Amazon Studios is betting big on Barbarella
for a resurrection of galactic (and shapely) proportions. The
sex-saturated, far-future tale will take center stage on its new
streaming service, beginning with a potent pilot. Barbarella first
burst onto the sci-fi scene as a crazy comic by French illustrator
Jean-Claude Forest and was later transformed into an instant cult
classic by Jane Fonda's then husband and director Roger Vadim in the
1968 French-Italian film adaptation. This project has the visual
hormones and indie sensibilities of executive producer Nicolas Winding
Refn (Drive, Only God Forgives), who knows a thing or two about the hypnotic imagery of lust and violence.
No word yet on a director or showrunner. With comics-inspired insanity like a Positronic Ray wielded by dastardly supervillain Durand Durand, a hunky blind angel named Pygar and an orgasmic pile of exaltation transference pills, this psychedelic reboot sounds like an absolute blast. Think Barbarella and her outrageous catsuits are ready for Amazon's prime-time lineup?
(Via Collider)
No word yet on a director or showrunner. With comics-inspired insanity like a Positronic Ray wielded by dastardly supervillain Durand Durand, a hunky blind angel named Pygar and an orgasmic pile of exaltation transference pills, this psychedelic reboot sounds like an absolute blast. Think Barbarella and her outrageous catsuits are ready for Amazon's prime-time lineup?
(Via Collider)
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