The last concrete word we’d heard on a new Red Sonja movie was back in 2015, and now it looks as if the film is finally starting to move forward once more.

Back in ’15, Nu Image/Millennium Films brought in Christopher Cosmos to pen a screenplay. Before that, 2010 had Robert Rodriguez developing the film on the basis of Rose McGowan starring and Doug Aarniokoski to direct.

Now though, Deadline has word that Millennium Films has brought in Ashley Edward Miller to put together a new screenplay for the picture. Miller is likely best known to genre fans for the likes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, X-Men: First Class, and Thor, not to mention the impending Big Trouble in Little China remake that looks set to be headlined by Dwayne Johnson.

On this news, Miller enthused, “It’s an exciting opportunity to faithfully adapt the amazing Hyborean world Robert E. Howard created, and inject it with Sonja’s influence, ferocity, and fearless humanity. I want people to love Sonja the way I love her, and walk out of the theater understanding why she’s so popular and enduring. Sonja is an icon.”

As a character, Red Sonja began life back in 1973 as a creation of Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas, and Barry Windsor for Marvel Comics. A truly badass warrior who is at the absolute peak of human conditioning, Sonja quickly became a major favourite of many. To this day, the comics are still published, albeit through Dynamite Entertainment nowadays.

Elsewhere, Sonja was previously given the silver screen treatment when Brigitte Nielsen starred in 1985’s Red Sonja. In addition to Rose McGowan once being up to play the character in more recent times, Amber Heard was another who was being lined up to tackle a new incarnation of Sonja once McGowan had to drop out of the running due to an arm injury. On the small screen, the character – as played by Angelica Bridges – made an appearance in the Conan TV series of the late ‘90s, with former WWE grappler Sable positioned to headline a Sonja series in 1999 before that also fell apart. Bryan Singer has since flirted with the idea of a TV effort at several points, but that similarly seems to have gone nowhere.

As ever, expect more on all things Red Sonja as we get it.