The
Red Sonja film reboot, which has been long in the works at Millennium Films, has just announced which actress will be playing its fiery, sword-wielding heroine,
per The Hollywood Reporter.
Hannah John-Kamen, best known for her roles in
Ant-Man and the Wasp,
Brave New World and
Killjoys, has been cast as the titular superheroine with a penchant for chainmail armor.
The project has been gestating for quite some time, although it was announced in June 2019 that director
Joey Soloway would be replacing
Bryan Singer behind the camera, as well as penning the script. Earlier this year,
Tasha Huo, the showrunner and executive producer behind the
Tomb Raider animated series for Netflix and Legendary, was confirmed to be co-writing the script with Soloway.