Sydney Sweeney to Star in ‘Barbarella’ Movie for Sony | THR News - video Dailymotion

There have been numerous attempts to launch a new version in the ensuing years.

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00:00Sydney Sweeney is lining up her next major tentpole, a starring role in a new take on Barbarella.

00:07Sweeney will also executive produce the project, which is currently in development at Sony.

00:12Sweeney has been on the rise in recent years with breakout roles on Euphoria and The White Lotus,

00:17both of which earned her Emmy nominations. She also has Madame Web at Sony, the film starring

00:22Dakota Johnson as a Spider-Man character, which is due out in October of 2023. Barbarella based

00:28on the character in the 1962 French graphic magazine was a female mercenary roaming the

00:33universe in the distant future, taking on various missions. Jane Fonda played the character in the

00:381968 film and a musical was produced in 2004. A number of attempts have been made over the years

00:45to launch a new film in 2007 and 2009 with Rose McGowan attached to star in the former.

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