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A new documentary about Brigitte Bardot offers a rare look into the life of the famous French actress, singer, and animal rights advocate.

Directed by Alain Berliner, known for Ma Vie en Rose, the film premiered recently at the Cannes Film Festival and focuses on Bardot’s journey from global stardom to a quiet life devoted to animals.

At 90 years old, Bardot agreed to share parts of her story on camera, letting viewers into her home in Saint-Tropez where she lives surrounded by horses, dogs, and other animals. The director wanted Bardot herself to narrate the film. “Not having an outside narrator, but have Brigitte Bardot be the one who tells the story,” Berliner explained to Variety.

The documentary traces Bardot’s early life, her rise to fame in the 1950s and 60s, and her decision to retire in 1973. Born in 1934 to a wealthy but strict family in Paris, Bardot...

Brigitte Bardot may be speaking on camera in a new documentary about her life, but director Alain Berliner says she’s still as mysterious as ever.

The new doc, simply titled Bardot, was shown recently at the Cannes Film Festival. It looks at Bardot’s rise to worldwide fame, her sudden retirement in the early 1970s, and her passion for animal rights.

Alain Berliner, known for Ma Vie en Rose, directed the film and told Variety that he wanted Bardot to tell her own story. “Not having an outside narrator, but have Brigitte Bardot be the one who tells the story,” he said.

Now 90 years old, Bardot still lives in her quiet home by the sea in Saint-Tropez. She let the camera into her private world, opening the doors of her estate where she lives surrounded by animals, dogs, donkeys, geese, and horses.

While she speaks openly about her love for animals,...

Brigitte Bardot reflects on the stardom she escaped from more than 50 years ago in “Bardot” the doc about the iconic French actor, singer and animal rights activist directed by “Ma Vie en Rose” helmer Alain Berliner that recently launched from the Cannes Film Festival.

But Bardot, who in 1973 retired at the age of 39 having become the first French movie star to achieve worldwide fame, remains “a very mysterious person,” says Berliner. Still, she opened up enough in the doc for Berliner to feel that he managed to accomplish his vision of “not having an outside narrator, but have Brigitte Bardot be the one who tells the story,” he adds.

Now aged 90, Bardot opens up the gates of her La Madrague estate in Saint-Tropez, where she lives surrounded by horses, dogs, geese and donkeys and speaks candidly, especially when it comes to her love for animals. But she also speaks for...

“Bardot" is a 6-episode, France-produced drama TV series, created, directed by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson, starring Julia de Nunez as the iconic film actress, now streaming on Netflix:

"..the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...

"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."

Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...

...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...

...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......

...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...

...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...

...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...

...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.

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For more than 70 years, the Cannes Film Festival has been synonymous with sex, and we can credit an 18-year-old Brigitte Bardot for bringing them together. Bizarrely, though, this had nothing to do with movies. Despite her global fame as a sex symbol, the actress, now 90, has only ever had one contemporary film accepted by the festival. Even then, it was as part of an ensemble, in a section of a three-part 1968 portmanteau called Spirits of the Dead, directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini. All three stories were based on stories by Edgar Allen Poe, and Bardot appeared in Malle’s section, William Wilson, the macabre story of a man (Alain Delon) haunted, and taunted, by his double. It never screened, though. As part of a countrywide protest — ironically, brought to boiling point in Cannes by Malle himself — the whole event was canceled.

But, by then, Bardot had...

Among the many projects that Sydney Sweeney is set to feature in is the anticipated remake of the '60s comic book film, Barbarella, which sees the acclaimed actor portraying the titular space adventurer. Though a release date remains unknown, Sweeney claims the upcoming reboot is coming together in a "very fun and big way" during its development.

Speaking with Empire Magazine (via SFFGazette.com), Sweeney offered a fresh progress update on the Edgar J. Wright-helmed Barbarella remake, which Sony Pictures announced in 2022. According to the Anyone but You and Madame Web star, Barbarella is heading in the right direction after a meeting she recently held with creatives for the project. "I was just in London and had a meeting to discuss the story and the script," Sweeney said. "I can't say too much, but it's really going to come together in a very, very fun and big way.

Actress Sydney Sweeney is the lead and executive producer of Sony Pictures developing live-action “Barbarella”, science fiction comedy feature, to be directed by Edgar Wright, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by writer/illustrator Jean-Claude Forest:

“…’Barbarella' is….

“…a vibrant young woman…

“…who travels from planet to planet……

“…and has numerous adventures...

“...often involving otherworldly and unexpected…

“…close encounters.

“The aliens she meets…

“…often try to seduce her...

“…but she always comes out on top…

“…because of her appreciation and love for strange new worlds…

“‘Barbarella’ is just such a fun character to explore”, said Sweeney.

“She really just embraces her femininity and her sexuality, and I love that.

“She uses sex as a weapon…

“…and I think it’s such an interesting way into a sci-fi world…”

The original comic book version…

…of Barbarella…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred...

The critical and commercial success of movies like Anyone But You and Immaculate meant it was easy for Sydney Sweeney to shrug off Madame Web. She's also confessed that starring in the Marvel movie was a means to an end when it came to strengthening her relationship with Sony Pictures.

Edgar Wright's Barbarella remake is one of many projects Sweeney is attached to as her star in Hollywood continues to rise (both as an actor and producer). However, it's been three years since we first learned the movie was in development.

Wright is busy shooting The Running Man, while Sweeney has everything from Split Fiction to The Housemaid and her untitled Christy Martin biopic on the way. So, has Barbarella fallen by the wayside as her schedule becomes increasingly jam-packed?

"I was just in London and had a meeting to discuss the story and the script," Sweeney tells Empire (via SFFGazette.

Despite three years of relative silence on its production, Sydney Sweeney has addressed the current status of her remake of a cult-classic sci-fi movie with an optimistic update. Following smaller parts in The Handmaid's Tale, Sharp Objects, and Once Upon Time In Hollywood, Sweeney's breakout role came in the HBO teen drama Euphoria. In Euphoria, Sweeney portrays Cassie Howard, a popular student at East Highland High School who is plagued by rumors of her past relationships and further complications with her later loves.

Outside the still-ongoing Euphoria, Sydney also appeared in The White Lotus' first season and the infamous Spider-Man spin-off movie Madame Webb. 2023 also saw her act and produce Anyone But You, a romantic comedy with her and Glen Powell playing two former lovers brought back together when they are invited to a wedding, leading to them agreeing to pretend to be a couple to fend off unwanted attention.

Actress Sydney Sweeney is the lead and executive producer of Sony Pictures developing live-action “Barbarella”, science fiction comedy feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by writer/illustrator Jean-Claude Forest:

“…’Barbarella' is….

“…a vibrant young woman…

“…who travels from planet to planet……

“…and has numerous adventures...

“...often involving otherworldly and unexpected, romantic, close encounters.

“The aliens she meets…

“…often try to seduce her...

“…but she always comes out on top…

“…because of her love for strange new worlds…”

The original comic book version…

…of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a live-action feature (1968), directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

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We’ve always loved setting trends at The Film Stage and are accordingly chuffed that, nine months after we screened a 35mm print at the Roxy, Roman Polanski’s late-career triumph The Ghost Writer comes to the Criterion Channel in next month’s Coastal Thrillers, a series that does what it says on the tin: The Lady from Shanghai, Key Largo, The Long Goodbye, The Fog, and the other best film of 2010, Scorsese’s Shutter Island. It pairs well with Noir and the Blacklist featuring films by Joseph Losey, Fritz Lang, Jules Dassin, and so on. Retrospectives are held for Terry Southern, Kathryn Bigelow, Jem Cohen, and (just in time for Caught By the Tides) Jia Zhangke, while Spike Lee gets his own Adventures In Moviegoing.

For recent restorations, Antonioni’s Il Grido and Anthony Harvey’s Dutchman appear. Criterion Editions include The Runner, Touchez pas au grisbi, Godzilla vs.

In accepting the Life Achievement Award at the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards on February 23, actress and activist Jane Fonda will be cementing a legacy that surpasses even her own father’s, screen legend Henry Fonda. It’s a well-deserved honor for a talent who has continued to reshape herself over the course of her more than six-decade career, but in regards to the reshaping of some of her most famous work, Fonda remains skeptical.

When asked how she felt about the current remakes underway for “Barbarella” and “9 to 5” during a recent interview with Vogue, Fonda simply responded, “Good luck.” Despite talent like Edgar Wright and Sydney Sweeney working on the former and Jennifer Aniston and Diablo Cody piecing together the latter, Fonda knows the difficulties of striking gold twice.

“Dolly [Parton], Lily [Tomlin], and I have tried to make a remake of ‘9 to 5’ for quite some time, but...

Dynamite Entertainment’s “Barbarella" comic book title, continues using the likeness of actress Sydney Sweeney, who will star and executive produce a new Sony Pictures live-action feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman…

…who travels from planet to planet……

…and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets…

…often try to seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Science fiction is a genre that's evolved in leaps and bounds over the years, especially when it comes to film. The genre's ripe for telling stories about the human condition, but it can also provide viewers with some great escapism, and one of the biggest examples would have to be Barbarella. Based on Jean-Claude Forest's comics, Barbarella stars Jane Fonda as the titular explorer, who has a series of increasingly erotic encounters with the galaxy's inhabitants. It was directed by Fonda's husband at the time, Roger Vadim, and wound up surviving an incredibly turbulent production to become a cult classic. With Barbarella now available to stream on Paramount+, it's worth checking out - especially since a remake with Sydney Sweeney is in the works.

Sydney Sweeney looks set to continue widening her scope in Hollywood as she's set to star in an upcoming Edgar Allan Poe adaptation. The 27-year-old actor is in talks to feature in the "darkly comedic" A24 flick, The Masque of the Red Death.

According to Deadline, A24 has been eyeing Sweeney for the lead role in The Masque of the Red Death, a "revisionist" take on the eponymous Poe short story. The Plague helmer Charlie Polinger will direct the project and pen its screenplay, with A24 handling domestic distribution. Details regarding The Masque of the Red Death are being withheld. However, the short story chronicles a prince who tries to avoid a deadly plague known as the Red Death by hiding in his abbey.

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Anyone but You and Madame Web star Sydney Sweeney doesn't believe women in Hollywood...

Dynamite Entertainment continues to adapt their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of actress Sydney Sweeney, who has agreed to star and executive produce a new live-action feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman…

…who travels from planet to planet……

…and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets…

…often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

All these years, and sci-fi still remains one of the most fascinating and beloved genres in the movie industry due to its endless possibilities and imaginative storytelling. The year 2024 saw the triumphant releases of Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and more. Movies that not only dominated the box office but also got enthusiastic responses on streaming platforms. Speaking of which, streamers have taken it upon themselves to shine the spotlight on not just new releases but also hidden gems and cult classics. Among them is the 57-year-old sci-fi film, Barbarella, a so-bad-it’s-good classic from the 1960s.

Starting January 1, Barbarella became part of the Paramount+ streaming catalogue, which is nothing short of a blessing for sci-fi fans. Directed by Roger Vadim and starring the iconic Jane Fonda, the movie follows the titular space adventure on a mission through surreal planets to stop the evil scientist Durand Durand...

Roger Vadim's 1968 cult classic Barbarella is headed to a new streaming home.

Per Paramount+, the streaming platform will be picking up the iconic science fiction film just after the holidays. Barbarella officially becomes a part of the Paramount+ streaming catalogue on January 1.

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Based on the classic French comic book series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest, 1968's Barbarella starred Jane Fonda as the titular space-faring adventurer. Barbarella sees Fonda's sci-fi hero traverse the stars in search of the rogue scientist Durand Durand, who has developed a weapon purportedly capable of wiping out the entire human race. Like the comics, the film is laced with biting commentary and wanton use of sexual innuendo,...

After Robert Eggers arrived on the scene with "The Witch" in 2015, it was obvious we were in the presence of a budding genre master. "The Lighthouse" and "The Northman" were also well received by critics, but now, in 2024, a lifelong passion project has finally come to fruition. Eggers' "Nosferatu" is, in my opinion, one of the best movies of the year, regardless of genre. It's certainly the scariest, but I fear that because it is a capital-h "Horror Movie," it will once again be shut out of major awards discussions. The Academy Awards, for example, notoriously overlook horror movies, a true shame when considering how many incredible performances and brilliant cinematic achievements can be found within the genre. I was recently given the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Eggers, so I asked him, point blank, what is it that he thinks they're so afraid of?

"I just think that...

Alain Delon, the legendary French actor, was a central figure in the French golden age of cinema during the 1960s and 70s. Known for his suave, tough-guy persona and striking good looks, Leon appeared in more than 100 movies in his five-decade career. What made Delon so memorable was the unpredictable nature of his performances. From the ruthless assassin he played in Le Samouraï, to the charismatic criminal in Borsalino, Delon especially shone when he showed his seductive side in L'Eclisse and La Piscine. Hiss filmography even includes iconic literary characters, such as Zorro and Tom Ripley.

Delon passed away on August 18th, 2024, at the age of 88. Since then, film scholars, journalists, and fans have reflected on his remarkable body of work and the legacy his powerful performances have left in cinema history. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation and the rare international star to achieve global acclaim.

Fashion in Sci-Fi movies has always played a crucial role in setting the tone and immersing audiences in otherworldly experiences. However, it is far more than a simple glimpse of the future — sci-fi costuming is key to bringing characters and their environments to life, whether they're dystopian or ideal. When it comes to alien depictions in sci-fi movies (such as the Xenomorph from Alien), it doesn't always feel exciting to imagine actually living in such a future.

On the other hand, there are movies where costume design is taken to the next level, making the viewer not only appreciate the world on screen but also wish they could be part of it. Personally, certain outfits have completely pulled me into these futuristic visions. While the exotic fabrics, unusual cuts, and often unconventional silhouettes might not be realistic in our current world, the future might just hold a space for them.

Jane Birkin was a prolific actress with a film career that spanned decades, starting back in 1965. Born in London, Birkin mostly worked as an actress in French cinema, becoming a major movie star in the country for her early roles in films like Slogan, La Piscine, and Cannabis. Alongside her work as an actress, she was a singer, with a number of studio albums throughout her career. However, Birkin is perhaps most famous for being the namesake of Birkin bags, fashion house Herms' most famous luxury handbags.

Sadly, Jane Birkin passed away on July 16, 2023, just two years after suffering a stroke in 2021. Her last film was the docu-drama, Jane by Charlotte, the directorial debut of her daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Since first appearing in an uncredited role in the film The Knack... and How to Get It in 1965, Birkin had a legendary career right until the end.

Daddy Nostalgia (1990) Jane Birkin...

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, as she preps to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Roger Vadim's 1968 sci-fi freak-out "Barbarella" is one of the zestiest, sexist, strangest, and most amusing pictures the genre has to offer. Set in the 41st century, "Barbarella" follows the merry caprices of the title heroine (Jane Fonda), a freelance adventurer of the cosmos. Barbarella, frequently undressed, is assigned by the President of Earth (Claude Dauphin) to track down a mysterious, missing scientist named Durand-Durand (Milo O'Shea) who has invented an all-powerful weapon called the positronic ray.

During her quest, Barbarella is attacked by killer dolls, befriends a blind angel (John Philip Law), is forced into a deadly orgasm machine (although she can outlast its mechanical manipulations), and faces off against the Black Queen, the tyrant ruler of Sogo.

The film was based on the erotic comics by Jean-Claude Forest, and possesses all the same sexual energy as the aggressively naughty original, even if it's not quite as sexually explicit.

Any Trekkie will be able to tell you that "Star Trek" wasn't a big hit in its initial run in 1966. Indeed, the show was all set to be canceled after its second season, and only a well-organized letter-writing campaign rescued "Star Trek" for a third year. Thanks to the gods of syndication, however, "Star Trek" continued to air in reruns for years, and it wasn't until the early 1970s that the series really started to accrue a massive audience. Prior to 1972, "Star Trek" was more or less a scrap of cult television, deeply beloved only by a small (but passionate) audience of science nerds and free-love enthusiasts. 

The first large-scale "Star Trek" convention was held in New York at the end of January in 1972, and by then, it was clear that the series had become a phenomenon. Fans gathered to meet actors, discuss technology, and swap merch. "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry frequented large-scale conventions,...

Actress Anouk Aimée, the sophisticated French beauty who graced the films of Federico Fellini, Jacques Demy, Sidney Lumet, Bernardo Bertolucci and Claude Lelouch, has died. She was 92.

Aimee’s daughter said in an Instagram post on Tuesday that the star died at her home in Paris without providing further details.

Perhaps best known for her role opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant in Lelouch’s A Man and a Woman (1966) — for which she received an Oscar nomination for best actress and won a Golden Globe — Aimée also starred in such art house standouts as Fellini’s La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963), Demy’s Lola (1961), Jacques Becker’s Montparnasse 19 (1958) and Bertolucci’s Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981).

Her career kicked off in the late 1940s and lasted all the way through a reunion with Trintignant in The Best Years (Les Plus belles annees), Lelouch’s 2019 epilogue to A Man and a Woman.

With more than 80 feature credits,...

Within a career that lasted over 50 years, French singer-songwriter, actress, author, fashion icon, and astrologist Françoise Hardy — who passed away Tuesday, June 11 after a long battle with cancer — produced 32 studio albums, performed in over 10 films and television specials, wrote six books, and influenced countless artists ranging from Carla Bruni to Charli Xcx. Her screen career includes roles in films like Jean-Luc Godard’s “Masculin Féminin” and John Frankenheimer’s “Grand Prix.”

She was a renegade. A heartbreaker. Born at the height of World War II in Paris, her upbringing coincided with a great sociopolitical re-evaluation in France that fed her own anxieties and obsessions. Seeking artistic refuge outside of her home country, she found inspiration in American music that, by her teen years, was starting to reach her shores.

“This passion for singing became real madness when I discovered an English station called Radio Luxembourg,” Hardy said in a 2012 interview with Télérama.

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

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Shoes have always been one of the most overlooked aspects of our wardrobes in everyday life.

However, this may change soon, as the rise of the “sneakerhead” has renewed attention and appreciation for footwear in general. In this article, we’ll look at some of cinema history’s most iconic and instantly recognizable shoes.

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Moore plays a fading Hollywood star whose career is set to be axed by misogynists when she’s offered a secret new medical procedure

Coralie Fargeat, known for the violent thriller Revenge from 2017, now cranks up the amplifier for some death metal … or nasty injury metal anyway. This is a cheerfully silly and outrageously indulgent piece of gonzo body-horror comedy, lacking in subtlety, body-positivity or positivity of any sort. Roger Corman would have loved it. It’s flawed and overlong but there’s a genius bit of casting in Demi Moore who is a very good sport about the whole thing. And as confrontational satire it strikes me as at least as good, or better, than two actual Palme d’Or winners: Julia Ducournau’s Titane and Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness.

The Substance is a grisly fantasy-parable of misogyny and body-objectification, which riffs on the...

The Barbarella remake is reportedly in talks with Edgar Wright to direct, bringing a fast-paced visual style. The involvement of talented writers like Jane Goldman hints at turning Barbarella into a successful film franchise. Sydney Sweeney's success at the box office makes her a bankable star, contributing to the fast-tracking of the Barbarella remake.

Sydney Sweeney's Barbarella remake is reportedly in talks with Edgar Wright to direct. The 1968 sci-fi film, which was based on the French comic book and directed by Roger Vadim, starred Jane Fonda as the titular space traveler sent to find the evil scientist Durand Durand, who threatens to bring evil back to the galaxy. Barbarella wasn't a big box office hit, though it became a cult classic, and in October 2022, it was announced that Sweeney was set to star in a remake.

Now, according to Deadline, the Barbarella remake is in talks with Wright to direct.

It’s been over 18 months since we first shared the news of Sydney Sweeney’s plans to produce and star in a reboot of Roger Vadim’s cult 1968 sci-fi Barbarella. Since then, Sweeney’s star has risen and risen, with the Euphoria sensation releasing a slew of films including rom-com Anyone But You, erotic thriller The Voyeurs, and nunsploitation flick Immaculate, leaving ol’ Barb on the back burner. But now it looks like Sweeney has found the right stuff to finally get the project off the ground. The Wright stuff, in fact.

According to Deadline, none other than Cornetto Trilogy mastermind Edgar Wright is in talks to helm the remake. Reportedly Wright has been circling the film for some time, meeting with Sweeney shortly after the remake was announced and expressing an interest in developing the project in a directorial capacity. And whilst both prospective director and star are exceptionally...

Edgar Wright is in talks to direct the 'Barbarella' remake.The 50-year-old filmmaker is set to helm the new take on the 1968 cult classic that will star Sydney Sweeney in the title role – a part that was played by Jane Fonda in the original flick.Edgar, whose previous movies include 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Last Night in Soho', has been interested in the picture for some time and held a meeting with Sydney after it was first announced in 2022. However, he was only committed to working on the project if he was able to get behind the camera.Jane Goldman and her daughter Honey Ross are also in negotiations to pen the script – with the former writing for successful franchises including 'X-Men' and the 'Kingsman' spy series.Little is known about the new movie, but the original film was...

Edgar Wright will direct a remake of Barbarella starring Sydney Sweeney, and here are details of the upcoming film.

It was reported last year thar Edgar Wright was going to direct a remake of Barbarella. The original 1968 film, adapted from the French comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest and directed by Roger Vadim, followed Jane Fonda as an astronaut from the 41st century. She sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

Jane Fonda has repeatedly claimed that she pushed its producer, Dino De Laurentiis to make a feminist take on the film many times but he always refused.

According to Deadline, the new film is now officially in development, with Wright directing from a screenplay by Jane Goldman and her daughter Honey. Sydney Sweeney will star in the picture too, we now learn.

It won...

Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney will star as outer space heroine "Barbarella" in a developing Sony Pictures action feature, to be directed by Edgar Wright, based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex. 

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'. 

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

The critical and commercial success of movies like Anyone But You and Immaculate has made it easy for Sydney Sweeney to move on from Madame Web, and it looks like her Barbarella remake is now taking shape at Sony Pictures.

Deadline (via SFFGazette.com) reports that Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Last Night in Soho director Edgar Wright is officially in talks to direct, with Jane Goldman, and her daughter Honey, eyed to pen the screenplay. The former will be best known to many of you for her work on comic book adaptations such as Kick-Ass, X-Men: First Class, and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

If everything works out, Jane and Honey will co-write the script with Wright.

Sweeney will play Barbarella but remains one of Hollywood's busiest rising stars; as for Wright, he's prepping The Running Man reboot starring her Anyone But You co-star Glen Powell, so this movie...

Sydney Sweeney's upcoming Barbarella reboot is eyeing acclaimed filmmaker Edgar Wright. This latest development follows the box office success of Sweeney and Glen Powell's romcom Anyone But You, which exceeded expectations by grossing $210 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.

According to Variety, producers Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are currently in discussions to board the new Barbarella movie featuring Sweeney, with Edgar Wright being considered for the director's chair. However, due to Sweeney's packed schedule and Wright's involvement in prepping his reboot of The Running Man with Glen Powell, the Barbarella project won't be the immediate focus for either of them.

Related Madame Web's Sydney Sweeney to Portray Iconic Fighter in New Biopic Madame Web and Immaculate star Sydney Sweeney lands her next film role as the star of a new biopic. Close

Despite being in the developmental stage, the hiring of Goldman and Ross underscores...

When Sydney Sweeney brandishes a curiously phallic laser gun for her reimagining of Barbarella, she could be doing so under the watchful eye of Edgar Wright. According to Deadline, Wright is in talks to direct Barbarella, with Jane and Honey Goldman negotiating to co-write the script.

As Deadline notes, bringing Jane Goldman aboard shows how serious Sony is about assigning strong talent to Sweeney’s dream project. Jane Goldman’s writing credits include screenplays for Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, X-Men: First Class, Stardust, the upcoming Kingsman: The Blue Blood, and more.

During the backlash for Sony’s abysmal Marvel film Madame Web, Sweeney said she joined the film to position herself to pitch Anyone But You. The rom-com was an admirable success, with $219M+ worldwide. With Sweeney being a bankable star at the studio, Sony is ready to shoot her into space for an action-packed remake of Roger Vadim...

Edgar Wright is doubling down on iconic-film remakes, potentially directing “Barbarella,” starring executive producer Sydney Sweeney.

IndieWire can confirm that Wright is in talks to direct the reimagining of the 1968 cult film that originally starred Jane Fonda as an astronaut looking to defeat an intergalactic evil force. “X-Men: First Class” screenwriters Jane Goldman and Honey Ross are also in negotiations to write the Sony film.

Deadline first reported that Wright is in the running to direct.

And speaking of running, Wright was recently announced to be writing and directing his long-awaited “Running Man” remake with Sweeney’s “Anyone But You” co-star Glen Powell in the lead. The Paramount feature has been in the works with Wright since 2017, and is based on Stephen King’s 1982 novel and later the 1987 feature starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

“Barbarella” is based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic series, which was published as a serialized strip for V...

A fun game those of legal drinking age can play while watching Roger Vadim's surreal/sexy 1968 Eurotrash space romp "Barbarella": take a drink every time Barbarella (Jane Fonda) changes costumes. One will be blindingly intoxicated by the 20-minute mark. "Barbarella" takes place in the distant future wherein the President of Earth (Claude Dauphin) has tasked the title heroine, a freelance space captain, to locate and retrieve Durand-Durand (Milo O'Shea) a scientist who has invented the positronic ray, a weapon of massive destructive power. Barbarella must trek through a picaresque adventure, stopping to be savaged by killer dolls, locked into an orgasm machine (!), and to befriend a friendly angel (John Philip Law). The film was based on the bawdy 1966 French comic by Jean-Claude Forest.

Yes, the band Duran Duran got their name from "Barbarella."

Back in October 2022, it was announced that Sony was developing a remake of "Barbarella," and...

Exclusive: Following the success of her most recent Sony pic Anyone But You, the studio isn’t wasting any time staying in the Sydney Sweeney business as sources tell Deadline Jane and Honey Goldman are in negotiations to pen a new Barbarella pic starring Sweeney with Edgar Wright In Talks to direct. The film is still in development given Sweeney’s busy schedule and Wright deep in prep on his The Running Man reboot with Glen Powell starring, so the project will not be next up for either talent.

Even with it being in development, the Goldman being brought on to pen clearly shows the studio is not messing around in getting the film right as they see this as big franchise for all parties. Jane Goldman has helped launch such successful franchises like the rebooted X-Men movies starring James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as well as Matthew Vaughn’s The Kingsmen: Secret Service.

Streaming in Europe on Netflix, “Bardot" is a 6-episode, France-produced drama TV series, created, directed by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson, starring Julia de Nunez as the iconic film actress:

"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...

"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."

Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...

...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...

...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......

...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...

...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...

...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...

...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.

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Joshua Logan’s Paint Your Wagon can be viewed as one of the last gasps of a dwindling Hollywood studio system, as well as a precursor to the New Hollywood. The film, with its expansive anamorphic vistas of the American Northwest, bears some superficial similarities to Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, which is often historicized as the end of the New Hollywood, given how it bankrupted United Artists. But in contrast to the profound sadness with which Cimino regards America’s history of violence, Logan’s musical romp takes a lighthearted approach to the process of resettlement, and it’s propelled by the contrasting personalities of Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as bickering and tussling gold prospectors.

Paint Your Wagon straddles multiple genres at once, suggesting something like a western-inflected musical riff on Ernst Lubitsch’s Design for Living. The crux of the story concerns Ben Rumson (Marvin), a ne...

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, who is prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

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Dynamite Entertainment has adapted the ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Emmy nominated "Euphoria" actress Sydney Sweeney, currently co-starring in the Sony/Marvel Studios feature "Madame Web", has been cast as "Barbarella" in a new feature based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

The Dynamite Entertainment title "Barbarella" #1 is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Josephn Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish and Roberto Castro.

"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!

"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone,...

This fall marks 30 awards seasons I’ve covered, not only as neutral observer, which is my main gig, but also as a fervent film fan, quietly cheering on my filmmaking heroes who sometimes manage to put their teams on the field. Sometimes they even manage to win.

But most of the time, I’ve spent the past 30 years hoping, not hyping.

I’ve hoped that the achievements that seem special to me also resonate with voters for the Oscars, Golden Globes, various guilds and critics’ groups. It doesn’t matter, if you care passionately about great cinema, you never hit the “off” button. But I’ve done so in the context of equal attention to everything, no playing favorites, let the fastest horse win at the gate.

I have also managed to personally avoid the predictions game, which now seems to almost dominate coverage across all publications, including this one.

Nineteen sixty-eight has to be considered the apex of psychedelic sexploitation romps, with the release of Candy, adapted from Mason Hoffenberg and Terry Southern’s satirical reworking of Voltaire’s Candide, and Roger Vadim’s Barbarella, based on Jean-Claude Forest’s comic, and partially scripted by Southern (alongside an armada of other credited writers). Both employ a rambling, shaggy-dog structure as an excuse to flagrantly foreground softcore sexual hijinks tinged with a pungent whiff of social commentary, albeit the latter aspect may be easier to discern in Candy’s perverse daisy chain of events.

Southern’s contributions to the Dino De Laurentiis-produced Barbarella can be detected in some of its wittier lines (“A good many dramatic situations begin with screaming!”) and sly pokes at the persistence of class-consciousness. Aside from Southern, the two films are linked by the presence of Anita Pallenberg, style icon and muse of the Rolling...

Though there had been earlier efforts, like Ealing Studios’s Dead of Night from 1945, the horror anthology film came into its own in the 1960s with titles like Kobayashi Masaki’s Kwaidan and the Poe-centric Spirits of the Dead from directors Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, and Federico Fellini. Hammer Films’s rival Amicus churned out no fewer than seven of them in a 10-year period starting with Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors. But the one that really got the omnibus rolling was Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath from 1963, an Italian-American co-production that resulted in two different versions of the film.

After the success of 1960’s Black Sunday, American International Pictures took a more active hand in producing several of Bava’s later films, altering them in the process to suit American audiences that tended to skew younger. The Aip cut of Black Sabbath rearranges its three segments, tones down some...

Exclusive: Bardot, the TV drama about the life of actress Brigitte Bardot, is headed Stateside.

The six-part series be presented in its entirety on the closing night of The American French Film Festival (Tafff) and will be competing in the fest’s Best Series Award category. Co-creator Danièle Thompson will attend the screening.

The Federation Studios drama is billed as “a post-wwii Pygmalion story” in which the young Bardot ignites a sexual revolution in France, only to struggle with her role in that and the cult of celebrity that surrounds her.It traces her life the in 1950s from her first audition aged 15 to her explosive international breakout film, God Created Woman to her performance in Henri-Georges Cluzot’s Truth in 1960.

Julia de Nunez plays Bardot, with Vincent Belmondo playing her first husband, writer/director Roger Vadim. Hippolyte Girardot and Géraldine Paihas also star.

Federation produces and distributes the series,...