RED SONJA Enlists REVENGE Star Matilda Lutz To Play The Titular Flame-Haired Warrior

RED SONJA Enlists REVENGE Star Matilda Lutz To Play The Titular Flame-Haired Warrior

Production is now underway on Millennium Media's Red Sonja reboot, with Revenge star Matilda Lutz on board to play the legendary flame-haired warrior of the title. Check out the rest of the cast...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 24, 2022 09:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Red Sonja

Millennium Media's Red Sonja has not had the smoothest of journeys to the screen, but we recently learned that the reboot had enlisted a new director in M.J. Bassett, and the movie has now found its lead.

THR (via SFFGazette.com) reports that production is already underway in Bulgaria, with Revenge star Matilda Lutz taking over from Hannah John Kamen as the titular warrior after the Ant-Man and The Wasp actress was forced to part ways with the project due to a scheduling conflict.

The cast will also feature Wallis Day as Annisia, Robert Sheehan as Draygan, Michael Bisping as Hawk, Martyn Ford as General Karlak and Eliza Matengu as Amarak.

Brigitte Nielsen previously played Red Sonja in the 1985 movie of the same name. It was slaughtered by critics at the time and wasn't a big hit for MGM, but has since gone on to find a cult following.

“I’ve wanted to make a Red Sonja movie since I was a teenager — she has been a powerful presence for me and a character that I have always wanted to bring to the screen with my own voice and vision. When I met Matilda Lutz, I knew she had all the magic I was looking for and could see the complexity and depth she would bring to Sonja,” Bassett said in a statement.

“M.J. is an amazing filmmaker with fantastic vision and Matilda was absolutely brilliant in Revenge that we knew she was right for this role the moment we saw her — making them the perfect duo for Red Sonja,” added Millennium Media president Jeffrey Greenstein.

In addition to her blistering performance in Revenge, Lutz has appeared in the likes of Zone 414, Rings, and A Classic Horror Story. Bassett’s previous projects include Solomon Kane, Endangered Species, Rogue, and episodes of Freeform’s Motherland: Fort Salem.

No release date has been announced.

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99OPTIMISTPRIME
99OPTIMISTPRIME - 8/24/2022, 9:36 AM
Been meaning to watch that movie.🤣
GhostDog
GhostDog - 8/24/2022, 9:39 AM
Revenge is such a great movie.


HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 8/24/2022, 10:42 AM
@GhostDog - it absolutely is, she did a terrific job.
grif
grif - 8/24/2022, 2:31 PM
@GhostDog - it was alright.
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 8/24/2022, 9:45 AM
Most of the directors movies have been shit so I don’t expect anything good.
Kyos
Kyos - 8/24/2022, 9:48 AM
Sure, okay, sounds good to me. How many years have they been trying to make a new Red Sonja movie? Feels like a decade at the very least.


MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 8/24/2022, 9:51 AM
I have zero faith that this movie will be good, but Lutz is a great pick for the role.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 8/24/2022, 10:51 AM
@RorMachine - exactly what I wanted to say as well.

I might add I have also little faith that this movie will be made at all.
suitekid
suitekid - 8/24/2022, 10:10 AM
I don’t really have anything to use as signpost of quality on this film but Revenge is phenomenal and Lutz is gonna kill it in this film. Even if it’s a dumpster fire. I like to be optimistic though.
MitcHendricks
MitcHendricks - 8/24/2022, 10:16 AM
Amazing they didn't tokenize a redhead for once.
Toblakai
Toblakai - 8/24/2022, 10:19 AM
@MitcHendricks - no kidding hey?
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/24/2022, 10:28 AM
@MitcHendricks - She had been at first but they changed their minds.
PC04
PC04 - 8/24/2022, 10:16 AM
They keep trying to make Red Sonja happen....will it finally get made?
MasterMix
MasterMix - 8/24/2022, 10:22 AM
Don't you dare leave out the chain mail bikini!
Blergh
Blergh - 8/24/2022, 10:57 AM
Development hell has been burning on this picture.
In production since 2008 (possibly earlier), multiple delays because actors (Rose McGowan, Amber Heard, Hannah John-Kamen) and producers parted ways with it (Bryan Singer *cough*).

I can’t blame Hannah for abandoning it, doesn’t sound like scheduling to me and rather her management realizing that this film will never happen and hamper her bookability for further projects.
If there was a „scheduling conflict“ they must have had a director, script and shooting schedule in place
SummersEssex
SummersEssex - 8/24/2022, 11:07 AM
Heh... titular.
Forthas
Forthas - 8/24/2022, 12:07 PM
I think I would have gone with someone a little more Amazonian like 5'11 actress Ilfenesh Hadera...

GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 8/24/2022, 12:19 PM
@Forthas -
Forthas
Forthas - 8/24/2022, 12:25 PM
@GeneralZod -


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