A brand new Barbarella characteristic starring Sydney Sweeney is getting extra oxygen.
Edgar Wright is in talks to direct the movie for Sony Photos, with Jane Goldman and Honey Ross in talks to jot down the script, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The venture remains to be in early growth and is deliberate as a brand new tackle the character that originated in a French comedian sequence from Jean-Claude Forest.
Barbarella, a mercenary who travels the universe, was portrayed by Jane Fonda in a 1968 film model that has change into a cult favourite. Sweeney’s involvement within the new movie was introduced in 2022.
This continues Sweeney’s relationship with Sony, with the actress having starred late final yr alongside Glen Powell within the studio’s rom-com Anybody however You earlier than showing with Dakota Johnson on this yr’s superhero flick Madame Internet.
Wright is thought for helming movies together with Final Evening in Soho, Child Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. His subsequent venture is ready to be a brand new adaptation of The Working Man for Paramount Photos that may star Powell.
Goldman is thought for engaged on the scripts for Kick-Ass, X-Males: First Class and the Kingsman franchise. Ross labored on the BBC One sequence Every thing I Know About Love and is Goldman’s daughter.
Sweeney, who counts Apple Movies’ Echo Valley amongst her upcoming initiatives, spoke to British GQ earlier this yr concerning the worth of getting starred in Madame Internet, regardless of the movie underperforming on the field workplace.
“To me, that movie was a constructing block. It’s what allowed me to construct a relationship with Sony. With out doing Madame Internet, I wouldn’t have a relationship with the decision-makers over there,” the actress stated on the time. “Every thing in my profession I don’t only for that story, however strategic enterprise selections. As a result of I did that, I used to be in a position to promote Anybody however You. I used to be in a position to get Barbarella.”
Deadline was first to report that Wright is in talks for Barbarella.