According to USA Today (God, even just typing that makes me nauseous), McGowan was sent the script, and she liked it so much that she showed it to her boyfriend/meal ticket Robert Rodriguez (director of Planet Terror, among others), and long story short...he's not directing it. (He'll produce.) But guess who will be directing it! Darren Aronofsky!...Hold on, what?...I'm sorry, I've just been told that it's not Darren Aronofsky, it's actually Douglas Aarniokoski, Rodriquez's frequent assistant director and director of Highlander Endgame. ...Oh, crap.

Okay, so it's a bit of a setback not getting Aronofsky, but even if this thing is a train wreck, it could still be salvaged by endless posters, bus advertisements and action figures showing Rose McGowan in a steel bikini with bright red hair. She went red for Charmed, so that should be no problem, and she's worn next to nothing in Grindhouse, so I imagine the bikini is a done deal. But can she pull off the dialogue and the sword-fighting? Who cares! Steel bikini, people.