Red Sonja is an upcoming film, which is an adaptation of the comic book of the same name. The film is still currently in development and an official release date has not been set.
Synopsis[]
Red Sonja, a vengeful warrior known as a "She-Devil with a sword", stars as the protagonist of this film.
Cast[]
- Matilda Lutz as Red Sonja
- Wallis Day as Annisia
- Robert Sheehan as Draygan
- Michael Bisping as Hawk
- Martyn Ford as General Karlak
- Eliza Matengu as Amarak
- Manal El Feitury as Ayala
- Katrina Durden as Saevus
- Oliver Trevena as Tr’aal
- Veronica Ferres as Sonja's mom and Goddess Ashera
- Rhona Mitra
Production[]
Millennium Films has plans to finance and produce a new Red Sonja movie with Avi Lerner and Joe Gatta producing alongside with Mark Canton and Courtney Solomon and writing by Ashley Miller.
In October 2018, Bryan Singer was confirmed to direct the film, yet following allegations against Singer of sexual assault, Millennium stated Red Sonja was no longer on their slate of films and promptly removed Singer as the director.
In June 2019, Millennium Films set creator Jill Soloway to write and direct the upcoming Red Sonja film.[1]
In May 2021, it was announced that Hannah John-Kamen would star in the movie. [2]
In November 2021, the movie was scheduled to begin filming in 2022 [3], but in March 2022 it was reported that John-Kamen and Soloway had exited the project and M.J. Bassett was hired as director. The film is confirmed to be starting production with Matilda Lutz playing the title role.[4]
In August 2022, The film is confirmed to be starting production with Matilda Lutz playing the title role.[5]