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Barbarella News

2009 Certificate TBC
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The year is 40,000. Peacefully floating around in zero-gravity Barbarella is suddenly interrupted by a call from the President of Earth. A young scientist, Durand Durand, is threatening the ancient universal peace and Barbarella is the chosen one to find him and save the world. During her mission, Barbarella never finds herself .. Read more

Starring Rose McGowan
Director Robert Rodriguez
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  • The Piers Morgan - The Good Gaff And The Ugly

    Fonda hated sex symbol status

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 09 Dec 2011

    Barbarella legend Jane Fonda has never considered herself a sex symbol, insisting she has worked hard to be taken seriously as an actress. Fonda became a global pin-up after landing the role of the futuristic siren in the 1968 cult classic. She went on to win two Academy Awards for her more serious work and the actress admits she has always been baffled and annoyed by her status as a sexy star. She tells Piers Morgan, "I think (Barbarella) it's a charming, camp movie, not very sexy, but at the Read more

    Fonda keen for Barbarella return

    • 01 Feb 2011

    Oscar winner Jane Fonda is keen to revive her sci-fi movie character Barbarella for a sequel to the cult 1968 film. The 73 year old even has an idea for the storyline. She tells the Los Angeles Times, "I have a dream to do a sequel to Barbarella. Not a remake, a sequel! Look, I get shtupped (has sex) by a blind angel, OK? Let's just take it from there... I think it could be funny - and feminist." The original film was directed by Fonda's then-husband, Roger Vadim, and was called the "kinkiest... Read more

    Sin City

    Barbarella back on

    • 02 Jun 2009

    The Barbarella remake is back on - a month after director Robert Rodriguez walked away from the sci-fi project over plans to shoot the film in Germany. The Sin City director abandoned the movie because the father of five couldn't bear the thought of shooting the film in Europe, but the project has been saved by Legally Blonde moviemaker Robert Luketic. Rodriguez had planned to make the action film with girlfriend Rose McGowan as the iconic lead - originally played by Jane Fonda - but couldn't... Read more

    Legally Blonde

    Barbarella remake 'top priority'

    • 25 Aug 2009

    Hollywood's top leading ladies are battling it out to play the role Jane Fonda made famous in a remake of 60s hit Barbarella. Legendary producer Dino DeLaurentiis has confirmed the movie is his number one priority, after director Robert Rodriguez cancelled plans to rework the film with his girlfriend Rose McGowan in the starring role. Legally Blonde movie maker Robert Luketic is now in the hot seat, and Lorenze De Maio, the boss of De Laurentiis' production company, reveals stars like Lindsay... Read more

    Planet Terror - Blu-ray

    Barbarella remake scrapped

    • 07 May 2009

    Moviemaker Robert Rodriguez has abandoned his remake of Jane Fonda's Barbarella - because the father of five couldn't bear the thought of shooting the film in Germany. The Planet Terror director planned to make the action film with girlfriend Rose McGowan as the lead, but couldn't raise finance to make the movie in America. And he hated the idea of spending so much time abroad, away from his children. He tells MTV, "Germany offered us a $70 million budget, which would have been by far the... Read more