Rose McGowan Leads Barbarella Remake

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Remember the other day when you were clamoring for that Barbarella revamp? What’s that, you weren’t? Well, Geeks of Doom says Hollywood’s cranking it out anyway. It will come to us courtesy of the Robert Rodriguez/Rose McGowan “artistic pairing” that brought us Planet Terror.

Genre fans will remember McGowan best from the WB series Charmed in which she took Shannen Doherty’s place among the sister witches. She was good in that, I thought, but I don’t know how I feel about this movie. Yeah, I’ll go see McGowan in the Barbarella costume (especially since she’s even dyed her hair blond to play the character originated by Jane Fonda) but I have no expectations it’s going to be good.

The possible actors’ strike could throw a wrench into this and a number of other projects though, so it might not be a good idea to hold your breath. Once we finally see McGowan in the Barbarella costume though, there will likely be a rash of breathlessness.