Millennium’s new take on comic book character Red Sonja has gone through a few different iterations in recent years, with M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) now directing the movie. The iconic character will now be played by Matilda Lutz (Revenge), and this afternoon Deadline has shared a first look at Lutz as the title character in the new Red Sonja movie.
Deadline notes, “While the character is billed as a fearsome warrior boasting a high degree of skill with a sword, details as to the film adaptation’s plot have so far been kept under wraps.”
The cast also includes Wallis Day, Robert Sheehan, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Manal El-Feitury, Katrina Durden and Oliver Trevena.
The new Red Sonja movie was written by Joey Soloway and Tasha Huo.
Red Sonja, played by Brigitte Nielsen in the 1985 film, is a comic book heroine created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics back in 1973.
The current run of Red Sonja is published by Dynamite Comics.