Matilda Lutz in First Trailer for M.J. Bassett’s New ‘Red Sonja’ Movie
by Alex Billington
July 10, 2025
Source: YouTube
“He wants us to fight.” “Or we both die.” Samuel Goldwyn Films has revealed the first official trailer for the epic new Red Sonja fantasy action movie, based on the famous Red Sonja “She-Devil with a sword” character which was featured in Marvel Comics in the 1970s. This isn’t the first time she has been on screen – there was a famous Red Sonja movie in 1985 featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja. This action-packed new adaptation will be released in theaters this August. Enslaved by an evil tyrant who wishes to destroy her people, barbarian huntress Red Sonja must unite a group of unlikely warriors to face off against Draygan The Magnificent. Directed by action filmmaker M.J. Bassett, this new Red Sonja stars Matilda Lutz (from the thriller Revenge) as the title character, with Wallis Day as Annisia, Robert Sheehan as Draygan, Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Rhona Mitra, and Veronica Ferres. Robert Rodriguez has also been trying to make a Red Sonja movie for many years. This looks, as expected, quite cheesy & glossy like a direct-to-TV movie. But it still might be entertaining enough to watch.
Here’s the first official trailer (+ poster) for M.J. Bassett’s movie Red Sonja, direct from YouTube:
An adaptation of the comic book, Red Sonja, a vengeful warrior known as a “She-Devil with a sword”. Enslaved by an evil tyrant who wishes to destroy her people, barbarian huntress Red Sonja (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz) must unite a group of unlikely warriors to face off against Draygan The Magnificent and his deadly bride, Dark Annisia. Red Sonja is directed by the English genre filmmaker M.J. Bassett, director of action movies Deathwatch, Wilderness, Solomon Kane, Silent Hill: Revelation, Inside Man: Most Wanted, Rogue, and Endangered Species previously, plus eps of the series “Agent Stoker”, “Quantum Leap”, “The Equalizer”, “FUBAR”. The screenplay is written by Tasha Huo (also of “The Witcher: Blood Origin”, “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft”). Based on characters originally created by Robert E. Howard, as adapted by Roy Thomas into the comic books first published in 1973. It’s produced by Avi Lerner, Joe Gatta, Yariv Lerner, Mark Canton, Courtney Solomon, Joey Soloway, Luke Lieberman. Samuel Goldwyn Films will debut M.J. Bassett’s Red Sonja movie in theaters starting on August 15th, 2025 later this summer. Who’s down?
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