RED SONJA

RED SONJA

Studio: MILLENNIUM FILMS

Prod Co: Cinelou Films, Topple

Dates: TBD 2021

Location: TBD

Budget: TBD

Execs: Studio Executive: Tanner Mobley

Writer (Current): JILL SOLOWAY

Source Material By: Roy Thomas

Ex-Producer: Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Trevor Short, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman,
Scott Karol, Luke Lieberman

Producer: Avi Lerner, Joe Gatta, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, ANDREA SPERLING

Director: JILL SOLOWAY

Logline: After her family is brutally murdered, Red Sonja is determined to get revenge at all costs.

Roles:

[SONJA]
Lead Female (25 - 35)
SONJA: (Reads as late 20's-early 30's) - Originally from a village in Western Hyrkania. Pretends to be weak for the men, but is really strong. Her originally dark brown hair is changed to blood red hair after THE RED GODDESS saves her life and makes her
Blade of Justice, which makes it Sonja's duty to protect the innocent, and vanquish those who prey upon them. Under the tutelage of OZZYUS, she learns the special skills and tactics needed to be an assassin.

[ANNISIA]
Lead Female (25 - 35)
A slave with Red Sonja they formed a bond of sisterhood. Due to past events they are now enemies.

[CYRUS]
Lead Male (25 - 35)
CYRUS: (Reads as late 20's-early 30's) - Becomes the leader of the rebel army that is set to stop Kulan Gath from killing off all the Hyrkanian people.

[OZZYUS]
Lead Male (50 - 59)
OZZYUS: (50's) - Dashing, powerful. A rogue thief and warrior of dubious loyalties but unquestionable heart. He had a daughter once but she contracted an infection and died in his arms at seven years of age. Although skeptical at first he ends up training her to be a true warrior. Saves Sonja's life by spearing a beast that was about to pounce on her and kill her.

[JACK-O'-LANTERN EYES/KULAN GATH]
Supporting Male (40 - 49)
JACK-O'-LANTERN EYES/KULAN GATH: (Reads as 40's) - A King with Seven Chosen Immortals that are under his tutelage, one of these being Sonja's father. He gave them amulates which marked them as future immortals.

[ORNOK]
Supporting Male (40 - 49)
ORNOK: (Reads as 40's) - Leader of the masked men who slash Sonja's father's legs, and threaten their lives with weapons at their throats.

[KASPAR NOROMO/THERON]
Supporting Male (50 - 55)
KASPAR NOROMO/THERON: (Reads as early 50's) - Middle-aged bald man whose life is threatened by Sonja if he does not take her to Theron, but soon she finds out that he is Theron and
he tries to kill her.

[BEARDED MAN]
Supporting Male (50 - 59)
BEARDED MAN: (Reads as 50's) - Wears a distinctive amulet which dangles around his neck. Gets killed by Sonja after she leads him to believe that she needs "help" with her horse.

[TEENAGE SONJA]
Supporting Female (14 - 15)
TEENAGE SONJA: (Reads as 14-15) - Lustrous dark brown hair, full of life and has an unstudied smile. Soon sees her families dead bodies, and actually sees her father's head get cut off by Ornok. Gets raped by Ornok and his men.

[10-YEAR-OLD SONJA]
Supporting Female (10)
10-YEAR-OLD SONJA: (10) - Seen when her father is making her a weapon that she will be given in the future.

[TEENAGE CYRUS]
Supporting Male (14 - 15)
TEENAGE CYRUS: (Reads as 14-15) - A teenage boy from Sonja's childhood in her native village in Western Hyrkania. Tall and scraggy for his age (as a teenage boy).

[SONJA'S FATHER]
Supporting Male (30 - 39)
SONJA'S FATHER: (30's) - Rugged. Good to his wife and his children. Has his head cut off by Ornok and dies, with Sonja witnessing it. He was formerly one of Gath's Seven Chosen Immortals, but hid this from his family.

[BURLY MAN]
Supporting Male (20 - 29)
BURLY MAN: (Reads as 20's) - A soldier who was forced to go along with the other soldiers to try to kill Red Sonja.
He is spared his life.: (Reads as 20's) - A soldier who was forced to go along with the other soldiers to try to kill Red Sonja. He is spared his life.

[DARAN]
Supporting Male (9 - 12)
DARAN: (Reads as 9-12) - Sonja's brother. One of Ornok's men take a hammer to his head and smash his skull open trying to get information from Sonja's father that he will not give them.

[DRANEK]
Supporting Male (50 - 59)
DRANEK: (Reads as 50's) - A nobleman priest to the king. Wears a familiar amulet that gets Sonja angry. Gets killed by Sonja.

[FLOR]
Supporting Female (40 - 49)
FLOR: (Reads as 40's) - Kasper's wife. Open
GREGOR Supporting Male (9 - 12)
GREGOR: (Reads as 9-12) - Sonja's other brother. Killed by Ornok's men.

[LEADER]
Supporting Male (35 - 39)
LEADER: (Reads as late 30's) - One of the higher ranked men of a Rebel Camp. Takes Ozzyus to their leader, Cyrus.

[MILITIA LEADER]
Supporting Male (35 - 39)
MILITIA LEADER: (Reads as late 30's) - The first military commander to capture Sonja after her training. He tells her that she will receive the death penalty for the killing of Kaspar Naromo.

[MIRI]
Supporting Female (9)
MIRI: (Reads as 9) - Kasper's daughter. Reminds Sonja of herself at that age, but soon becomes a source of rage for Sonja when she sees that her doll is wearing an amulet.

[RONNEL]
Supporting Male (40 - 49)
RONNEL: (Reads as 40's) - A squat thief, one of Ozzyus' men.

[SONJA'S MOTHER]
Supporting Female (40 - 49)
SONJA's MOTHER: (Reads as 40's) - Your average loving mother. Gets killed by Ornok's men.

[THE RED GODDESS]
Supporting Female (30 - 49)
THE RED GODDESS: (Reads as 30's-40's) - Saves Sonja's life after having seen her suffering. Chooses Sonja to be her Blade of Justice. Makes it Sonja's job to protect the innocent, and vanquish those who prey upon them. Has a soft, haunting voice.

[VALEK]
Supporting Male (25 - 35)
VALEK: (Reads as late 20's-early 30's) - The Fleeing Man who held a conference with Sonja's father in which they deemed Kulan Gath's plan to rule the world to be evil.