Empire was able to talk with producer Avi Lerner about the status of the
Red Sonja remake. Previously Robert Rodriguez was producing with Rose McGowan in the lead the pair even promoted the project at Comic-Con. Like most of his projects in development Rodriguez moved on to other things.
With the studio's reboot of Conan The Barbarian hitting theaters in August it looks like they could be moving forward with Red Sonja very soon. Avi Lerner says that they are planning on shooting Sonja between Conan and
Conan 2. I believe this the first official talk of a sequel for Conan and I assume Marcus Nispel will return to direct.
He also confirms Simon West will direct Red Sonja. West is actually a decent action director being best known for directing Con Air, Tomb Raider and The Mechanic. I recently saw the Mechanic and while it was very by-the-numbers it was still entertaining and had some excellent action scenes. I was luke-warm with the idea of a Red Sonja remake but if West is on board I'll have to check it out. Lerner mentions Amber Heard as his favorite for the role of Sonja. I'd have to agree as she fits nicely into this genre and isn't shy when it comes to R-rated material.
"We will definitely shoot Red Sonja in between Conan and Conan 2. We already chose the director: an English guy called Simon West." "We're talking to a few girls for the role of Sonja," he says, "but we just finished a movie called Drive Angry with Amber Heard, and I want to see her. She's my favorite for the role."
With the success of Marvel Comics films, DC Comics has been desperately making efforts to keep things competitive in Hollywood and cash in on America’s resurrected love of graphic novels. Justice League’s Wonder Woman has been a film that DC Comics have been working on developing of over the past three years. From Megan Fox, to Amber Heard and even Jessica Biel many names have been rumored and attached to the film, that has recently been abandon. But fear not, Friday Night Lights Adrianne Palicki is taking over…in a new TV series. A Wonder Woman television show is currently in pre-production and is expected to air its pilot on NBC soon. So for those of you who were hoping to see a Justice League movie or even a Wonder Woman movie any time soon, unfortunately with the development of this show, its very unlikely.
