Barbarella (character)
Jean-Claude Forest, a French comic book artist, created a "sex kitten" character known as Barbarella, in 1962.
In 1968 French film director Roger Vadim, created a science fiction film entitled Barbarella, in which the heroine travels to several planets in search of mad scientist Durand Durand, and his planet killing weapon. Vadim cast his wife, American actor Jane Fonda as Barbarella.
Remakes of the film received consideration over the years, with the most recent Barbarella remake, set to star Sydney Sweeney, with a script written by Blake Northcott, author of recent Barbarella comics.[1][2]
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- ↑ Joe Anthony Myrick (2024-09-17). "Barbarella Officially Returns with a Sarcastic Critique of Low-Effort Sci-F". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
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"Sydney Sweeney is Sony's New 'Barbarella': Exclusive Talk With Writer Blake Northcott". MSN. 2025-03-12. Archived from the original on 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
Blake Northcott, the international bestselling author of a brand-new comic series of Barbarella, is tipped to write the screenplay. While Variety reported in May of 2024 that Jane Goldman was in talks to write the upcoming movie adaptation, Collider recently confirmed that Northcott had signed on to write the movie, Sony has yet to make an official announcement.