I think it’s become quite obvious that the proposed RED SONJA movie is not happening anytime soon. Back in September, Rose McGowan made it pretty clear that there was a hold-up, but that she was still committed to the project. Then, a couple days ago, McGowan was added to the ever-growing CONAN cast, which of course is also from Millennium, the same company that’s in-line to produce RED SONJA.
Robert Rodriguez had (very brief) occasion to talk to MTV about the delay while at SXSW. Here’s what he had to say:
“If I kept the project myself, we could’ve just made it, but it belonged to another company that had financing problems… They had to wait until they made a couple of other movies first. They’re actually waiting until they make the ‘Conan’ movie before they do that — to see how that works for them.”
Not much, but it further solidifies that we might not be getting RED SONJA for a while; obviously, the success of CONAN will determine a whole lot. The film doesn’t have a release date yet, but that’s because it’s being independently funded by Millennium – I don’t expect to see it in theaters until early next year, however.