'Bond 22' Script Turned In -- Screenwriters Announce Their Next Gig -- 'Barbarella'!
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I know that Eva Green should play Barbarella. You know that Eva Green should play Barbarella. Now our dream might be one small step closer to reality. Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, who vaulted to the A-list with the runaway success of Casino Royale, have dropped two new pieces of news -- they've finished the script for their next film, 'Bond 22,' and they've been hired to write ... Barbarella! The hiring of Purvis and Wade for Barbarella is mentioned in an announcement to the trades that Dino De Laurentiis has finished sewing up the rights to the remake and is ready to move forward with the project. Another component to the deal is that the French comic series that inspired the original Barbarella will be reissued in conjunction with this new film.
Now here comes the less-than-exciting part. In making the announcement, the producers saw fit to point out that the new Barbarella will be totally different from the original -- instead of being a "kittenish sexpot," the new Barb will be a "free, modern gal who survives in a futuristic world through her intelligence, survival skills and sexuality." Um, can we take a vote on that? I can't be the only person who is bone-tired of the 'ass-kicking female' era and wants desperately to return to the 'kittenish sexpot' era. Still, I'm holding out hope. I have faith in Dino, so to sum up, here is what he wants you to know about the movie -- try to imagine it being said in that Dino accent: "Barbarella is the ultimate science-fiction adventure heroine: smart, strong, funny and sexy. I'm excited to reintroduce Barbarella to a new generation of moviegoers."
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4-12-2007 @ 5:42PM
Chris said...
Yes, please, let's return to an era of women being reduced to objects of lust. I mean, there's been a good 30-40 years of women slowly evolving in movies, that's plenty. Back to women being little more than bouncy playthings!
I for one want the old Jane Fonda Barbarella back! A clueless yet free woman sent on a mission that's she's wholly unequipped to handle but is able to break an orgasmic torture machine because she's just so damned insatiable.
Smart, sexy, ass-kicking women are miles ahead of "kittenish sexpots" any day in my world. But maybe that's because I was raised to respect people.
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4-17-2007 @ 5:47PM
JT said...
I can see it now.The new Barbarella will be a combo of "Ripley" from "Aliens", "Trinity" from "The Matrix" and "Max" from the TV series "Dark Angel".
How about combining a good dose of the kittenish sexpot with the kick ass heroine and coming up with something more original then "Kick ass female hero # 100's adventures in a darkly high tech future."
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