ROSE MCGOWAN SPLIT WITH FIANCE DIRECTOR ROBERT RODRIGUEZ OPENS MOVIE ROLES FOR OTHERS- New York Post

So no Red Sonja or Barbarella? Can't say that bothers me.

Same. Rose is just meh.

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Grindhouse is the only thing I've ever liked her in. Oh, and Doom Generation too. That's it.
I also proudly proclaim my love for '80s Brigitte Nielsen and Jane Fonda.

I kind of liked Jaw breaker. Manson is in it for like a minute.

rose must be gutted.

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McGowan Dispels Rodriguez Split Reports
Actress Rose McGowan has blasted reports she has been dropped from her director fiance Robert Rodriguez's forthcoming movie "Barbarella," amid rumors of a split.

The couple, which met on the set of 2007's double bill "Grindhouse," was alleged to have parted ways following a row over financial difficulties for the remake of the 1968 cult classic, in which McGowan would take the lead role.

She was also due to star in two of Rodriguez's other projects -- "Red Sonja" and "Woman in Chains!" -- when reports of the break-up emerged.

But the actress' representative has denied the pair has ended their working relationship, telling People.com, "The production of all three films is moving forward with Rose to star."

And a source close to McGowan insists the 34-year-old beauty is still with the filmmaker: "She and Robert are fine."

I don't see a need for a remake of Red Sonja, but if it must be done I'd rather Rose than most. I was annoyed she never got to share screen time with Shannen in Charmed. I'd probably have watched, or something.

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I wanted to see Rose as Barbarella

Who should play Pygar? Crucial question.

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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

That's kind of sad that they would break up for that?? I mean, he left his wife and five kids for her so now that she doesn't get those roles they're done? I surley hope not. They are a hot couple.

already ha ha

Me too

Ditto, it would have been cool.
At least Shannen will be in the BH 90210 spin off.

I'm so jealous that she is with Rodriguez.

but, even though I know nothing about what happened between his wife and him, I feel really crushed when I try to imagine being dropped for someone younger and more Hollywood beautiful (thinner and glamorous) after 16 years of marriage and a few kids.

I believe Robert and his wife have both said they broke up before he started dating Rose.

Is Gabrielle Carteris 50 yet? 55?

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Time is the distance that you can't return by miles.

"I escaped somehow. Let's go"

actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

t's been postulated in the past that, as a rule, Hollywood should avoid remaking good movies. While the practice saves money on script acquisition and development costs by recycling already fully realized ideas, there's really nowhere to go but down when the shoot is in the can.

Why not leave the classics alone? Why put Vince Vaughn in a line-for-line redo of Psycho? What did we do to Tim Burton that he would want to fling his Planet of the Apes at us? The Stepford Wives wasn't just about mindless robots. It was made by them. Roland Emmerich's Godzilla? "God-awful." Couldn't someone have set fire to The Wicker Man before we had to sit through it? Steve Martin's Pink Panther was evidently not painful enough as we're getting a sequel soon. With Keanu Reeves in the lead, wlll The Earth "Stand Still" from sheer boredom?

Most of these remakes tire out at the box office before they arrive. Still producers and studio executives think putting stars we probably want to see in movies that we've already seen will bring us into the multiplex.

But Tinsel Town might've hit on a new strategy last week with the announced redo of Red Sonja starring Rose McGowan. This new breed of remake mixes a new chemistry -- a star we really don't follow with a movie we barely remember. Now we're cooking with gas.

The original Red Sonja, based on the comic of the same name, cast the versatile Brigitte Nielsen as the brutal beauty. Arnold Schwarzenegger joined Sonja as the blatantly Conan-esque savage warrior, Kalidor.

I saw the movie. I remember swords, shields, stunted dialogue, struggling dialects, muscles and costumes that were incredibly inappropriate for close combat due to both boob heavage and boob exposure (for both Nielsen and Schwarzenegger).

Now, McGowan will have to take up the sword and dye bottle to play the red-haired heroine in this new version. Last seen as Cherry in the promising, yet disappointing Grindhouse, McGowan brings her innate physical charm to any roll, but the only person really tripping over themselves to get to a Rose McGowan performance is her husband/boyfriend/ex (whatever), Robert Rodriguez (who probably also directed the same movie he's tripping toward).

Still, we're left to wonder if Hollywood will continue with this concoction of casting the "who's that?" in the "who cares?" with other actors and titles. What if we cast Rosie O'Donnell in Showgirls? Vin Diesel in Glen or Glenda? Nia Vardalos and Fabio in Gigli? Kevin Sorbo in The Beast of Yucca Flats? Lea Thompson in Howard the Duck? See? It's fun when you know the secret.

You're free to offer Hollywood more remake gold. Readers are invited to pitch their own rehash concepts and casting below in the comments section.

McGowan Making Triumphant Screen Return as Red Sonja | The Underwire from Wired.com

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thanks for posting that article!