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Skyfall writers will pen Nicolas Winding Refn’s Barbarella TV Show

By Meredith Woerner Published January 29, 2013, 5:20 pm ET

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Nicolas Winding Refn’s (Drive) TV adaptation of Barbarella just nabbed an unexpected pair of writers. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Skyfall, Casino Royale) have been hired to bring this TV show to life. Please please let one episode just be titled “The Excessive Machine.”

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