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Robert Rodriguez will direct Barbarella for a 2008 Universal Pictures release, reports Variety.

Rodriguez is working with Casino Royale screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade on the remake of the 1968 film starring Jane Fonda as a futuristic mercenary. That version was produced by Dino De Laurentiis, who is producing the remake with Martha De Laurentiis.

Barbarella first appeared seven years earlier in a French comic book written and illustrated by Jean-Claude Forest.

"I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I'm truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe," Rodriguez said.

Dino De Laurentiis hinted at the flavor of the remake: "In our vision, the future is female, and I can't wait to introduce 'Barbarella' to a new generation of moviegoers," he said.

Purvis and Wade recently finished scripting the next installment in the Bond franchise, James Bond 22.