{"id":254824,"date":"2025-07-11T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254824\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:23:09","slug":"matilda-lutz-leads-movie-reboot-of-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/254824\/","title":{"rendered":"Matilda Lutz Leads Movie Reboot of Comic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/samuel-goldwyn-films\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Samuel Goldwyn Films<\/a> has released the first trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/red-sonja\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red Sonja<\/a>, the fantasy reboot of the beloved comic character. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/matilda-lutz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matilda Lutz<\/a> stars as Red Sonja, the sword-and-sorcery\u00a0character who must unite her people against an impending threat.<\/p>\n<p>The official synopsis reads: \u201cCaptured. Chained. Forced to fight for survival. Red Sonja must battle her way through the blood-soaked pits of a tyrant\u2019s empire and rally an army of outcasts to reclaim her freedom and take down Dragan and his ruthless bride, Dark Annisia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the Red Sonja <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Oqql6RErHc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trailer<\/a> below (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch more videos<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>What happens in the Red Sonja trailer?<\/p>\n<p>The action-packed trailer features Red Sonja showcasing her elite combat skills with her sword, fists, and a bow and arrow. Enslaved, Red Sonja must escape captivity and lead a rebellion to free her people from tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone has to make a stand. Nothing but death awaits us,\u201d Red Sonja says in the trailer. \u201cI will do what damage I can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Besides Lutz, Red Sonja stars Robert Sheehan, Wallis Day, Martyn Ford, Michael Bisping, Phillip Winchester, and Trevor Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sonja is directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/m-j-bassett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">M. J. Bassett<\/a>, a filmmaker best known for helming Deathwatch and Silent Hill: Revelation. Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft showrunner Tasha Huo penned the screenplay for Red Sonja.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sonja was in development hell for nearly two decades. Bryan Singer and Joey Soloway were both attached to the project within the last 10 years. <\/p>\n<p>Red Sonja is based on the character created by Roy Thomas\u00a0and artist\u00a0Barry Windsor-Smith\u00a0for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/marvel-comics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marvel Comics<\/a>. The character was often paired with Conan the Barbarian in the comics.<\/p>\n<p>In 1985, Brigitte Nielsen\u00a0headlined Red Sonja in the titular role. Nielsen starred alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.superherohype.com\/tag\/arnold-Schwarzenegger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arnold Schwarzenegger<\/a>, who played Lord Kalidor. The film flopped critically and financially, destroying any chance of an immediate sequel. <\/p>\n<p>Red Sonja hits theaters on August 15, 2025. The fantasy movie then heads to digital on August 29, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the first trailer for Red Sonja, the fantasy reboot of the beloved comic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[77,97936,16280,3943,97937,739,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-254824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-matilda-lutz","10":"tag-movie-news","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-red-sonja","13":"tag-trailers","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114831753814525893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}