A set pic from the Red Sonja reboot shows a blood spattered Matilda Lutz, in bikini armor, with director M.J. Bassett

A reboot of Red Sonja spent almost fifteen years in growth hell earlier than going into manufacturing in 2022 with director M.J. Bassett (Solomon Kane) on the helm. Before Bassett signed on, the venture had handed by means of the palms of administrators Robert Rodriguez, Simon West, Bryan Singer, and Joey Soloway, with Hannah John-Kamen, Rose McGowan, and Amber Heard being thought-about for the lead position. Matilda Lutz ended up starring in the movie, and whereas we nonetheless don’t know after we’ll get to see her model of the title character in motion, a set pic has simply arrived on-line to offer us a take a look at a blood spattered Lutz sporting a model of the character’s iconic bikini armor. You can test it out on the backside of this text.

Lutz has beforehand stated that she wore the steel bikini throughout a sequence that takes place in an area with a number of extras and entails her character “fighting monsters.”

Bassett directed the movie from a screenplay by Joey Soloway (Transparent) and Tasha Huo (Netflix’s Tomb Raider anime). This model of Red Sonja is derived from the sword and sorcery comedian books by Dynamite Entertainment, primarily based on the character created by Robert E. Howard and tailored by Roy Thomas. Details on the plot are being saved beneath wraps. All we all know is that Sonja is “a fearsome warrior boasting a high degree of skill with a sword”.

In the forged with Lutz (Revenge) are Rhona Mitra (Doomsday), Wallis Day (Sex/Life) as Annisia, Robert Sheehan (The Umbrella Academy) as Draygan, Michael Bisping (xXx: Return of Xander Cage) as Hawk, Martyn Ford (F9: The Fast Saga) as General Karlak, Eliza Matengu (Thor: Love and Thunder) as Amarak, Manal El Feitury (Code Red) as Ayala, and Katrina Durden (Doctor Strange) as Saevus.

Red Sonja is being produced by Jeffrey Greenstein, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Andrea Sperling, Yariv Lerner, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, Joe Gatta, and Tanner Mobley. Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Trevor Short, Luke Lieberman, Nick Barrucci, and Dorothy Canton function government producers.

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