RED SONJA Reboot Reportedly Offers BORAT Star Sacha Baron Cohen Key Role Opposite Hannah John-Kamen

RED SONJA Reboot Reportedly Offers BORAT Star Sacha Baron Cohen Key Role Opposite Hannah John-Kamen

There may be more exciting news for the Red Sonja reboot on the way, as it's been revealed that Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7) has been offered a key role in the movie. Read on for details.

By JoshWilding - Jun 03, 2021 01:06 AM EST
Filed Under: Red Sonja
Source: The Illuminerdi

Now that Bryan Singer is no longer involved, excitement for the Red Sonja reboot is definitely increasing. Ant-Man and The Wasp star Hannah John-Kamen was recently cast as the title character, and it seems she could be joined by an A-List star based on a report from The Illuminerdi

The site reveals that Millennium Studios has offered Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (yes, that's the actual title, and you can read our review here) star Sacha Baron Cohen the co-lead role of Kulan Gath. As is so often the case, we currently don't know whether he's accepted.

The character debuted in Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian run in the 1970s alongside Red Sonja, later appearing in stories alongside the X-Men. His powers include reality alteration and immortality, and the reboot would mark his live-action debut (he wasn't in the original movie). 

We recently learned that Tasha Huo (the writer of Netflix's Tomb Raider anime series) has been tapped to pen Red Sonja's screenplay. alongside recently announced director Joey Soloway.

When the news about John-Kamen's casting broke, the latter said: "Hannah is a very talented actress who we’ve been following for years and she IS Red Sonja. 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."

We'll keep you updated on whether Cohen ultimately says yes to his first comic book movie role...

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Repian
Repian - 6/3/2021, 2:13 AM
Sacha Baron Cohen can be a character like a King of Thieves or someone similar. Someone similar to Autolycus on the Xena Show.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 6/3/2021, 2:28 AM
@Repian -

Man, today I was reminiscing about the good days when I watched Xena every Saturday, because someone mentioned the show on Twitter

Loved that show.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 6/3/2021, 7:04 AM
@Repian - Lucy Lawless is such a looker.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 6/3/2021, 7:06 AM
@SimplyAz - Fantastic show, hard to believe it's been 25 years. An ex-GF of mine and I would watch it when it was on TV, I think it was Sunday afternoons. I know she wanted to see Kevin Sorbo, but that's cool because I was watching LL.
SimplyAz
SimplyAz - 6/3/2021, 8:02 AM
@GeneralZod -

It was just great and fun, same for Hercules.

My Grandma loved Kevin Sorbo and used to call it, The Show with The Guy with The Long Hair

There were rumours of a Xena sequel
Blergh
Blergh - 6/3/2021, 2:13 AM
Borat is Conan
kitheka
kitheka - 6/3/2021, 2:18 AM
Borat with the Chad vibes.
dracula
dracula - 6/3/2021, 2:25 AM
Never got into Borat
pclark
pclark - 6/3/2021, 4:46 AM
If SBC is in Red Sonja, then it will be a hard pass for me. I cannot stand him in anything more than a bit part/cameo role... and even then... not so much.
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 6/3/2021, 5:27 AM
@pclark - Talladega Nights was about the only think I found him somewhat tolerable in.
marvel72
marvel72 - 6/3/2021, 5:52 AM
Probably Conan,this is going to be shit.
Dredd97
Dredd97 - 6/3/2021, 6:24 AM
The last Borat movie was funny, but not hysterical like the first. I have liked his "dramatic" roles. As long as he isn't Conan the Barbarian lol
slickrickdesigns
slickrickdesigns - 6/3/2021, 6:27 AM
What ever happened to the Rose Magowen Red Sonja??
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 6/3/2021, 6:38 AM
@slickrickdesigns - I thought she abandoned Hollywood over the sexual scandals or something like that.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 6/3/2021, 7:06 AM
Not a Borat fan, but SBC played a memorable Jean Girard.

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