actress rose mcgowan was originally intended to portray sonja in 2010's "red sonja" film, but these plans were abandoned after mcgowan suffered injuries that permanently damaged the mobility and strength of her right arm. in a february 2011 interview, film producer avi lerner stated that simon west was hired to direct the film and also mentioned amber heard as the frontrunner to star in the lead role. on february 26, 2015, christopher cosmos was hired to write the film's script. filmmaker mike le han has made a video for his pitch of him directing "red sonja". according to deadline, millennium films will finance and produce a new red sonja movie with avi lerner and joe gatta producing alongside with cinelou films’ mark canton and courtney solomon and writing by ashley miller. in september 2018, "the hollywood reporter" reported that the studio is considering bryan singer to direct the film. the next month in october 2018, singer was confirmed to direct the film. in february 2019, following allegations against singer of sexual assault, millennium stated "red sonja" was no longer on their slate of films. the next month, the studio has removed singer from directing the film. on june 21, 2019, three months after singer was removed as director, the hollywood reporter has reported that jill soloway is hired to write and direct the film.