EXCLUSIVE: Rose McGowan Says She’s Still ‘Barbarella’

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Published 4/11/2008 by JA at my new plaid pants
... --- Her name is not Pretty-Pretty, It's Barbarella - Rose McGowan tells MTV that she is indeed still attached to Robert Rodriguez's remake of the camp classic Barbarella. I know some people out there have issues with Rose and all the "home-wrecker" and "casting couch" taunts she invites, but I still love her and think she's the perfect gal for this job. Go go go Barbarella! Perhaps she can find some way to attach a machine-gun to her leg? It being Barbarella, a machine-gun would likely be called a Pleasure Phallus of ...

Rose McGowan is Still Barbarella, and Production is Speeding Forward
Published 4/11/2008 by Monika Bartyzel at Cinematical
... , stating that the whole mess was just a matter of money -- an excuse that seems pretty ridiculous considering what the double R can do with almost no money. Now Rose has assured MTV that she is still the star, and things are moving along quite quickly. ...

Rose McGowan is Still Barbarella
Published 4/11/2008 at "SuperHeroHype.com - 30 most recent stories"
... remake at Universal Pictures. But then rumors began over budget issues and that the studio didn't want McGowan in the role. Wrong, she tells MTV . "[The news that I was out] was really irritating because I know all the people over there and obviously it wasn't true. It was very malicious and there was no proof. Oftentimes these things have basis in truth but this didn't. I have contracts to prove it." She added that half of the sets have been built and the costumes are done. She's "even got my spaceships. I've got part of a spaceship built for me!" The hold up at the ...

Barbarella is back with McGowan
Published 4/11/2008 at Filmstalker
... being in the lead. He even said that they didn't know if the film was going to get made and the week after the story was the crucial one. He even suggested that the film might go back to Universal, and yet we've heard nothing since. Until now with the story from McGowan through MTV Movies Blog and ...

Brand-New New Kids on the Block Single Leaks to Internet; World Rejoices
Published 4/11/2008 at Vulture
... pitched him a reality show called MILF Lagoon. Is that where Fey got the idea for MILF Island? We doubt it, since setting it in a lagoon would completely change the tone of the show. [Daily Intel] Barbarella Still Happening After All: Rose McGowan tells MTV that she's still slated to star as space vixen Barbarella in Robert Rodriguez's upcoming remake, even though some say that might not be a good idea. [Movies Blog/MTV] ...

Rose McGowan Insists that Barbarella is still on!
Published 4/12/2008 by john@themovieblog.com (John Campea) at The Movie Blog
... easy fit into a sexually dominate role. So when news came out that she would be in a remake to play Jane Fonda’s provocative role of Barbarella, I thought it was awesome. The role was originally rumoured to go to Sienna Miller or Lindsay Lohan, but then Rose won out (perhpas by dating the director?) Then news was flying everywhere that the movie was canned or that Rose was no longer involved. Well apparently this isn’t so. Straight from that very sexy mouth, MTVMovies Blog quotes Rose: “[The news that I was out] was really irritating ...

Rose McGowan Still Clinging to Barbarella Role
Published 4/12/2008 by Neil Miller at Film School Rejects
... But all that should be put to rest, says the sultry temptress, because not only is she the one that will be filling the cosmic garter of Barbarella, but pre-production itself is already underway. At least, that is what she told MTV recently. “Half of the sets have been built. The costumes are done,” the actress confessed, adding with a laugh that she’s “even got my spaceships. I’ve got part of a spaceship built for me!” ...

Rose McGowan Says She’s Still ‘Barbarella’
Published 4/12/2008 at OH NO!!
... for one, can’t wait to step into those knee-high boots, calling herself a big “fan of the original.” Any pressure to live up to the legend? “The original doesn’t have a lot to go on plot-wise. It’s one thing to do a remake of something that could have been much better storywise even if it was fantastic visually. It’s another thing to remake something flawless,” McGowan said. “That way if yours isn’t that good at least yours is better than that one.” Source i love her sooo much even if she is a homewrecker and whatnot...then again robert is ...

Rose McGowan Says Barbarella Still Moving Forward
Published 4/12/2008 by Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net
... Barbarella and had cast his own girlfriend Rose McGowan in it. Our report said that this casting decision, plus a skyrocketing budget that was pushing $100 million, had caused Universal to back out of their initial agreements and thus the project had hit a wall. Now five months later, McGowan not only denies that any of that was true to begin with, but says the Barbarella remake is actually still on track to be made this year. MTV recently caught up with Rose McGowan and got all the latest updates on the project. ...

Rose McGowan Says Robert Rodriguez’s Barbarella is Happening, Sets Built, Contracts Signed.
Published 4/12/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
... Actress Rose McGowan tells MTV that “I’ve got part of a spaceship built for me!” In other words, she’s the pale, titular character in Robert Rodriguez’s big budget remake of Barbarella and the doubters can eat cake. We’ve known about her attachment to the role made famous by a pin-up era Jane Fonda for ions now, but last year rumors ...

Rose McGowan Says She is 'Barbarella' but She Shouldn't
Published 4/13/2008 at RopeofSilicon: Latest Headlines
... >. Well, McGowan tells MTV that just ain't the case. McGowan tells the site, "[The news that I was out] was really irritating because I know all the people over there and obviously it wasn’t true. It was very malicious and there was no proof... Oftentimes these things have basis in truth but this didn’t. I have contracts to prove it." Oh, go on Rose, prove you are in a remake of a movie that is utter trash! If it wasn't for the promise of Jane Fonda floating nude in space at the beginning, areolae popping up everywhere and the awkwardly interesting Pleasure Organ this ...

Stalled 'Barbarella' Remake Coming Together Nicely In Rose McGowan's Head [The End Of Ideas]
Published 4/14/2008 by STV at Defamer
... Rose McGowan grabbed another opportunity to swear on a stack of imaginary scripts that she is super-seriously-definitely reprising Jane Fonda's original role in the long-gestating Robert Rodriguez do-over. And it is a do-over according to McGowan, who gets her critical faculties (and probably a few tempers at Universal) in a lather just thinking about it: ...

New Barbarella Already Has Her Spaceship [Barbarella]
Published 4/14/2008 by Charlie Jane Anders at io9
... movie is much further along than you realize. Not only is she signed up, but a lot of the pre-production work is done, including the costumes and a lot of the sets — including part of Barbarella's spaceship. "I've got part of a spaceship built for me!" she exults. (Dear readers: please send us pics of those sets. Thanks.) The only wrinkle: Barbarella wouldn't be able to finish shooting by June, when the actors' strike is supposed to start. Image by Z. Tomaszewski/WENN. [MTV Movies] ...

Rose McGowan Here To Stay As “Barbarella”?
Published 4/15/2008 by Rick at TunaFlix
... Just plain not true, McGowan recently told MTV: “[The news that I was out] was really irritating because I know all the people over there and obviously it wasn’t true. It was very malicious and there was no proof. Oftentimes these things have basis in truth but this didn’t. I have contracts to prove it.” ...

Costume Dramas: Barbarella Psychadella
Published 4/19/2008 by Kirby at Movie Dearest
... As you can see here, Rose McGowan has big, uh ... plastic boob holders? ... to fill when she takes over for Jane Fonda in the planned remake of the 60's sci fi sextravaganza Barbarella. ...

Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: April 20, 2008
Published 4/20/2008 by Niall Browne at Screen Rant
... The word on the street was that Universal Pictures wanted the budget slashed or the main part recast with somebody with a bigger fanbase. - MTV ...

Whatever Happened To These 7 Awesome Movie Projects? [Development Purgatory]
Published 6/9/2008 by Meredith Woerner at io9
... as the director. Rodriguez wanted his lady-love Rose McGowan to star as the sexy space cadet Barbarella. But Universal was not enjoying the casting move and didn't want to front the cash. Could McGowan pull off "sexy nubile blonde" as well as Jane Fonda? This April McGowan spilled that the project was still on (with her in the lead) and that a bunch of pre-production work (including set construction) had already been finished. Rodriguez just has to find a studio willing to put up the $82 million he needs. ...

Hollywood Forever: Long Live Jane Fonda's Boobs [Hello, Pretty Pretty!]
Published 8/4/2008 by T-RO at Defamer
... closest non-friends is especially fun. During her first conquest (I counted four, if you include the sex machine at the end) with the hairy guy, wolf whistles and shouts abounded. The entire thing is so amazing from start to finish, you can't believe it actually got made. And I was horrified to learn that they are planning on remaking it with Robert Rodriguez as the director and Rose McGowan in the lead (that is, until they supposedly broke up in July). Though McGowan insists that she's not been replaced, other names like Kate Beckinsale, Sienna ...