March 19, 2002
Drew Barrymore's plan to step into Jane Fonda's slinky "Barbarella" outfit for a remake of the camp sci-fi classic is moving ahead.

The Scifi.com website said the film is moving through the development process and a script is in the works.

"'Barbarella' is being written as we speak by our dear, beloved friend John August, who writes our 'Charlie's Angels' movies," Barrymore told reporters at the party celebrating the re-release of "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial," Scifi.com reports.

"We're full steam ahead on it. We're just writing it right now, and we're doing a couple films first, so we will have to do that afterwards," the former Mrs. Tom Green said.

"It's going to be light, but it's got to have some depth. We like to balance it," she added.