Director Robert "Planet Terror" Rodriguez will helm an updated re-make of the 1968 sci-fi fantasy feature "Barbarella" set for a 2008 Universal release.
Rodriguez will work with "Casino Royale" writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
Original "Barbarella" producer Dino De Laurentiis will executive produce the re-do with Martha De Laurentiis.
The sexy, "Barbarella" comic strip character was created in 1959 by French illustrator Jean-Claude Forest.
Purvis and Wade recently finished the screenplay for the next "James Bond" installment, "Bond 22", with Paul "Crash" Haggis working on the polish.
Rodriguez will work with "Casino Royale" writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
Original "Barbarella" producer Dino De Laurentiis will executive produce the re-do with Martha De Laurentiis.
The sexy, "Barbarella" comic strip character was created in 1959 by French illustrator Jean-Claude Forest.
Purvis and Wade recently finished the screenplay for the next "James Bond" installment, "Bond 22", with Paul "Crash" Haggis working on the polish.
