Megan Fox is being sought by producers of Millennium Films to play the new Red Sonja, after Rose McGowan apparently exited the project her boyfriend, Robert Rodriguez, is producing.
According to pajiba.com, Douglas Aarniokoski is also off as director, with delays in the production being sited as the main reason for both departures. Rodriguez told MTV last month: "If I kept the project myself, we could’ve just made it, but it belonged to another company that had financing problems," said the Sin City helmer. "They had to wait until they made a couple of other movies first," he explained. "They’re actually waiting until they make the Conan movie before they do that - to see how that works for them." McGowan has been cast in the Conan movie as a different character, which made her starring in a Red Sonja movie even more unlikely - Sonja and Conan exist in the same universe.
But what of Megan Fox as Sonja? It’s a role that would require her to carry an entire movie; something she hasn’t done before. The part would require her to be semi-naked for the entire production, so its easy to see why producers have gone for her - that would put teenage bums on seats anyway.