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Rodriguez, McGowan team for 'Red Sonja'
Published Friday, Jun 27 2008, 15:02 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Rex Features
McGowan's character, created by Robert E. Howard in 1934, is a flame-haired sword and sorcery heroine described by Rodriguez as "whip-smart... sexy and extremely strong".
"I was surprised when Rose brought me a script of Red Sonja that she liked," Rodriguez said. "I found it very entertaining. Sonja was strong, smart, cunning - just about everything she'd have to be to survive."
Rodriguez will act as the film's producer with Douglas Aarniokoski (Highlander: Endgame) directing.
Rodriguez and McGowan, a couple in real life, previously worked together on Grindhouse and plan to make a new version of Barbarella.
Red Sonja was the basis for an unsuccessful 1985 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen.
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