Some months ago I'd read that Robert Rodriguez, (Desperado, Sin City) was prepping a reboot of the '80s flick Red Sonja and wanted his lady, Rose McGowan to take over the title role.Empire Online is now reporting that McGowan is out, but an offer has been made to hottie Megan Fox.
If you're not familiar with the film, the original had Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja, a woman with revenge in her heart who is sent on a mission to defeat an evil queen and protect a magical talisman. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is basically in Conan mode, but isn't actually Conan, goes along with Sonja to protect her. And, you know, get it on, barbarian style.
I haven't seen the film in years, but I don't remember this being a particularly GOOD film. In my head it falls into that category of '80s fantasy films that were kind of entertaining in that they were campy and bad but definitely don't need to be redone.
As for Foxy Fox, as a straight married lady, I'm willing to admit, I think she's smokin' hot. But she's never carried a film (though you could argue she was the most lifelike thing in the steaming pile of crap they call Transformers 2) and I'm not sure she can pull off a lead. She would look good in a chain mail bikini though with a bunch of sharp blades and stuff, am I right?
So boys, will you line up for this one?
