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Tank Girl(film)

Tank Girlis a 1995 Americanpost-apocalyptic science fiction filmdirected byRachel Talalayand written byTedi Sarafian.Based onthe British comics seriescreated byJamie HewlettandAlan Martin,the film starsLori Petty,Naomi Watts,Ice-T,andMalcolm McDowell.Set in a drought ravagedAustraliayears after a catastrophicimpact event,it follows theantiheroTank Girl (Petty) as she, Jet Girl (Watts), andgenetically modifiedsupersoldiers called the Rippers fight Water & Power, an oppressive corporation led by Kesslee (McDowell).

Tank Girl
Theatrical poster for Tank Girl, featuring a modified tank and a girl wearing punk clothing. The tagline reads "In the future the odds of survival are 1000 to 1. That's just the way she likes it."
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRachel Talalay
Screenplay byTedi Sarafian
Based on
Tank Girl
by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGale Tattersall
Edited byJames R. Symons
Music byGraeme Revell
Production
companies
United Artists
Trilogy Entertainment Group
Distributed byMGM/UA Distribution Co.
Release date
  • March 31, 1995(1995-03-31)(United States)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[2]
Box office$6 million[2][3]

After reading an issue of theTank Girlcomic she had received as a gift, Talalay obtained permission from the comic's publisherDeadlineto direct afilm adaptation.She selectedCatherine Hardwicketo be theproduction designer,and worked closely with Martin and Hewlett during the making of the film.Tank Girlwas filmed primarily inWhite Sands, New Mexico,andTucson, Arizona.The film's critically praised soundtrack was assembled byCourtney Love,and the Rippers' makeup andprostheticsteam was headed byStan Winston.Winston's studio were so enthusiastic about the project they cut their usual prices in half to meet the film's budget.

Financially unsuccessful,Tank Girlrecouped only about $6 million of its $25 million budget at the box office and received mixed reviews from critics.[4]Martin and Hewlett have since spoken negatively of their experiences creating the film, and Talalay blamed some of the film's negative reception on studio edits over which she had no control. Despite thebox-office failureof the film, it has since become acult classicand has been noted for itsfeministthemes.

Plot

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In the year 2033, after a decade-long global drought in the wake of acomet striking the Earth,the little remaining water is controlled by Kesslee (Malcolm McDowell) and his Water & Power (W&P) corporation, which subdues the population by monopolizing the water supply. Rebecca Buck – "Tank Girl" (Lori Petty) – is a member of a commune in the Australianoutbackthat operates the lastwater wellnot controlled by the corporation. In an attack on the commune, W&P troops kill Tank Girl's boyfriend, Richard (Brian Wimmer), and capture Tank Girl and her young friend Sam (Stacy Linn Ramsower). Rather than killing her, Kesslee enslaves and tortures the defiant Tank Girl. Jet Girl (Naomi Watts), a talented butintrovertedjet mechanic who has given up trying to escape W&P, urges Tank Girl to make less trouble for their captors, though Tank Girl refuses. Among other forms of torture, W&P personnel push her down into a long pipe to induceclaustrophobia.

The mysterious Rippers slaughter guards at the W&P compound, then escape. Kesslee uses Tank Girl to lure the Rippers into the open, but they gravely wound him. Tank Girl and Jet Girl escape during the attack. Jet Girl steals a fighter jet from W&P, and Tank Girl steals a tank, which she modifies heavily. The girls learn from the eccentric Sub Girl (Ann Cusack) that Sam is working at asex clubcalled Liquid Silver. They infiltrate the club, rescue Sam from apedophile,Rat Face (Iggy Pop), and then humiliate the club's owner, "The Madame" (Ann Magnuson), by making her singCole Porter's "Let's Do It"at gunpoint. W&P troops break up the performance and recapture Sam. Tank Girl and Jet Girl wander the desert and find the Rippers' hideout. They learn that the Rippers aresupersoldierscreated from human and kangarooDNAby a man called Johnny Prophet. Tank Girl befriends a Ripper named Booga (Jeff Kober), while a Ripper named Donner (Scott Coffey) shows romantic interest in Jet Girl. Despite the objections of the Ripper T-Saint (Ice-T), who is suspicious of the girls, the Rippers' leader, Deetee (Reg E. Cathey), sends the pair out to capture a shipment of weapons. The girls bring the weapons crates back, though most are empty. After finding Johnny Prophet dead in one of the containers, the girls and the Rippers realize that W&P has tricked them.

The girls and the Rippers sneak into W&P, where they are ambushed. Kesslee, whose body had been reconstructed by the cybernetic surgeon Che'tsai (James Hong), reveals that Tank Girl has unknowingly beenbugged.Deetee sacrifices himself, damaging the generator, and in the darkness, the Rippers turn the tide of the battle. Jet Girl kills Sergeant Small (Don Harvey), who had earlier sexually harassed her. Kesslee reveals that Sam is in the pipe, her life endangered by rising water. Tank Girl kills Kesslee, then pulls Sam out of the pipe. The film ends with an animated sequence showing water starting to flow freely. Tank Girl drives down rapids, pulling Booga behind on water skis, then takes them over a waterfall, shouting for joy.

Themes

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Lori Petty, who played the title role inTank Girl,in 2008

Writing in the 1997 bookTrash Aesthetics: Popular Culture and Its Audience,Deborah Cartmell states that while the comic showed Tank Girl to be "unheroic or even [an] accidentalantihero",the film sets her up with" classic western generic "emotional and moral justifications for her liberation and revenge on W&P, as she witnesses the slaughter of her boyfriend and her" trusty steed ". She also sees one of the commune's children being abducted, and is herself captured and enslaved. Cartmell also says Tank Girl holds parallels with other" contemporary 'postfeminist' icons ", as she displays dominant female sexuality and a" familiarity and knowing coolness of 'outlawed' modes of sexuality ", such asmasturbation,sadomasochismand lesbianism.[5]

In her 2006 bookThe Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen,Dominique Mainonwrites that the film hasantiestablishmentthemes and, unlike many comic-book adaptation films which feature "gratuitous sexual objectification" of women,Tank Girlstands out as being "stridently feminist", with the exception of the "cliché victim/avenger complex".[6]According to Mainon, the film makes fun of female stereotypes, as shown by Tank Girl's repeated emasculation of Kesslee with witty comebacks while she is being tortured, and by her response to the computer training device telling her how to present herself to men at the Liquid Silver club. The device provides seductive clothing and tells Tank Girl to remove her body hair and to wear make-up and a wig. Tank Girl completely ignores the advice and modifies the clothes to create her own style.[7]

In the 2011 bookCult Cinema,Ernest Mathijs and Jamie Sexton discuss the issue of whether cult films purported to be feminist were truly feminist or "partly the effect of the performance of feminist attitudes in its reception". The authors considerTank Girlto be a "'real' feminist cult film", as opposed to the feminist cult films ofKathryn BigelowandCatherine Hardwicke,which they consider to be too masculine and too eager to cater to "hetero-normativity", respectively.[8]

Production

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Preproduction

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In 1988, about a year after the launch of theTank Girlcomic in the British magazineDeadline,its publisher, Tom Astor, began looking for a studio interested in making a film adaptation. While several studios, includingNew Line Cinema,expressed interest, progress was slow.[9]Rachel Talalay's stepdaughter gave her aTank Girlcomic to read while she was shooting her directorial debut film,Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare(released in 1991). Talalay read the comic between takes and became interested in directing aTank Girlfilm.[10]She contacted Astor and, after hearing nothing for almost a year, was about to give up trying to secure the rights when he gave her permission to make the film.[11]Talalay pitched the film toAmblin EntertainmentandColumbia Pictures,which both turned it down. Talalay turned down an offer fromDisney,as she did not believe the studio would allow the levels of violence and the sexual references the plot required.[11]An offer fromMGMwas accepted.[12]Talalay worked closely with theTank Girlcomic's co-creators Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett during the film's production, and selected Catherine Hardwicke to be the production designer. The studio was unhappy with Hardwicke, who was relatively unknown at the time, being chosen over more experienced designers, and Talalay had to meet with the producers to persuade them to allow Hardwicke to work on the project.[13]Tedi Sarafianwrote the screenplay andGale Tattersallwas chosen ascinematographer.[14]Believing that MGM would not allow the depiction of abestialrelationship in the film, the romance between Tank Girl and Booga was only written into the second or third version of the script, after the character was already established in the minds of people involved in the production. By this stage, Booga: "was a character and not just a kangaroo [so] it wasn't an issue anymore."[15]

Casting

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MGM held open casting sessions in London, Los Angeles, and New York for the role of Tank Girl. According to Talalay, "two or three" of theSpice Girlsmet while waiting in line for the auditions;[16]Victoria BeckhamandGeri Halliwellcan be seen standing next to each-other in footage from the event.[17]There was skepticism towards the audition even at the time,[13]and Talalay later confirmed it was a publicity stunt arranged by MGM;[17]Talalay had already been asking the studio to cast a well-known English actress,Emily Lloyd.Talalay says she fired Lloyd after she refused to cut her hair for the role.[13][18]Lloyd, who had spent four months training for the role, disputes this, saying production had been going well until Talalay found out she was staying at the same hotel as Sarafian. Lloyd says it was a coincidence and she barely spoke to Sarafian, and could only speculate as to why Talalay subsequently became "frosty with both of [them]" and then fired her, ostensibly for rescheduling her appointment with the film's hair stylist.[19]Talalay cast Lori Petty, an American, because "she is crazy in her own life and [the film] needed somebody like that."[20]MGM faxedDeadlineasking them for an "ideal cast" list; they selected Malcolm McDowell for Kesslee, but never believed MGM would actually contact him.[21]McDowell has spoken favorably of his experience working on the film, saying it had the "same flavour" asA Clockwork Orange,and praised Talalay and Petty.[22]Talalay was approached by several people who wantedcameosin the film, but she did not want the film to be overshadowed by such appearances. Two cameos were settled on – Iggy Pop was given the role of Rat Face, andBjörkwas offered Sub Girl. She later dropped out, her character's scenes were rewritten, and the role was then given to Ann Cusack.[23]

Filming

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Tank Girlwas filmed over 16 weeks,[24]in three locations; desert scenes were filmed in White Sands, New Mexico, the Liquid Silver club set was built at an abandoned shopping mall inPhoenix, Arizona,[25]and all remaining scenes were filmed within 40 miles of Tucson, Arizona.[26]Many scenes were filmed in an abandonedopen-pit mine,where filming had to be halted one day due to a chemical leak. Permission was received to film the water pipe scenes at theTitan Missile Museum,near the mine, but the day before shooting, permission was withdrawn. These scenes were filmed, instead, in a tunnel at the abandoned mine. New sets were often found by simply searching the mine.[27]Principal photographywas completed on September27, 1994,[13]two days over schedule, though still within the original budget.[28]

Effects

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The tank as seen in the film, which featured accessories ranging from lawn chairs to rocket launchers.[29]The rear section of a 1969Cadillac Eldoradois visible at the back of the tank.

In the comics, the Rippers are considerably more kangaroo-like. However, Talalay wanted real actors rather than stuntmen in suits playing the roles. She asked Hewlett to redesign the Rippers to make them more human, allowing them to have the actual actors' facial expressions.[21]Requests were sent out to "all the major make-up and effects people", including Stan Winston, whose prior work includedtheTerminatorfilms,AliensandJurassic Park.Talalay said that while she considered Winston to be the best, she did not expect to hear back from him.[30]When she did, she still did not think that she would be able to afford his studio on her budget. A meeting was arranged and Winston insisted on being given the project, saying the Rippers would be: "the best characters we've had the opportunity to do."[31]Winston's studio cut their usual prices in half to meet the film's budget.[31]Eight Rippers were featured in the film: half were given principal roles, the others were mainly in the background. Each Ripper had articulated ears and tails which were activated by remote control, and the background Rippers also had mechanical snouts which could be activated either by remote control or by the movement of the actors' mouths.[32]Each Ripper's make-up took about four hours to apply. Three technicians from Winston's studio were required to work on each Ripper's articulations during filming; no puppets or digital effects were used for the Rippers.[33]

The main tank used in the film is a modifiedM5A1 Stuart.It was purchased from the government of Peru about 12 years prior to filming and had already been used in several films. Among numerous modifications made forTank Girl,the tank's 37 mm antitank gun was covered with a modified flag pole to give the appearance of a 105 mm gun. An entire 1969Cadillac Eldoradowas added onto the tank, with the rear section welded at the back and thefenderwelded to the front.[34]

Post-production

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A "naked Ripper suit" incorporating a prosthetic penis was created for Booga and used in a filmedpostcoitalscene which was removed from the final version of the film at the studio's insistence.[11]Deborah Cartmell described the "postcoital scene" in the final version, which featured Booga fully clothed, as "carefully edited".[35]Against Talalay's wishes, the studio made several other edits to the film. The scene in which Kesslee tortures Tank Girl was cut heavily on the grounds that she appeared "too ugly" while being tortured. Also cut was a scene showing Tank Girl's bedroom, which was shown to be decorated with dozens ofdildos,and a scene in which she places a condom on a banana before throwing it at a soldier. The role of Sub Girl was originally intended to be larger; at least two scenes featuring the character were cut from the film, including her appearance in the original ending. The studio cut the original ending, a live-action scene in which it begins to rain; the film was to have ended with Tank Girl burping.[11]

Soundtrack

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Tank Girl – Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack albumby
Various artists
ReleasedMarch 28, 1995
Recorded1994
GenreAlternative rock
Length41:58
LabelWarner Bros. Records
Elektra Records
ProducerVarious artists

The film's soundtrack was assembled byCourtney Love;[36][37]Graeme Revellcomposed the original music.[14]Love's bandHolecontributed the song "Drown Soda".Greg GraffinfromBad Religionwas originally supposed to sing the duet of "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" withJoan Jett,but due to contractual restrictions he was replaced byPaul Westerbergfromthe Replacements.Devorecorded a new version of their song "Girl U Want"specifically for the film, as they were big fans of the comic.[38]"Girl U Want" plays in the film's opening sequence, featuring the singing of Jula Bell fromBulimia Banquet;[39]this version with Bell is in the film but not on the soundtrack album. The soundtrack featured Björk's song "Army of Me"before it was released as a single. Because of the box-office failure of the film, both Björk andher labeldecided not to use footage from the film in the song's accompanying music video.[40]

The song "Mockingbird Girl" by the Magnificent Bastards (aside projectofScott Weiland) was recorded specifically for the album after Love approached Weiland asking if he would like to contribute a song.[41]The single's cover showed the torso and thighs of an animated character resembling Tank Girl and featured the tracks "Ripper Sole" and "Girl U Want" from the album. In the United States, it peaked at No.27 on theMainstream Rockchart and No.12 on theModern Rock Trackschart.[42]The song "2¢" byBeowülfalso appears in the film; Talalay lobbiedRestless Recordsto have the song included on the soundtrack but was unsuccessful. Instead, she directed the music video for the song, which featured both animated and live-action footage from the film.[43]

The soundtrack album was released on March28, 1995, byWarner Bros. RecordsandElektra Records.It peaked at number72 on theBillboard200.[42]The next week,New Yorkmagazine wrote that the soundtrack was getting more attention than the film itself.[44]However, Ron Hancock ofTower Recordsstated that sales of the album were disappointing and attributed this to the financial failure of the film.[40]Owen Gleiberman spoke favorably of the soundtrack,[36]as did Laura Barcella writing in the bookThe End,describing it as a "who's who of '90s female rock."[37]Stephen Thomas ErlewineofAllmusicsaid the album was "much better than the film", awarding it three out of five stars.[45]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[45]
NME4/10[46]
No.TitleRecording artist(s)Length
1."Ripper Sole"Stomp!1:42
2."Army of Me"Björk3:56
3."Girl U Want"Devo3:51
4."Mockingbird Girl"The Magnificent Bastards3:30
5."Shove"L73:11
6."Drown Soda"Hole3:50
7."Bomb"Bush3:23
8."Roads"Portishead5:04
9."Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love"Joan JettandPaul Westerberg2:23
10."Thief"Belly3:12
11."Aurora"Veruca Salt4:03
12."Big Gun"Ice-T3:54
Total length:41:58

Other songs in the film

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Release

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Initial screening and box office

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Malcolm McDowell,who portrayed the film's main villain Kesslee, in 2011

Tank Girlpremiered at theMann Chinese Theatreon March30, 1995. Approximately 1,500 people attended the screening, including Talalay, Petty,Ice-T,McDowell, Watts, and several other actors from the film, as well asRebecca De Mornay,Lauren Tom,Brendan FraserandJason Simmons.Men in W&P costumes handed out bottles of mineral water, and girls dressed in Liquid Silver outfits gave outAstro Pops,candy cigarettes, andTank Girlcandy necklaces. About 400 people attended the official after-party at theHollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[49]The film opened in cinemas across the United States the following day.[2]

Tank Girlopened in 1,341 theatres in the United States bringing in $2,018,183 in its first weekend[50]and $2,684,430 at the end of its first week of release. By the end of its second week,Tank Girlhad made only $3,668,762. Its final gross in the United States was $4,064,495.[2]Internationally, the film added approximately $2,000,000 to that total,[3]against a production budget of $25 million.[2]

Critical reception

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The film holds an approval ratings of 45% onRotten Tomatoes,based on 47 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads: "While unconventional,Tank Girlisn't particularly clever or engaging, and none of the script's copious one-liners have any real zing. "[51]OnMetacriticthe film has a weighted average score of 46 out of 100, based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]Audiences surveyed byCinemaScoregave the film a grade B on scale of A to F.[52]

Lamar Hafildason of theBBCgave the film one out of five stars, saying: "Sadly, the BBC does not pay out for one-word reviews. If it did, then this review would read simply: 'tiresome'."[53]In 2001, Matt Brunson fromCreative Loafinggave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying its soundtrack and the glimpse of Naomi Watt's early career were its only redeeming qualities.[54]Jonathan Rosenbaumgave a moderately positive reviews, concluding: "unless you're a preteen boy who hates girls, it's funnier and a lot more fun thanBatman Forever."[55]

Roger Ebertgave the film two out of four stars. While praising the film's ambition, he concluded it was hard to care about it for long as its "manic energy" wore him down.[56]Janet Maslinmade similar comments about the impact of the film's over-the-top style. Her mixed review also criticised the film's "pointless" plot, though praised the performances of both McDowell and Petty.[57]Owen Gleibermansaid Petty's performance was the only good part of the otherwise "amateurish" film, giving it an overall C− rating.[36]Leonard Klady fromVarietywas more critical of Petty, saying she "has the spunk but, sadly, not the heart of the post-apocalyptic heroine", also stating the film lacked an engaging story to draw its intriguing elements together.[58]

Retrospective reviews ofTank Girlhave tended to be more positive. In 2015,Elizabeth Sankeysaid that while plot and continuity issues left the film "tremendously flawed", she still could not help loving it, praising its soundtrack and costuming. Petty's performance was particularly revered, as was the character of Tank Girl.[59]In 2020, Megan Carpentier fromNBC Newsgave a positive review, saying it was too ahead of its time and attributing its initial poor reception to its feminist themes both unsettling the all male producers and executives enough to make heavy cuts to the film, and also not appealing to the mostly male film critics at the time.[60]That same year, Jef Rouner from theSan Francisco ChroniclecalledTank Girlthe most underappreciated comic book film, praising its style and the performance and chemistry between Petty and McDowell,[61]and Cheryl Eddy fromGizmododescribed it as a "fun-as-hell" film that had "long since made up for its tepid box-office take by becoming a cult sensation."[62]

Home media

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Tank Girlwas released on DVD in the United States byMGMon April10, 2001.[63]Aaron Beierle fromDVD Talkgave the DVD three and a half stars out of five for both video and audio quality, though only half a star for special features, noting that only the original trailer was included.[64]

Shout! Factoryacquired the rights to several MGM films, includingTank Girl,and subsequently released a USBlu-rayversion on November19, 2013. Special features included the original trailer, a 'Making of' featurette, acommentary trackwith Petty and Talalay, and interviews with Talalay, Petty, and Hardwicke. Jeffrey Kauffman from Blu-ray gave the version four stars out of five for audio and video quality and three stars for special features.[65]M. Enois Duarte from highdefdigest gave the version three and a half stars out of five for video quality, four stars for audio quality, and two and a half stars for extras.[66]This edition was released in Japan by TC Entertainment in 2016, and byKoch Mediain Germany in 2020. In Australia,Umbrella Entertainmentreleased a Blu-ray of the film in 2024 with existing features as well as a new video essay and interview with Ripper actor Doug Jones.[67]

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ATank Girlcosplayerin 2014

To boost its declining readership,Deadlinefeatured Tank Girl on its cover many times in 1994 and 1995 in anticipation of the film's release. Subsequently, Tom Astor said the release of the film: "was very helpful, but it did not make up the difference, it lost some of its cult appeal without gaining any mainstream credibility."[68]The magazine ceased publication in late 1995.[69]Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett have since spoken negatively of their experiences creating the film, calling it "a bit of a sore point" for them.[70]"The script was lousy," Hewlett recalled, "me and Alan kept rewriting it and puttingGrange Hilljokes andBenny Hilljokes in, and they obviously weren't getting it. They forgot to film about ten major scenes so we had to animate them... it was a horrible experience. "[71]Talalay complained that the studio interfered significantly in the story, screenplay, and feel of the film.[72][73]She said that she had been "in sync" and on good terms with Martin and Hewlett until the studio made significant cuts to the film, which she had no control over.[11]

Peter Milliganwrote an adaptation comic in 1995,[74]and a novelization of the film byMartin Millarwas published in 1996.[75]In July 1995, it was reported thatOcean Softwarehad acquired the licence to createconsole video-gameadaptations of the film,[76]though no game was ever released. In 2008, Talalay was negotiating with Sony to obtain the rights to direct a Tank Girlreboot film.Obtaining the rights was said to be a difficult process, due to legal issues of propriety related to the acquisition of MGM and United Artists by Sony and other companies.[18]

Despite being a critical and commercial failure,Tank Girlis often said to have acult following.[77][37][78]Petty's version of Tank Girl remains a popular character atcosplayevents.[79][80]The music video forAvril Lavigne's 2013 song "Rock n Roll"paid homage toTank Girl.[81]Megan Carpentier creditsTank Girlas having a strong influence on the aesthetics of the 2020 filmBirds of Prey,and also speculated about its influence on the filmsThe Matrix Reloaded,Mad Max: Fury Roadand the character ofHit-GirlinKick-Ass.[60]During her interview included on the Blu-ray release of the film in 2013, Petty was asked why she thinks the film still resonates with fans, and replied: "There's no formula as to whyTank Girlwas so fabulous and why people love it so much... It was unique, it was new, it was fresh, it was way ahead of its time, and I'm happy that I got to do it and that I'll always have her. "[82]Luke Buckmaster from the BBC included the film in his 2015 list of the "ten weirdest superhero films", asserting that: "at its best, director Rachel Talalay captures an ostentatious steampunk vibe that proves weirdly addictive."[83]

It was reported in September 2019 that a reboot of the film was in early development withMargot Robbie's production companyLuckyChap Entertainment,who optioned the rights from MGM.[84]Production was put on hold due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[85]

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