“It was Conan or that” reads Rose McGowan’s brief tweet, confirming yesterday’s news that she was no longer attached to the lead role in the gestating “Red Sonja.” As Robert Rodriguez noted, the project was “waiting until they make the Conan movie before they do [‘Sonja’] — to see how that works for them.” It seems like McGowan met a fork in the road and went in the direction of “Conan.”
However, it seems “Red Sonja”‘s journey to the big screen has hit one more obstacle as the reps for Megan Fox, who was rumored to be taking over the lead role, saying reports are “untrue.” Frankly, that’s fine by us, but really, what else is her publicist going to say? If an offer’s been made, it’s likely they wouldn’t want to reveal that yet. Fox might be nice to look at, but we don’t buy her as a kick-ass female warrior but that might just be because we’re just used to her running away from Michael Bay’s giant, shiny robots.
We imagine that until “Conan” is in the can, movement on this project will be stalled to some degree. As for casting, how about an unknown instead of just some hot bod that can fill out some skimpy medieval gear?
