Bit of ambiguous news breaking today, but it looks like Harley Quinn star Margot Robbie may be lining up comic character Tank Girl for her next project over at MGM.
Tank Girl was created by Alan Martin and writer Jamie Hewlett and was a big part of the comic scene in the 1990s, even getting a movie with Lori Petty in the staring role. It wasn’t very good.
She lives in a post-apocalyptic Australia with her boyfriend Booga, who also happens to be a Kangaroo (don’t ask).
As it happens, Robbie would actually be a pretty good match for Tank Girl… and she’s definitely got the right accent.
Anyway, co-creator Alan Martin put out a tweet saying: “Just heard that Margot Robbie’s company have optioned rights from MGM to make a new Tank Girl movie – now several months into development. We haven’t been contacted by any of the parties involved with the project, so not sure if there will be any input from the original creators.”
Robbie’s company, LuckyChap Entertainment, is also producing the upcoming Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) over a Warners/DC.
UPDATE: Word is the movie has a director: Joris-Peyfrafitte, who directed Robbie in Dreamland is in line to direct The Hunter & The Fox for Annapurna, is currently up for the gig.
Let me know what you think of Robbie as Tank Girl in all the usual ways, meanwhile, here’s the tweet that started it all:
Just heard that Margot Robbie’s company have optioned rights from MGM to make a new Tank Girl movie – now several months into development. We haven’t been contacted by any of the parties involved with the project, so not sure if there will be any input from the original creators. pic.twitter.com/7RxbV4qLFt
— Alan Martin (@AlienMartian23) September 9, 2019
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