‘Red Sonja’ Movie Hires ‘X-Men: First Class’ Screenwriter Ashley Edward Miller
Millennium Films has found a screenwriter for their big screen take on comic book characterRed Sonja.Ashley Edward Miller, who wroteX-Men: First Class, will pen the script for the sword and sorcery epic. More on theRed Sonjamovie below.
AfterWonder Womancleaned up at the box office, studios began to catch on that female-driven superhero stories can turn a serious profit. Millennium Films wants in on this action, so they’re going to bring the 1970s comic book characterRed Sonjato the screen, and they think they’ve found the right writer to make it happen.Deadlinereports Ashley Edward Miller, who wroteThor,X-Men: First Class, and the upcoming remake ofBig Trouble in Little China, will pen theRed Sonjascreenplay.
Red Sonjais based on a character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor Smith for Marvel Comics in 1973, based on Robert E. Howard’s Red Sonya of Rogatino from his 1934 short storyThe Shadow of the Vulture. As theMarvel Wikiputs it, Red Sonja is “a sword-master in peak human physical condition, martial arts expert, as well as knowledge and experience of fighting the supernatural.” This won’t be the first big screen adventure for the character. There was a 1985Red Sonjafilm, directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Brigitte Nielsen and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
A newRed Sonjamovie has been knocking-around for a few years now. In 2008,Douglas Aarniokoskiwas going to direct aRed Sonjamovieproduced byRobert Rodriguezand starringRose McGowan. There were evenposterscreated for the film, but this version of the film failed to materialize. In 2011,Megan Foxwasin the runningto star in aRed Sonjamovie, but that, too, never happened. Following that,Con AirdirectorSimon Westwas floated as a possible director for the flick, withAmber Heardstarring. After this version of the film never got off the ground,Red Sonjaseemed to be dead. Then, in 2015,Christopher Cosmoswashiredto write a new script. Cosmos has no other screenwriting credits, and his draft never got anywhere.
Now, Ashley Edward Miller will attempt to succeed where others have failed. There’s a lot of potential in a title like this, and if done right, it could turn out to be a big hit. Then again, it could also turn out to be like the 2011 Conan the Barbarian reboot starring Jason Momoa, which everyone apparently wants to forget about.
For now, why not enjoy this vintage 1985Red Sonjatrailer, and marvel at how charmingly dated it seems.
