According to reports, actress Megan Fox ("Transformers") has been offered the lead role of swashbuckling "Red Sonja", based on the woman warrior character created by "Conan" author Robert E. Howard.
The character is loosely based on "Red Sonya of Rogatino" from author Howard's original short story "The Shadow of the Vulture" (January 1934), rewritten by comic book writer Roy Thomas as a 1973 'Conan' story for Marvel Comics "Conan the Barbarian" (1973).
Thomas also based his 'Red Sonja' on another Howard character, 'Dark Agnes de Chastillon', a swords-woman in 16th-century France.
'Red Sonja' is different from Howard's original 'Red Sonya'. Besides tweaking the spelling of her name, Thomas transformed her from a sword- and pistol-wielding supporting character of the late Renaissance into a sword-wielding heroine of Conan's prehistoric 'Hyborian Age'. 
The origin story, following the release of a new "Conan" feature, will be based on both the Marvel/Dynamite comic books as well as Howard's original pulp magazine stories.
"Howard's goal was always, first and foremost, to spin a good yarn and to entertain," said producer Robert Rodriguez.Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Red Sonja"...
