and the 1968 film adaptation starring Jane Fonda, the new series will be a contemporary take on the source material with a script by Skyfall writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The project has been in the works for the last few years, with...
- 1/21/2014
- by Paul Shirey
- JoBlo.com
Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella comic book spawned the 1968 science fiction film of the same name that starred Jane Fonda. It was a campy, sex-laden, psychedelic romp that still has its fair share of fans to this day. In early 2013, it was announced that director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives) and the writing team of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Skyfall) were working on a contemporary reboot of the series and now Deadline reports that the project has found a home at Amazon Studios. Deadline also reports that Refn was initially going to direct the pilot but is now only serving as an executive producer. Now the series need to find a showrunner and cast its lead. Any suggestions for what actress in today's Hollywood could match the vigor and sex-appeal of 60's Jane Fonda? Related Content: Nicolas Winding...
- 1/21/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
The attempt to fashion a new incarnation of cult camp classic sci-fi pic Barbarella has been going for some time. There was a long-gestating but ultimately abandoned film remake that attracted the likes of Roberts Rodriguez and Luketic. Then came the TV version, with Drive’s Nicolas Winding Refn aboard as producer and Bond veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade on script duty. Today brings a new twist, because Amazon Studios has picked up the pilot.Amazon, which has been pushing its way into the original streaming content waters first charted by Netflix, has had some success with the likes of Alpha House and Betas. Now Barbarella will be among the next wave of pilots vying for the attention of Amazon Prime members, who will score the results and decide the fate of any potential show.Barbarella will adapt the characters and ideas created first in Jean-Claude Forest’s graphic novel,...
- 1/21/2014
- EmpireOnline
The new TV series adaptation of Jean-Claude Forest's cult French comic "Barbarella" has been set up at Amazon Studios.
Bond series scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are penning the pilot script, and a search is underway for a show runner.
"Drive" and "Only God Forgives" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to executive produce, as is Martha De Laurentiis - wife of the late Dino De Laurentiis who produced the famed 1968 film adaptation starring Jane Fonda.
Gaumont International Television ("Hannibal," "Hemlock Grove," "Narco") are producing the project which has been in the works for a year and a half.
Source: Deadline...
Bond series scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are penning the pilot script, and a search is underway for a show runner.
"Drive" and "Only God Forgives" director Nicolas Winding Refn is attached to executive produce, as is Martha De Laurentiis - wife of the late Dino De Laurentiis who produced the famed 1968 film adaptation starring Jane Fonda.
Gaumont International Television ("Hannibal," "Hemlock Grove," "Narco") are producing the project which has been in the works for a year and a half.
Source: Deadline...
- 1/20/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
While it appeared as if Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn’s take on Barbarella would be heading to Netflix, the TV series has now been set up at Amazon Studios. The pilot script was written by Skyfall scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, while Deadline‘s report adds that a search is now underway for a showrunner in anticipation of the pilot episode being picked up.
The project has been in development at Gaumont International Television for over 18 months, and Refn is still expected to both serve as executive producer and direct the pilot. Git currently has two other series – Hannibal and Hemlock Grove – with a third, Narco, in development. Amazon Studios meanwhile has five drama and comedy pilots in the works.
When HeyUGuys caught up with Refn late last year, he emphasised that the changing face of television is what has kept him attached to Barbarella for so long:...
The project has been in development at Gaumont International Television for over 18 months, and Refn is still expected to both serve as executive producer and direct the pilot. Git currently has two other series – Hannibal and Hemlock Grove – with a third, Narco, in development. Amazon Studios meanwhile has five drama and comedy pilots in the works.
When HeyUGuys caught up with Refn late last year, he emphasised that the changing face of television is what has kept him attached to Barbarella for so long:...
- 1/20/2014
- by Josh Wilding
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: I have learned that Gaumont International Television’s Barbarella has been set up at Amazon Studios, which has taken in the pilot script penned by feature writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Skyfall). I hear search is underway for a showrunner in anticipation of a pilot pickup. Barbarella is based on the character created by Jean-Claude Forest in a graphic novel and made famous in the 1968 sci-fi movie staring Jane Fonda as a sexpot tasked with finding and stopping an evil weapons inventor. The project, which has been in the works at Git for a year and a half, is executive produced by Nicolas Refn (Valhalla Rising), who had been attached to direct, and Martha De Laurentiis, whose late husband Dino produced the 1968 movie. Git has two other series – Hannibal on NBC and Hemlock Grove on Netflix — with a third, Narco, eyeing a green light at Netflix. Amazon Studios...
- 1/20/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
After a number of recent attempts to bring the pop heroine to the big screen, "Barbarella" appears to have found a home more befitting her original serial format. Deadline reports that Amazon Studios is looking at developing the project as a pilot with the hopes of turning "Barbarella" into an ongoing series. "Barbarella" made her debut in 1962 in a French graphic magazine written and illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest, and her adventures have been published around the world, although she's arguably better known for director Roger Vadim's 1968 feature film version, produced by Dino De Laurentiis and headlined by Jane Fonda. The new series boasts a pilot script by Skyfall scribes Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Nicolas Winding Refn, previously...
- 1/20/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Heavy Metal Magazine has been purchased with plans to bring its properties to film and television.
Publisher Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) has sold the comics anthology to digital and music veteran David Boxenbaum and film producer Jeff Krelitz, reports Variety.
Krelitz is overseeing the film and television development and has already brought his shows Red Brick Road and comic adaptations of Chew and Peter Panzerfaust under the banner.
Eastman will remain as publisher and minority investor, with Boxenbaum and Krelitz serving as joint CEOs.
Heavy Metal was launched in 1977 as an 'adult illustrated fantasy magazine'.
It originally featured reprints from French sister publication Métal Hurlant, including work from Enki Bilal, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean Giraud/Moebius and Milo Manara.
It has also featured work from artists and creators including Hr Giger, Richard Corben and Simon Bisley.
An animated Heavy Metal film was released in 1981.
David Fincher and...
Publisher Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) has sold the comics anthology to digital and music veteran David Boxenbaum and film producer Jeff Krelitz, reports Variety.
Krelitz is overseeing the film and television development and has already brought his shows Red Brick Road and comic adaptations of Chew and Peter Panzerfaust under the banner.
Eastman will remain as publisher and minority investor, with Boxenbaum and Krelitz serving as joint CEOs.
Heavy Metal was launched in 1977 as an 'adult illustrated fantasy magazine'.
It originally featured reprints from French sister publication Métal Hurlant, including work from Enki Bilal, Philippe Druillet, Jean-Claude Forest, Jean Giraud/Moebius and Milo Manara.
It has also featured work from artists and creators including Hr Giger, Richard Corben and Simon Bisley.
An animated Heavy Metal film was released in 1981.
David Fincher and...
- 1/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Kelly Sue DeConnick will adapt Barbarella.
The Captain Marvel and Pretty Deadly writer is working on a new translation of the classic French sci-fi comic for Humanoids Inc.
Based on a former translation, DeConnick will update and modernise the series, also working to bring it back in line with the bold and provocative tone of the original.
Robot 6 also posted a series of previews for Humanoids' 2014 English language releases, including Milan K: Part One: The Teenage Years, Benito Mambo and Alexandro Jodorowsky's Incal prequel Metabarons Genesis: Castaka.
Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella debuted in 1962. It was famously adapted into the cult film of the same name starring Jane Fonda.
A Barbarella television series is also rumoured to be in development.
The Captain Marvel and Pretty Deadly writer is working on a new translation of the classic French sci-fi comic for Humanoids Inc.
Based on a former translation, DeConnick will update and modernise the series, also working to bring it back in line with the bold and provocative tone of the original.
Robot 6 also posted a series of previews for Humanoids' 2014 English language releases, including Milan K: Part One: The Teenage Years, Benito Mambo and Alexandro Jodorowsky's Incal prequel Metabarons Genesis: Castaka.
Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella debuted in 1962. It was famously adapted into the cult film of the same name starring Jane Fonda.
A Barbarella television series is also rumoured to be in development.
- 1/2/2014
- Digital Spy
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.