ROTTEN TOMATOES: 007 Writers to Tackle "Barbarella"

007 Writers to Tackle "Barbarella"

by Scott Weinberg | April 13, 2007

Seems like we've been hearing about a "Barbarella" remake for quite a while now, but there finally seems to be some serious progress on the project: "Casino Royale" writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been hired to pen the screenplay for producer Dino de Laurentiis.

The producer signed a deal with the estate of author Jean-Claude Forest, so in addition to a new-fangled and ultra-modernized "Barbarella" adventure, we'll also be offered new reprints of the original French comic book series. Apparently the producers are shooting for something slick and high-tech; not the campy loopiness of Roger Vadim's original film. (Then again, "Barbarella" was kinda high-tech for the late '60s.)

Apparently the British writing team will deliver "a free, modern gal who survives in a futuristic world through her intelligence, fighting skills and sexuality." Hey, that sounds pretty great and all, but I bet that's what producers had in mind when they made "Aeon Flux" and "Ultraviolet." And we all know how those ones turned out.

No word yet on who'll be playing the title role, but I'm betting it won't be Jane Fonda again.

Source: Variety

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jeremyd4 writes:
on Apr 13 2007 01:53 AM

"Hey, that sounds pretty great and all, but I bet that's what producers had in mind when they made Aeon Flux and Ultraviolet."

yeah but... this being penned by the guys behind "Casino Royale" gives it a huge advantage, wouldn't you think?

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Scott Weinberg writes:
on Apr 13 2007 02:05 AM

Good point, but Purvis & Wade also wrote "Die Another Day," which is so bad it makes "Moonraker" look like "Goldfinger." :)

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Defmonkey writes:
on Apr 13 2007 05:47 AM

will there be nudity?

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MarkMortimer writes:
on Apr 13 2007 06:53 AM

Jane Fonda was fine in Barbarella. mmmmmmmmm

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ChinaRises writes:
on Apr 13 2007 07:14 AM

In reply to this comment (#861279)
[b]Id have to Agree[/b]
What made Casino Royal great was Martin Campbell's direction, who's only other Bond film was "Goldeneye", which was the last good Bond film before "Royale". The script for Casino Royale was not impressive at all--and after looking at these two screenwriters list of credentials I can see why. They really ought to get Tony Gilroy to write the next Bond film, not these two hacks.

I know this article is about "Barbarella", which I gurantee will suck anyway, so I dont care if I ventured off the subject.

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rgallitan writes:
on Apr 13 2007 07:21 AM

A Barbarella that's not campy? You might as well try to make a non-campy version of Godzillla vs. Megalon.

As far as I'm concerned, there are only two ways this remake could work. Give it to Robert Rodriguez, or give it to Roland Emmerich. Possibly Joss Whedon is a third way, but I'm not sure what that would look like.

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cardow writes:
on Apr 13 2007 07:42 AM

Give me a campy Barbarella or none at all.

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liono86 writes:
on Apr 13 2007 09:06 AM

Actually, Die Another Day was the best of the Brosnon flicks. Next to that one, i'd have to say Tomorrow Never Dies. Anyway, i'll give ya Aeon Flux, but, no matter how many critics and people hated on it, Ulrtraviolet was loads of fun.

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ChinaRises writes:
on Apr 13 2007 01:02 PM

In reply to this comment (#861285)
I think you just made my eyes bleed

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vader_of_vjun writes:
on Apr 13 2007 07:01 PM

Pfft. Paul Haggis wrote Casino Royale, I don't care what anyone says.

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hotbox2001 writes:
on Apr 14 2007 05:07 AM

[b]barbarella[/b]
It's one of my all time favorite movies,I really hope they don't screw it up,there had better be partial nudity at least,this is for grown ups not dumb kids...

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bigbrother writes:
on Apr 14 2007 04:37 PM

The original always seemed to me like a sci-fi Krull with a smaller budget...that's right, it looked cheaper than Krull. Take that for what you will.

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jeremyf1977 writes:
on Apr 14 2007 06:46 PM

Problem is they won't remake that scene in which Jane Fonda is Strapped to the Music Machine in which she is forced to Orgasm and is supposed to die from pleasure but she is too much woman and overpowers the machine, Truthfully Barbarella is a soft core to get your rocks off for that one scene. Once you get a GF, (Like Me) You'll toss it away like a used condom. Here's a stupid idea, its based on a comic....How about doing one of her adventures from the comic. And what was really that great about the chacter other that she slept with half the known galaxy and eventually got pregant. That's it.

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on Apr 15 2007 05:21 AM

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