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Rose McGowan as Barbarella

Rose McGowan is pairing with Robert Rodriguez again on a new Barbarella? Is she going to be in every Rodriguez in the future? Ugh. She's the new Helena Bonham Carter.

I thought the Fonda version stood on its own as a classic. It'll be interesting to see Rodriguez' take on this. Whether or not this is a remake, a sequal, or just a reason to make Duran Duran references, if for no other reason than to bring back fur bikinis I say go for it!

The New Face of Barbarella?:

In the “could be interesting” category this week, comes news that Rose McGowan has landed the lead role of the infamous space babe Barbarella in a remake due out next year. It seems that director Robert Rodriguez fell head over heels for Rose during the filming of Planet Terror and has asked her to don the space fur, translucent bodices and mile-high hair that Jane Fonda wore back in 1968.

With remakes all the rage these days, it was probably inevitable that someone would eventually get to do Barbarella (no pun intended I swear), but is there really a place for this sensual siren in today’s movie theaters? I can’t remember the last time a mainstream movie was released that built its plot around sex. In the original Barbarella, Fonda got her groove on with just about every inhabitant from here to Orion. Although the Fonda version really teased more than shocked, I have a hard time believing that today’s audiences are looking for anything wilder than what Roger Vadim originally delivered.

Given the fact that Rodriguez as made one of favorite movies of all time, Desperado, I’ll reserve judgement until we get to see the trailer. Then again, he also made Spy Kids, uugh. I just hope he gets Duran Duran to do the soundtrack. That would be strangely prophetic.

(Via gedblog)