Red Sonja is casted

[GOLGO 13]

I hope she will get in shape for the role.

Would be the bare minimum effort. Then again WOKE Hollywood might give us a FAT, empowered Red Sonja? Wouldn't that be...something.

What a pleasant surprise, hope they don't change the costume. Amy Chu had a pretty good run on Sonja a few years back. Maybe they'll base it off that.

You'd think that the main thing she's known for would be automatically included, but HW is now super-WOKE so lets see how bad they butcher it.

Gail Simone is an advisor on the film as well apparently.

Interest is steadily diminishing...things getting dark...flatlining...wait, I see a light...Oh hi Satan.

Sounds like a decent casting choice. Wonder how they're going to handle the bikini question.

Yes, lets agree that it will briefly show up as a joke or gag like Hugh Jackman talking about a "yellow costume".

I don't see why people keep wanting to cast her in things just because she has muscles. From what I've seen, she's a bad actress. Get a good actress first and they can hire a trainer. Look at Chris Pratt or Natalie Portman, etc... And if an actress's build is the most important thing, then Rousey is wrong anyway because she doesn't have the cup size to fill out that metal bikini. (which is the wrong way to think, is my point just to be clear)

Well, Rousey is cute & can get in great shape but Red Sonja is NOT Game of Thrones so maybe, maybe.

To your bikini point, agree. A actor should "fit" their role.

[Panic]

If a sword is her primary method of attack she shouldn't be too bulked-up. I don't think Sonja is about brute strength.

[Agent Z]

Anyone who is expecting the chainmail bikini is setting themselves up for disappointment. And it's exclusion will have nothing to do with "woke" Hollywood. Comic book adaptations in general don't include revealing outfits like that and there is a correlation between such outfits being included and the movie being bad. See Batman & Robin, X-Men: Apocalypse and the Vampirella movie from the 90s.

[Agent Z]

If a sword is her primary method of attack she shouldn't be too bulked-up. I don't think Sonja is about brute strength.

Sonya in the comics isn't very muscular either so I don't see why John-Kamen would need to bulk up so much.

[Nate Grey]

Is there any chance we're getting Red SonYa,


just with the Red SonJa spelling? That's one way to sidestep the bikini issue altogether. I've always wanted to see that version.

[CosmiComic]

Manly? No one is asking these women to become bodybuilders for their roles. Getting to the level of a typical athlete is good enough.

People will still complain. People will complain either way. It's not fair but it happens

Battle skirt. Hence the WW comparison.

Ok

Anyone who is expecting the chainmail bikini is setting themselves up for disappointment. And it's exclusion will have nothing to do with "woke" Hollywood. Comic book adaptations in general don't include revealing outfits like that and there is a correlation between such outfits being included and the movie being bad. See Batman & Robin, X-Men: Apocalypse and the Vampirella movie from the 90s.

Doesn't stop people whining about how "wokeness" is ruining their precious media

[Zauriel]

Manly? No one is asking these women to become bodybuilders for their roles. Getting to the level of a typical athlete is good enough.

Well, Christopher Sleeve built his body and trained his muscles when he was hired to play Superman.

They cast a bodybuilder with very little acting experience into the Conan role. Conan was Arnold Schwarzenegger's first leading role. He only starred in one film prior to the Conan movie.

[Immortal Weapon]

People will still complain. People will complain either way. It's not fair but it happens

And? Who cares?

[CosmiComic]

And? Who cares?

I mean, I don't. But people are already complaining she's not muscular.

[phonogram12]

Almost every time there's fan uproar about the casting of a female comic book character, at least one (if not both) of these complaints gets mentioned in some way, shape or form:

1.) not white enough (sometimes under the guise of "what does Hollywood have against redheads?")

2.) wrong build (usually code for "boobs aren't big enough")

[BeastieRunner]

Almost every time there's fan uproar about the casting of a female comic book character, at least one (if not both) of these complaints gets mentioned in some way, shape or form:

1.) not white enough (sometimes under the guise of "what does Hollywood have against redheads?")

2.) wrong build (usually code for "boobs aren't big enough")

Both have shown up in this thread already.

[Immortal Weapon]

Both have shown up in this thread already.

I haven't seen anyone be disappointed that the actress ain't stacked enough to be the character.

[CosmiComic]

Almost every time there's fan uproar about the casting of a female comic book character, at least one (if not both) of these complaints gets mentioned in some way, shape or form:

1.) not white enough (sometimes under the guise of "what does Hollywood have against redheads?")

2.) wrong build (usually code for "boobs aren't big enough")

Exactly. The whole "redheads are being replaced thing" really comes off as basically racist

And God forbid a woman with a different kind of build gets cast!

[OopsIdiditagain]

What is it with redheads and dark-skinned performers ?

Although in all seriousness I don't see them not dyeing her hair otherwise the name doesn't work.

"Darkskinned"? She's literally whitepassing.

[abulafia]

i am so confused. in the past, religious nutters went against body exposure and sexual depictions. now it seems the cultural inquisition has been taken over by the so called left. it´d rather call them livestyle-left. they take the moral highground to make themselves feel better. what is wrong with blood, gore and sex in escapism? i am sure educated citizens can cope with that.
spartacus was a massive hit in dvd sales and streaming. there is a market