MUMBAI: The writers of the Bond film ?Skyfall? Neal Purvis and Robert Wade will write the script for television show Barbarella.

The show is being done by Gaumont International and Canal+.

Nicolas Refn who shot to fame with the film ?Drive? will direct and executive produce the series with Martha De Laurentiis. The new show will be based on the comic book by Jean-Claude Forest. There was a film made in 1968 with Jane Fonda in the title role.

Refn said, "I?m extremely excited that Neal and Robert have signed on to develop and write Barbarella with me. I?m certain that the combination of our creative forces will produce a show that is as enthralling as it is sexy."