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Never heard of her but that's quite a step up.

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The cast looks good. I don't know how Wallis Day didn't snag the lead since she is stunning. Lutz might be a more talented actress but Day looks the part.

The director said that she has always wanted to make a Red Sonja film so this could be good. The director did a good job with Solomon Kane. It's a bit odd that the director is now transgender BUT that will not impact their ability to do their job.

The most experienced script writer has done comedies so I hope this isn't another comedic action film. Women like comedy so a funny script would appeal to women.

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Tranny director? Oh, for God's sake!

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Yeah it does. They should have hired a female director and not a fake one. What are the producers trying to say, that they think a woman may be able to direct but only if she used to be a man?

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Joey Soloway was the original director and they are a non-binary person who changed their name from Jill to Joey. I don't see much of a difference between a chick who is now a dude and a dude who is now a chick.

I'm more concerned about their body of work and Soloway did mostly comedies while Bennett has done mostly action movies. Bennett also noted in the article linked below that they have wanted to do a version of Red Sonja since their teens and that bodes well. The Red Sonja character was created and developed by men so the gender of the director should not matter.

https://theplaylist.net/red-sonja-remake-bassett-lutz-20220824/#:~:text=News-,%27Red%20Sonja%27%3A%20Director%20M.J.%20Bassett%20Replaces%20Joey%20Soloway%2C,Lutz%20Takes%20Over%20Titular%20Role&text=A%20remake%20of%20the%201985,for%20ages%20at%20Millennium%20Media.

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You don’t see a difference? Maybe you shouldn’t have slept through biology class in school.

Also, Soloway is a woman who can’t make up her mind. She isn’t a man and changing her name on her license doesn’t change that or erase her gender. It merely causes yet more confusion in the world like most of the woke messaging these days.

But I agree about Bennett being more qualified than Soloway. Look, I don’t care if a kangaroo directs this damn thing. I’m a big Sonja fan and just want it done right, including the casting, which they still haven’t gotten right.

My point is it’s odd that studios have been pushing affirmative action past few years to assign women to direct female-led projects and directors of related races to direct films about specific racial characters but then hire a trans to do this. If I were an (actual) female director — and not just “identifying” as one — I’d be severely pissed, just like the female athletes fighting to prevent trans women from competing against them.

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I don't think Bennett would ever work again as a white male BUT they can now check the box as an LGBTQ+ director. The Hollywood playbook is spelled out in various inclusion standards so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. I read the Daily Mail so I know what is going on. I've been buying the Conan omnibuses so I'm a big fan of Red Sonja. The transgender thing ticks off the feminazi dykes since men are putting on a wig and beating them at their own game. The Wachowski brothers are talented and they both transitioned into chix with dix.

https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-establishes-representation-and-inclusion-standards-oscarsr-eligibility

https://reimaginetomorrow.disney.com/assets/ABC-INCLUSION-STANDARDS-ONE-PAGER-6-16-21.pdf

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10391261/Hollywood-barely-whisper-wokeness-kill-industry-PETER-KIEFER-PETER-SAVODNIK.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8712329/Oscars-set-widespread-new-diversity-inclusion-initiatives-effect-2024.html

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now filming

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M.J. Bassett wrote and directed some movies and directed a few TV eps. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1068186/

Solomon Kane 6.1
Silent Hill: Revelation 4.9
Inside Man: Most Wanted 5.6

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First look at Mathilda Lutz wearing the armor on set.

https://www.joblo.com/red-sonja-set-pic/amp/

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