A Barbarella remake has been in the works for nearly two years now. We first heard of it when Lindsay Lohan was rumoured for the role. And now it seems some progress is being made.
Producers Din and Martha De Laurentiis just grabbed the rights to the classic 1968 Jane Fonda flick “Barbarella” and have hired Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (both wrote “Casino Royale”) to write the script.
De Laurentiis produced the original flick and just regained film rights from the rights holder, Julien Forest, the son of the Frenchman who made the original “Barbarella” comic book.
Sci-Fi, action, adventure, you can call it whatever you’d like. But for those who have seen the original “Barbarella,” you’ll know the flick was an excuse to show hot chicks in next to nothing, if not nothing. The most memorable scene from the film is when Jane Fonda gets into her zero grav chamber and strips down to…well nothing.
I agree heartily with the Filmwad writer when he suggests this role should be taken by Scarlett Johansson, if only to see her in the various Jane Fonda inspired outfits. I need some “me” time to purge that thought from my head.
But honestly, as much as I would love to see a remake of this sexploitation flick, can it honestly translate to modern times? The T&A in that movie was so controversial in its time and made this b Movie an instant cult classic for even daring to be made. But honestly we see more daring stuff in a Britney Spears video today.
How do you remake a movie about a space traveling sex vixen who nearly dies having an orgasm, when this is the STARTING POINT of a Pussycat Dolls video.
And how do you make it without making porn stars blush?
