Edgar Wright in Talks to Direct New ‘Barbarella’ Movie Starring Sydney Sweeney

Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You, Immaculate) is one of the hottest new stars in Hollywood at the moment, and one of her next projects will cast the actress in the role of Barbarella. Deadline reports this afternoon that Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Last Night in Soho) is in talks to direct the brand […]

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Drew Barrymore as Barbarella? Writer John August Details the Unmade Movie [Phantom Limbs]

For this entry of Phantom Limbs, we’ll be taking a peek at Drew Barrymore’s developed but eventually jettisoned Barbarella and the Second World, a feature film adaptation of the Jean-Claude Forest comic book previously brought to screens as Roger Vadim’s classic ‘60s Jane Fonda vehicle. Joining us for this talk is John August, the celebrated […]

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“Barbarella”: Mickey Fisher Recalls the Space Opera Television Series That Almost Took Flight [Phantom Limbs]

phantom limb /ˈfan(t)əm’lim/ n. an often painful sensation of the presence of a limb that has been amputated. Welcome to Phantom Limbs, a recurring feature which will take a look at intended yet unproduced horror sequels and remakes – extensions to genre films we love, appendages to horror franchises that we adore – that were sadly […]

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