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Barbarella returns?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here.

Dino and Martha De Laurentiis have secured the rights to the French comic BARBARELLA and are planning to re-invent the series, leaning away from the great campy Jane Fonda version.

To do that, they've brought on Neal Purvis and Robert Wade to script, figuring they did a good job in bringing Bond back up to date with CASINO ROYALE. The same Variety article mentions they just turned in their draft for the next Bond flick, too... that's pretty neat.

I'm not familiar with the French comics, but I love the Jane Fonda movie. She was so amazingly hot back in the day. I don't know if anybody but Roger Vadim can shoot a woman that sexily again... floating and undressing... lordamercy!

I'm concerned about this line, saying the De Laurentiis' wanting Barbarella to be "a free, modern gal" in a futuristic world... as long as that doesn't translate into Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan. Purvis and Wade have earned a bit of trust, though. I'd love for them to make a sexy sci-fi flick.


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Kurt Vonnegut is Dead at 84
by MrPants
Apr 11th, 2007
11:35:46 PM
oy
by keanho_in_nyc
Apr 11th, 2007
11:38:59 PM
Jolene Blalock
by Napoleon Park
Apr 11th, 2007
11:39:11 PM
Best news I've heard all day.
by thebearovingian
Apr 11th, 2007
11:41:08 PM
BOX is dead...
by Mace Tofu
Apr 11th, 2007
11:42:47 PM
Is DREW BARRYMORE still with this project?
by Mace Tofu
Apr 11th, 2007
11:47:30 PM
Oh God, not a chubby little dumpling like Barrymore.
by MaxTheSilent
Apr 11th, 2007
11:56:09 PM
I know who's writing it...
by Some Dude
Apr 12th, 2007
12:10:05 AM
Oops.
by Some Dude
Apr 12th, 2007
12:13:18 AM
Barbarella, Come And Save Me From My Misery...
by Darth Fabulous
Apr 12th, 2007
12:26:07 AM
This is a tough one
by Vern
Apr 12th, 2007
12:35:53 AM
My childhood is being raped....
by pdennett316
Apr 12th, 2007
01:12:45 AM
so I guess this is one movie the talkbackers won't
by TheNorthlander
Apr 12th, 2007
01:35:41 AM
Vern
by Some Dude
Apr 12th, 2007
02:06:17 AM
Aeon Flux anyone?
by MonkeyManReturns
Apr 12th, 2007
02:33:47 AM
Get Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran to play Duran Duran
by Margot_Tenenbaum
Apr 12th, 2007
02:41:17 AM
De Laurentiis has no taste.
by wowsah156
Apr 12th, 2007
02:45:34 AM
There's a voice in my head and it's constantly
by peterhengl
Apr 12th, 2007
02:47:14 AM
"how are they gonna find somebody to play Barbarella?"
by newc0253
Apr 12th, 2007
04:11:29 AM
newc
by Vern
Apr 12th, 2007
04:32:15 AM
Kylie Minogue did a great take off...
by The Equalizer
Apr 12th, 2007
04:36:53 AM
http://www.youtube.com /watch?v=HaHPHVjZfHY
by The Equalizer
Apr 12th, 2007
04:39:24 AM
Barbarella!
by CuervoJones
Apr 12th, 2007
04:57:54 AM
Lindsay Lohan is underrated
by Starfury 2007
Apr 12th, 2007
05:04:57 AM
Americans and their Bat-Poles
by Napoleon Park
Apr 12th, 2007
05:21:05 AM
Weren't the comics really cheesy as well?
by Gozu
Apr 12th, 2007
05:22:59 AM
DAMN YOU JANE FONDA!!!
by dundundles
Apr 12th, 2007
05:52:41 AM
Choosing who I want to be Barbarella is one...
by Kubla_Khan
Apr 12th, 2007
06:05:39 AM
Hot chicks who could do funny.
by ELGordo
Apr 12th, 2007
06:18:42 AM
sarah michelle gellar
by kingoflight
Apr 12th, 2007
06:30:52 AM
"You wanna refute that"?
by newc0253
Apr 12th, 2007
06:37:08 AM
If they cast Scarlett Johhanson, I would buy a ticket.
by Daddylonghead
Apr 12th, 2007
06:53:49 AM
Doesn't?
by Halloween68
Apr 12th, 2007
06:57:42 AM
Dino D., hear my plea!
by Sledge Hammer
Apr 12th, 2007
07:03:45 AM
This film will suffer from Ultravioletation!
by Spandau Belly
Apr 12th, 2007
07:10:31 AM
Lindsay Lohan? Best screen performer of her generation?
by MonkeyManReturns
Apr 12th, 2007
08:06:18 AM
Awwww
by erikharrison
Apr 12th, 2007
08:13:43 AM
Rose McGowan!
by I Dunno
Apr 12th, 2007
08:20:19 AM
Orlando Bloom as Pygar
by Anna Valerious
Apr 12th, 2007
08:29:52 AM
Drew Barrymore?
by rev_skarekroe
Apr 12th, 2007
08:30:52 AM
not scarlett johansson ffs
by aestheticity
Apr 12th, 2007
08:50:13 AM
Jessica Biel (and her ass)
by Mr. Waturi
Apr 12th, 2007
09:24:50 AM
BringingSexyBack, I know you're cracking a joke .....
by Nice Marmot
Apr 12th, 2007
09:25:36 AM
Starfury 2007
by CuervoJones
Apr 12th, 2007
09:31:41 AM
Anthony Hopkins wasn't the best Lecter.
by CarmillaVonDoom
Apr 12th, 2007
09:33:24 AM
Smart and Funny Actresses...
by KosherWookie
Apr 12th, 2007
09:49:58 AM
I'll second that assessment of Fonda...
by Childe Roland
Apr 12th, 2007
10:04:30 AM
Simon le bon took the duran duran name
by emeraldboy
Apr 12th, 2007
10:07:46 AM
The actress cast better be hot, and show her titties
by BigTuna
Apr 12th, 2007
10:08:26 AM
they want to get away from the fonda campy version??
by gobofraggleuk
Apr 12th, 2007
11:18:30 AM
This is a tricky one...
by palimpsest
Apr 12th, 2007
11:47:26 AM
Slight return
by palimpsest
Apr 12th, 2007
11:48:16 AM
Casting
by FentonCrisp
Apr 12th, 2007
12:01:07 PM
FentonCrisp might just be a genius
by palimpsest
Apr 12th, 2007
12:09:37 PM
If there is anyone who could do lavish
by ELGordo
Apr 12th, 2007
12:16:40 PM
Anna Nicole Smith for Barbarella!
by Jonesey1111
Apr 12th, 2007
12:20:57 PM
Casting...
by I Hope You Die
Apr 12th, 2007
12:22:41 PM
why?
by purplemonkeydw
Apr 12th, 2007
12:30:16 PM
Barbie
by Cobbio
Apr 12th, 2007
12:38:21 PM
Thank you, palimpsest.
by FentonCrisp
Apr 12th, 2007
12:46:23 PM
They'll cast Jessica Alba...
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 12th, 2007
01:25:44 PM
Actually.. My casting choice is Rosario Dawson
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 12th, 2007
01:27:17 PM
Who was the girl from Dragonfly?
by Frijole
Apr 12th, 2007
01:28:58 PM
Newc
by Vern
Apr 12th, 2007
01:30:18 PM
Monica Belluci
by palimpsest
Apr 12th, 2007
01:31:27 PM
Make it a double feature!
by Spandau Belly
Apr 12th, 2007
02:10:51 PM
Monica Belluci IS gorgeous...
by Frijole
Apr 12th, 2007
02:15:03 PM
Rosanne Baar
by Bishop6
Apr 12th, 2007
02:15:45 PM
Rosario Dawson has a great butt, BUT
by Borgnine JR
Apr 12th, 2007
02:42:11 PM
Yep, Barbarella does NOT need to be funny...
by Frijole
Apr 12th, 2007
02:53:19 PM
Psychadela?
by The Alienist
Apr 12th, 2007
03:20:39 PM
Surprised
by Purple Prole
Apr 12th, 2007
03:29:54 PM
clueless IS funny
by Vern
Apr 12th, 2007
03:38:10 PM
A seriously tough act to follow...
by KillaKane
Apr 12th, 2007
03:47:59 PM
Vern
by Frijole
Apr 12th, 2007
04:00:59 PM
Oh and the movie I was thinking of is CQ
by Frijole
Apr 12th, 2007
04:06:22 PM
Wade & Purvis....
by Dead Snoopy
Apr 12th, 2007
04:10:33 PM
Dino will cast a piece of ass, not an actress...
by MCVamp
Apr 12th, 2007
04:14:36 PM
I missed the point at first
by Napoleon Park
Apr 12th, 2007
04:50:06 PM
If this movie is anything but campy exploitation,
by jmyoung666
Apr 12th, 2007
04:55:07 PM
Kristana Loken
by WickedMonster
Apr 12th, 2007
05:07:44 PM
There is no one to play this character.
by superninja
Apr 12th, 2007
06:10:57 PM
Rosario Dawson is so friggin' vulgar, no way.
by superninja
Apr 12th, 2007
06:13:55 PM
I agree that it probably will be less sexual than the
by superninja
Apr 12th, 2007
06:18:30 PM
There is only one BARBARELLA.
by Mace Tofu
Apr 12th, 2007
07:23:58 PM
Who should play Barbarella?
by Magnethead
Apr 12th, 2007
07:56:01 PM
Okay, I'll throw in my suggestion: Ludivine Sagnier.
by kabong
Apr 12th, 2007
10:09:12 PM
AVRIL LAVIGNE IS BARBARELLA.
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:32:01 PM
SECOND CHOICE IS FERGIE
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:33:16 PM
THIRD ROUND SELECTION IS MO'NIQUE
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:34:16 PM
FOURTH OPTION WOULD BE REBA MCENTIRE
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:35:53 PM
LAST CHANCE PICK: DAKOTA FANNING
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:36:48 PM
I WOULD PROBABLY VOTE AGAINST CHOOSING SANJAYA
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:37:56 PM
I WOULD LISTEN TO ARGUMENTS FOR LISA WHELCHEL
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:39:26 PM
NO WAY WOULD I AGREE TO KYLIE MINOGUE
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:39:58 PM
EVA GREEN? POSSIBLY
by Pound Sand
Apr 12th, 2007
10:40:18 PM
Heather Graham is not that sexy, she is what
by superninja
Apr 13th, 2007
12:18:21 AM
What about Liv Tyler?
by superninja
Apr 13th, 2007
12:19:52 AM
They'll probably get that skeleton Kiera Knightley
by superninja
Apr 13th, 2007
12:22:23 AM
Go with the DeLaurentis connection...cast Giada!
by Lefty Lefterson
Apr 13th, 2007
12:41:19 AM
I'm with KABONG...
by Frijole
Apr 13th, 2007
07:15:55 AM
I'm sure Cameron Diaz will be the first choice.
by irc-Hollywood
Apr 13th, 2007
07:41:34 AM
It doesn't work in this day and age...
by ZeroCorpse
Apr 13th, 2007
10:37:14 AM
Mace Tofu
by liljuniorbrown
Apr 13th, 2007
10:39:40 AM
Barbarella II: This Time It's Personal
by Napoleon Park
Apr 13th, 2007
10:42:54 AM
Monica Belucci
by council estate scumbag
Apr 13th, 2007
11:06:39 AM
you guys know exactly what you're getting
by Spandau Belly
Apr 13th, 2007
12:18:21 PM
Barbarella
by Suckmuckduck999
Apr 13th, 2007
12:30:22 PM
Drew Barrymore and McG
by Donald McKinney
Apr 13th, 2007
01:10:44 PM
anchorite as BARBARELLA!
by Dorothys Taint Again
Apr 13th, 2007
01:24:28 PM
Babarella- This time she's got a trunk!
by Dorothys Taint Again
Apr 13th, 2007
01:25:10 PM
you pwned me, Vern, you pwned me
by newc0253
Apr 13th, 2007
01:33:22 PM
Jane Fonda is HARD to BEAT.
by Cult Exiter
Apr 13th, 2007
02:20:26 PM
MOST MODERN GIRLS DON'T KNOW HOW TO SMOKE MAN ESSENCE.
by Cult Exiter
Apr 13th, 2007
02:23:35 PM
newc
by Vern
Apr 13th, 2007
04:22:52 PM
This is one for Darius Khondji to shoot
by Frankenstache
Apr 13th, 2007
04:24:30 PM
Kate Beckinsale is Barbarella?
by BobbyBowfinger
Apr 18th, 2007
11:53:10 PM

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