Now it has gotten past the speed bump of hiring and quickly firing Bryan Singer as director, the remake of Red Sonja has locked in its lead. Ant-Man And The Wasp's Hannah John-Kamen will play the titular warrior.
Transparent creator Joey Soloway is directing the project and co-wrote the script with Tasha Huo, and they have come up with a fresh take on the character originally created by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith for Marvel Comics’ Conan The Barbarian comic in the early 1970s as an amalgam of several characters from Conan creator Robert E. Howard.
"Hannah is a very talented actress who we’ve been following for years and she IS Red Sonja,” said Soloway in a statement carried by The Hollywood Reporter. "Her range, sensibilities and strength are all qualities we have been looking for and we couldn’t be more excited to embark on this journey together."
Millennium is backing the new film, with 300's Mark Canton producing alongside Courtney Solomon. And given Hannah John-Kamen's Ant-Man credentials, can an Empire Podcast reference to Sonny Burch be anything other than essential?