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The film's troubled production history highlights Hollywood's tendency to chase fleeting trends rather than respect source material. Initially linked to high-profile talent—Rose McGowan, Robert Rodriguez, Simon West, Amber Heard—the project fell apart due to personal breakups, controversy, and studio indecision. In the wake of the success of Wonder Woman and shifting studio priorities, Millennium Media attempted to produce a woke, gender-fluid Red Sonja, leaning heavily into modern activist tropes.