A few readers have written in asking about the [announcement by Dino De Laurentiis](http://movies.ign.com/articles/759/759621p1.html) that he intends to make a new Barbarella. Specifically, will he be using my script?
As far as I can tell, no. The rights to my script are incredibly murky–it was a shared project between Warner Bros. and Fox 2000, based on a different comic book than the one used in the original movie. When the deal fell apart, it became something of an unadoptable orphan. (Back in 2004, I wrote about my [long history with the project](http://johnaugust.com/archives/2004/the-status-of-barbarella).)
From all appearances, this new project is starting from scratch. My agent asked around about it, and heard it described as more of a female-oriented Matrix. I’ll be keeping on an eye on it, and if it does make it into production, I’ll feel safer putting my script up in the [Downloads](http://johnaugust.com/downloads) section for all to see.