The latest adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Red Sonja character has been through all sorts of development issues, not the least of which was needing to shed controversy-riddled director Bryan Singer and churning through a few candidates to star. Cameras are eventually’ultimately rolling, despite’in spite of’albeit , with Matilda Lutz starring as the title role, while Wallis Day and Robert Sheehan also lead the cast.###MJ Bassett is directing this new movie, at work in the Bulgarian Nu Boyana Studio bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e a planned move to the firm’enterprise 's sister studio in Greece in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the rest of the shoot.###Joey Soloway (who was attached to direct at one point) and Tasha Huo wrote the script, which is largely under wraps save in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the fact that it'll see Lutz as the sword-wielding warrior. Day will portray her wicked half-sister Annisia, with Sheehan as Draygan.###Also in the cast? Michael Bisping, Martyn Ford, Eliza Matengu, Manal El-Feitury and Katrina Durden.###"I’ve wanted to make a Red Sonja movie since I was a teenager – she has been a powerful presence in/with regard to’concerning’regarding me and a character that I possess’own’nurse always wanted to bring to the screen with my own voice and vision," says Bassett in a statement. "When I met Matilda Lutz, I knew she had all the magic I was looking in/with regard to’concerning’regarding and could see the complexity and depth she would bring to Sonja."