Sydney Sweeney will star as 'Barbarella' in the remake which she will also produce

Rumors of a 'Barbarella' remake have been swirling around studios for years, but it seems Sony Pictures has finally found an actress who can take on the challenge of filling Jane Fonda's shiny space boots. On Tuesday, Deadline announced that two-time Emmy-nominated Sydney Sweeney, known for HBO's "The White Lotus" and "Euphoria," among other projects, will star in and produce a reimagining of Roger Vadim's 1968 space adventure.

The news follows announcements confirming Sweeney's involvement in two other Sony films. She'll star in an undisclosed role opposite Dakota Johnson in "Madame Web" and both star and executive produce an adaptation of Madison Lawson's thriller novel "The Registration."

As with the original sci-fi film, the first remake of "Barbarella" would have adapted the comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest, which was published as a serial for the French publication V Magazine at the beginning of 1962 before being published as a book in 1964. Although not an immediate critical or box office success, Vadim's big-screen shooting became cult in the decades since. followed its theatrical release.
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The film follows the titular Barbarella - a 41st century intergalactic explorer and representative of a united Earth (ha!) - as she tracks down the evil scientist Durand Durand and the dangerous laser technology that human intelligence suspects is he developed. During her journey, Barbarella encounters a variety of strange beings who challenge her innocence and pure view of the galaxy.

The campy film explores themes of sexual liberation and, while its success in this area is questionable, it remains notable for a unique visual style, highly inventive character and settings, and a prolific, age-appropriate appreciation. period for good Lynda Carter's former bodysuit and boots combo would see a lot of that in the '70s. Fonda's performance as Barbarella is dividing critics, with some saying her character's asexual naivety was more spaced out than satirical and d others claiming that Fonda was the one who made the rest of the film oddly slow watchable.

Among the many remakes that have spread over the years, Rose McGowan was previously set to star in "Barbarella" in a project the actor was developing with her then-fiancé Robert Rodriguez.

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Sydney Sweeney will star as 'Barbarella' in the remake which she will also produce

Rumors of a 'Barbarella' remake have been swirling around studios for years, but it seems Sony Pictures has finally found an actress who can take on the challenge of filling Jane Fonda's shiny space boots. On Tuesday, Deadline announced that two-time Emmy-nominated Sydney Sweeney, known for HBO's "The White Lotus" and "Euphoria," among other projects, will star in and produce a reimagining of Roger Vadim's 1968 space adventure.

The news follows announcements confirming Sweeney's involvement in two other Sony films. She'll star in an undisclosed role opposite Dakota Johnson in "Madame Web" and both star and executive produce an adaptation of Madison Lawson's thriller novel "The Registration."

As with the original sci-fi film, the first remake of "Barbarella" would have adapted the comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest, which was published as a serial for the French publication V Magazine at the beginning of 1962 before being published as a book in 1964. Although not an immediate critical or box office success, Vadim's big-screen shooting became cult in the decades since. followed its theatrical release.

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The film follows the titular Barbarella - a 41st century intergalactic explorer and representative of a united Earth (ha!) - as she tracks down the evil scientist Durand Durand and the dangerous laser technology that human intelligence suspects is he developed. During her journey, Barbarella encounters a variety of strange beings who challenge her innocence and pure view of the galaxy.

The campy film explores themes of sexual liberation and, while its success in this area is questionable, it remains notable for a unique visual style, highly inventive character and settings, and a prolific, age-appropriate appreciation. period for good Lynda Carter's former bodysuit and boots combo would see a lot of that in the '70s. Fonda's performance as Barbarella is dividing critics, with some saying her character's asexual naivety was more spaced out than satirical and d others claiming that Fonda was the one who made the rest of the film oddly slow watchable.

Among the many remakes that have spread over the years, Rose McGowan was previously set to star in "Barbarella" in a project the actor was developing with her then-fiancé Robert Rodriguez.