ROTTEN TOMATOES: High-Res Images: Rose McGowan as Red Sonja

High-Res Images: Rose McGowan as Red Sonja

It's just like being at Comic-Con...

by Jen Yamato | July 25, 2008

Can't quite picture Rose McGowan as the flame-haired barbarian swordswoman Red Sonja? We've got the first look at the sexy teaser poster and character art unveiled yesterday at Comic-Con! Images after the jump.

When Robert Rodriguez and Rose McGowan abandoned plans to remake Jane Fonda's space vehicle Barbarella, they merely turned their attentions to another redhead vixen: Red Sonja. While 1985's film adaptation starring Brigitte Nielsen played (and bombed) as a chick version of Conan the Barbarian, the 2009 version to be produced by Rodriguez with McGowan in the title role is shaping up to be much closer to the Red Sonja seen in comics, more specifically as published in the past several years by Dynamite Entertainment. Take a look and see for yourself!

The official synopsis, courtesy of Nu Image/Millenium Films:

In her return we find Red Sonja, a young girl risen from the ashes of tragedy to become the most feared woman warrior of all time. The mythical red-head blindly seeks vengeance on those who destroyed her family. In her path of destruction she discovers a larger purpose for her unearthly powers: to save all Hyrkania from the villainous Kulan Gath.

Red Sonja is slated for 2009 and will be directed by Douglas Aarniokoski (Highlander: Endgame).

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HyperionChild writes:
on Jul 25 2008 09:54 AM

Well.....at least she seems to have all her limbs this time.

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-apocolyptic- writes:
on Jul 25 2008 10:09 AM

In reply to this comment (#1921999)
LOL.....too bad, kinda liked the shotgun leg.

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Jul 25 2008 10:10 AM

Thanks for the boner.

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dougkip writes:
on Jul 25 2008 10:43 AM

wtf is this? i thought rodriguez was directing this!?

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reapermad writes:
on Jul 25 2008 11:19 AM

Holy lord I cannot wait. I hope Rose and Rodriguez become the next Uma and Tarantino. They work with one another so well. This ought to be an interesting outing. But, hey, anyone know if they're going to make Machete? I'm also dying to know if Eli Roth is ever going to make "Thanksgiving."

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SpikesInMySkull writes:
on Jul 25 2008 11:19 AM

Well I'm trying to figure out what about that doesn't look retarded...

....thinking....

....thinking....

....yeah I got nothing.

....Oh and it's "Presented By" Rodgriquez and directed by Captain Nobody.

Yeah, my GAS meter has failed to register. NEXT!

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MrbatMatt writes:
on Jul 25 2008 11:51 AM

Hmmmm... well this does seem about as stupid an idea as the Barbarella remake... so maybe this one will get canceled too because Rose simply can't act. Anyone remember "Scream"? She got killed by a garage door opener... some how I can't picture there was too much acting involved there.

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Jul 25 2008 12:07 PM

In reply to this comment (#1922520)
No one thinks elitism is cool anymore, captain 2001.

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cabezone writes:
on Jul 25 2008 12:19 PM

Is it too much to ask for an action heroine who looks like she might occasionally hit the gym?

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Matanuki writes:
on Jul 25 2008 01:04 PM

In reply to this comment (#1922767)
You said it, Bruce.

But cabezone, I gotta tell ya buddy, I'm no big Rose McGowan fan myself but ah... she doesn't look like she "might occasionally hit the gym"?

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CoUcH ToMaToE DoUgIe writes:
on Jul 25 2008 01:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#1922797)
unfortunately, it is too much ask cabezone. Still, I do believe

Rose McGowan could beat me up pretty badly, so that's enough for me ;)

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tomwaitsjr writes:
on Jul 25 2008 01:27 PM

I shall watch this. I may turn the volume to mute, but I shall watch this. Probably some scenes more than others. . . oh yes.

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Jen Yamato writes:
on Jul 25 2008 02:16 PM

Wasn't she killed by the garage door, not the opener? :)

Agreed on her lack of muscles, but McGowan is one of few actresses in Hollywood that has a believable fierceness about her. I buy it. Just glad nobody is touching my beloved Barbarella!

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Crenshaw writes:
on Jul 25 2008 02:28 PM

Epic Fail.

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Mister_Prophet writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:08 PM

I'm actually into this idea. Despite some hysterical moments (guy getting mashed by a giant round door), the 80s Red Sonya really was kind of a Conan yarn and didn't feel like much else. So I don't think anyone has anything to lose giving this a shot.

Robocop, well, that's a different story...

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:14 PM

In reply to this comment (#1923045)
Why?

Or is this just more talking-out-of-assiness....

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Read-A-Book writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:15 PM

Um, based on the posters, is this an action film or porn?

My guess is porn.

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cabezone writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:29 PM

In reply to this comment (#1922873)
Being thin is not the same thing as being in shape. she doesn't look like she's ever had any kind of exercise, unless you include vomiting and cigarettes. She'd have trouble even lifting a sword like that. I'm not looking for some kind of freakishly strong woman but some definition would be nice.

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Bruce Campbell writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:49 PM

Anyone who would sacrafise Rose's sexiness for realism is obviously not the kind of person who Red Jonja is made for.

This is just one huge b-movie... If you take it seriously, you fail. Rose will be thin. And? So what?

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DarthWonka writes:
on Jul 25 2008 03:57 PM

Why does it look like freakin' Sin City?

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