Margot Robbie set to star in Tim Burton's remake of sci-fi classic Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman after Barbie hit £1bn
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BARBIE star Margot Robbie is in talks over a huge role — in a remake of cult classic movie Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.
Negotiations have centred on her firm LuckyChap producing the film, with the possibility of her taking the lead.
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Margot Robbie is in talks to star in a remake of cult classic movie Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
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How Margot might look on the attack as a 50ft woman
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The 1958 sci-fi horror had Alison Hayes in the lead role
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The reboot of the 1958 sci-fi horror is being driven by top director Tim Burton, 66, who has previously led remakes of Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
He is also searching for a new scriptwriter as Gone Girl writer Gillian Flynn quit after penning a first draft.
The film follows a troubled heiress who grows into a giant after a close encounter with an alien, before taking revenge on her cheating husband.
The original had a run-time of 75 minutes with Alison Hayes in the lead.
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It was remade in 1993 when Daryl Hannah and Daniel Baldwin starred in a version described as having 'an even more feminist slant.'
Barbie, which Margot produced and starred in, made £1.1billion globally to become the highest-grossing film of 2023.
The Aussie, 35, will next appear on screen in February in a remake of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
She became a mum in October when she had a son with husband Tom Ackerley.
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Tim Burton is said to be directing the remake
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Margot's Barbie made £1.1billion globally to become the highest-grossing film of 2023
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Margot became a mum in October when she had a son with husband Tom Ackerley
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