Barbarella will return to the big screen with Sydney Sweeney

American actress Sydney Sweeney will be Sony Pictures Entertainment’s new Barbarella in film.

After “Madame Web”, together with Dakota Johnson, Sony Pictures Entertainment again bets on Sydney Sweeney (“Everything sucks!”, “The Handmaid’s Tale”, “Sharp Objects”, “Euphoria”) in a modern version of “Barbarella”. Based on the French comic book series by Jean-Claude Forest, the 1968 film directed by Roger Vadim follows a 41st century astronaut who must find and stop the evil scientist Duran Duran, whose positron beam threatened to bring evil back to the world.

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Sydney Sweeney to star in new Barbarella movie

The project is still in development with no writer or director attached, but Sidney Sweeney is set to executive produce The Registration, which stars her as the lead actress and whose rights have been acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment. In addition to recently launching a production company, the actress has teamed up with Endeavor Content to create a TV adaptation of The Players Table.