Amber Heard is wanted for "Red Sonja"

Avi Lerner, the producer of "Red Sonja" movie told so himself to Empire Magazine, "Amber is the new Red Sonja, but she doesn't even know it yet!". The production planned to cast Rosie McGowan as the lead role, however the process halted for a moment but now Nu Image and Millennium Films announced that it's back on track.

Here's a detail about "Red Sonja" from Coming Soon:

The character of Red Sonja, a fiery-haired warrioress in a chainmail bikini, seeks vengeance on those who destroyed her family. In her path of destruction she discovers a larger purpose for her unearthly powers: to save all Hyrkania from the villainous Kulan Gath.

Long in development, Red Sonja was once announced to star Rose McGowan and would have featured Robert Rodriguez and Doug Aarniokoski directing. (Officially, Aarniokoski would direct, but Rodriguez told a crowd at Comic-Con in 2008 that that was the result of the tricky ins and outs of dealing with the Director's Guild and that he'd be very much hands-on behind the camera). The project even went so far as to receive teaser posters and other promotional images.

While the character is often credited to Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), she only takes her name from another, unrelated Howard character and was primarily designed by Roy Thomas to appear in Marvel Comics' take on Howard's Hyborian Age. "Red Sonja" comics are currently published by Dynamite Entertainment.

Red Sonja will presumably spinoff from the upcoming Conan the Barbarian, hitting theaters on August 19th.

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