The ‘Revenge’ actress will be the new red Sonja of cinema

The Italian actress Matilda Lutz, protagonist of the horror “The Ring 3” and of the ultraviolent thriller “Revenge” (both of 2017), has been confirmed the new protagonist of “Red Sonja”, a film about the warrior of the Conan universe comics, the Barbarian.

Millennium Films made the announcement on Tuesday (8/23) revealing the attraction’s central cast, which will also see Wallis Day (“Batwoman”) as Sonja’s evil sister Dark Annisia, as well as Robert Sheehan (“The Umbrella Academy “). “.”), UFC champion Michael Bisping (“xXx: Reactivated”), Martyn Ford (“Fast & Furious 9”) and Eliza Matengu (“Thor: Love and Thunder”).

Matilda Lutz took advantage of the announcement to let off steam and celebrate on her Instagram. “This has been a difficult secret to keep. I am so thankful, I have cried with joy several times over the past few months, what I can do in this life is just amazing. Thanks for this crazy journey,” she wrote.

With over a decade of development at Millennium, the production has already had several configurations. At different times, the film was to be directed by Robert Rodriguez (“Alita: Battle Angel”) and starring Rose McGowan (“Planet Terror”), Simon West (“Lara Croft: Tomb Raider”) with Amber Heard (“Aquaman “.”), Bryan Singer (“X-Men: Apocalypse”) with Megan Fox (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) and Joey Soloway (creator of “Transparent”) with Hannah John-Kamen (“Ant-Man and the Wasp “)).

The version that begins to be filmed brings together the most modest team of all attempts, highlighting behind the camera director MJ Bassett, who filmed the adaptation early in his career when he signed as Michael Bassett. of another character from the fantasies of writer Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan), “Solomon Kane” (2009). His most recent film was the war thriller B “Rogue” (2020) starring Megan Fox.

Bassett will work on Joey Soloway’s script, marking a partnership between two transgender filmmakers in the production. Another name associated with the script is Tasha Huo, responsible for the upcoming animated series “Tomb Raider” for Netflix.

Red Sonja inhabits the same Hyborian universe as Conan the Barbarian, but the warrior is not a literary creation of Robert E. Howard as the Cimmerian hero. In fact, he’s a comic book character conceived by writer and publisher Roy Thomas, Stan Lee’s replacement at Marvel, as Conan’s 1973 co-star. Thomas was inspired by several of Howard’s female characters, such as Rogatino’s pirate. Red Sonya. , but his creation is original and has also had a great contribution from designers Barry Windsor-Smith and Esteban Maroto. The second was the one who later designed the famous metal bikini worn by the heroine.

Its history can be summarized with the text used by Roy Thomas to introduce it in the 1970s: “About 12,000 years ago, just in the days when Conan of Cimmeria walked the Earth, Sonja, the Hyrkana warrior with Forced to leave her nation for killing king, he fled to the east … where he made his sword a legend and immortalized his name in all the Hyborian kingdoms. “

Readers fell in love and the supporting role ended up being promoted to star in their own magazine, which aired from 1975 to 1986. It is worth noting that a character of the same name returned to comics in 2005, published by Dynamite Comics. But although it was conceived as a continuation, the series soon killed the heroin, replacing her with a distant relative. But this story was also restarted in 2013, which took over the original heroine and gave it a new origin.

Since the production is not by Marvel, the adaptation will materialize the 2013 Dynamite version, written by Gail Simone (known for Batgirl and Birds of Prey comics at DC Comics). This phase introduced the heroine’s evil sister and even suggested that Red Sonja was bisexual.

Everything indicates that the film will be very different from “Warriors of Fire” (1985), the first adaptation of the comic, which brought Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja – overshadowed by Arnold Schwarzenegger (the Conan of cinema) participation in plotting as a generic warrior. .

The new “Red Sonja” doesn’t have a preview date yet.

Source: Terra

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