‘Barbarella’ (1968) was based on the erotic science fiction comics by Jean-Claude Forest and Claude Brulé that became very popular Between the 1960s and 1970s, a story about a young adventurer who travels in space with not-quite-autumn-season models, in search of a villain who wants to end humanity.
Galactic Festive Euphoria
If in the 60s the comics were adapted to the big screen and their heroine was Jane Fonda, now she’s Sydney Sweeney, the blonde leading lady of ‘Euphoria’, the one that will be put inside the leotards after having achieved world fame thanks to the HBO Max series, what is not known is if the veteran actress, who is currently 84 years old, will have any participation in the new adaptation .
The actress recently attended the Elle Women in Hollywood Awards and Entertainment Tonight. was asked about the new movie being prepared by Sony Pictures:
“I’m so excited to wear all those tight outfits. But also, she’s an iconic and fun character. And I want to keep that fun alive through Barbarella. So I have plenty of it for everyone to see. I can’t tell you if I’ve talked to Jane Fonda.”
The original film was a Franco-Italian production directed by Roger Vadim and starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau, Claude Dauphin, Véronique Vendell, Giancarlo Cobelli, Serge Marquand, and Nino Musco.