In the early 1990s, the MTV animated series Aeon Flux was a huge success. The same couldn’t be said about Karyn Kusama’s live-action adaptation 10 years later. In it, Charlize Theron plays the super agent who almost ended her career. The film is showing today, in its entirety was filmed in Germanyon TV.
That’s what the sci-fi film Aeon Flux is about
In the future version of the sci-fi film, the human species has decreased by 99 percent and lives in the Bregna, a city-state protected by walls. It is ruled by a powerful party made up of leading scientists. But not everyone agrees with the government. In the underground are planning a revolution and the cybergirl Aeon Flux is supposed to kill the head of government Trevor Goodchild (Marton Csokas), but she has scruples.
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Charlize Theron as Aeon Flux
Aeon Flux was a disaster from the start
At the beginning of the 00s, film actors rarely got lost in series. And of all people newly crowned Oscar winner Charlize Theron signed on for the sitcom Arrested Development. In an interview with Hollywood Reporter, she explains that she knew from the beginning that “Aeon Flux would be a complete failure” and therefore signed on to the hit series. So an attempt to save her career and improve her image.
But I think I needed that to portray myself in a different way because people thought I was someone who was fucking depressing because my mother shot my father has.
Theron also had that in the psychodrama Monster very depressing role the serial killer Aileen Wuornos and now wanted to play stronger and lighter characters. Aeon Flux was an obvious choice, but it became clear during filming that they were heading for a total failure. And Theron had neither the know-how nor the influence to do that to paralyze the projectuntil the scripts were consistent.
Aeon Flux: There will be a reboot
Although her first action role was a flop, she later appeared again as Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, among others demonstrate their talent and inspire fans and critics. Aeon Flux itself should also have the chance to be rehabilitated after almost 20 years, as a reboot is in the works.
Jeff Davis (Teen Wolf) will be one Series for Paramount+ stage. In March 2023, according to Screen Rant, he stated that he had already written the first two episodes and will also direct. We’ll be curious to see whether the Aeon Flux reboot will build on the success of the anime series or share the failure of the film, which only has a rating of an incredible 9 percent received.
When is Aeon Flux on TV?
On the night of January 20, 2024 to January 21, 2024 the action film is broadcast on Sat.1 01:00 am. Unfortunately, the channel won’t show a repeat, but you can stream Charlize Theron’s performance as an action heroine on Amazon Prime, among other places.
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