Jul 25 2008 'Red Sonja' Looks a Lot Like 'Brenda Starr: Barbarian'

From Comic Con, we get our first look at Red Sonja, and what it would look like if Dungeons & Dragons ever merged with Glamor Shots. One more under the cut.

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Jun 27 2008 Robert Rodriguez Producing 'Red Sonja', Guess Who's Playing Her!

Robert Rodriguez has announced plans to produce a Red Sonja film slated for 2010, and surprise, for once he isn't trying to inappropriately cast his girlfriend, Rose McGowan, in the lead role. No, I'm kidding; he's obviously inappropriately casting his girlfriend in the lead role. From USA Today:

The Grindhouse co-director will produce a new big-screen adventure featuring the flame-haired comic-book vixen. While Brigitte Nielsen wielded Sonja's sword in the poorly received 1985 version, Rodriguez's Planet Terror zombie slayer and real-life leading lady, Rose McGowan, will wiggle into the metal mesh bikini in the 2010 release.

Jeez. She will be a horrible Red Sonja. How are they possibly going to rationalize this? With false modesty and claims of an inner commonality to the character? Yes.

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