It has been a long journey so that the film adaptation of the comic Red Sonja I arrive in light, but finally this year it will be released in cinemas, this after having been launched by Millenium Films more than a decade ago and taking two years in the postproduction stage.
After recent weeks it was announced that Signature Entertainment acquired the distribution rights of Red Sonja in the United Kingdom and Ireland, reports that Samuel Goldwyn Films has just acquired to release the reboot in the United States.
Deadline reports that Samuel Goldwyn Films will grant Red Sonja A traditional premiere in cinemas this year.
The reboot is directed by M.J. Bassett (Iron Fist, Solomon Kane, Deathwatch, Ash vs. Evil) and starring Matilda Lutz (Revenge).
The medium also shares a new official look at Lutz, available at the end of the note.
Based on the successful comic series, fantasy follows the hunter Barbara Red Sonja, who must unite a group of unlikely warriors to face the evil tyrant Emperor Draygan and his deadly wife, Dark Annisia.
Lutz is accompanied in the cast, Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy), Wallis Day (Sheroes), Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves), Luca Pasqualino (Snowpiercer), Rhona mitra (Underworld: Rise of the Lycans), Martyn Ford (Final Score), Ben Radcliffe (Cuban Fury), Eliza wounds (Predestination), Verónica Ferres (Crisis), Phillip Winchester (Strike Back), y Trevor Eve (Waking the Dead).
The 1985 original film was starring Brigitte Nielsen.
The script was written by Bassett, Joey Soloway y Tasha Huo (serie Tomb Raider). Soloway, who was previously known as Jill Soloway, has won two Emmys by the direction of Transparent. Other of your credits include the HBO series, Six Feet Underand the movie Afternoon Delight.
The superheroine also known as “The Diable with Sword,” and “The female counterpart of Conan El Barbaro,” made its debut in the Marvel comic, 'Conan The Barbarian No. 23' in 1973, written by Roy Thomas, drawn by the artist Barry Windsor-Smith. The character is the most important warrior of the Hiboria era, and is a rival at the height of any man in combat. Red Sonja quickly became the archetype of a new type of fantasy heroines, with short and useless armor pieces in combat. Brigitte Nielsen interpreted her in the 1985 co -starred film with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
El reboot es producido por Avi Lerner, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Luke Lieberman, Les Weldon, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Joe Gatta, MJ Bassett, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, y Yariv Lerner.
The executive producers are Trevor Short, Darina Pavlova, Boaz Davidson, Tanner Mobley, Nick Barrucci, Dorothy Canton, Scott Karol, and Heidi Jo Markel.
Millennium Films (The Expendables, Olympus Has Fallen, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, Mechanic: Resurrection, Rambo: Last Blood) produced Red Sonja junto a Topple Campbell/Grobman Films y Cinelou Films.
On the acquisition for the United States, Peter Goldwyn, president of SGF, said in a statement:
“We are delighted to bring Red Sonja to the public throughout the country. The fondness for this legendary character is enormous and passionate, and we trust that this film will love.”
New look:
Source: https://cine3.com/nuevo-vistazo-a-matilda-lutz-en-el-reboot-de-red-sonja/
