Ru-obert Rodriguez unjalo noticia kulezi zinsuku kokunye okungaphezulu kwefilimu yakhe ebikade ilindelwe eyenziwe uhhafu noQuentin Tarantino (Grindhouse, okuyisamba sePlanet Terror nguRodriguez, neDef Proof nguTarantino) futhi nguyena umqondisi omuhle weTexan (hhayi iMexico njengoba kucatshangwa Times) kuzoqondisa ukukhishwa kabusha kweBarbarella ngo-2008.
Umqondisi usebenza nababhali besikrini uNeal Purvis noRobert Wade (obhekele iskripthi seCasino Royale, futhi osanda kuqeda indaba yesitolimende esilandelayo se-saga esibizwa ngeBond 22) kule nguqulo entsha ye-1968 classic edlala uJane Fonda njengo i-mercenary yesikhathi esizayo. Leyo filimu yakhiqizwa nguDino De Laurentiis, obuyela emuva ukuzokhiqiza lokhu kulungiswa okusha noMartha De Laurentiis.
Uhlamvu lukaBarbarella luqale ukuvela kumakhomikhi aseFrance abhalwe futhi aboniswa nguJean-Claude Forest. UDe Laurentiis usanda kusayina isivumelwano nendodana yomculi, uJulian, ukuqedela ukutholwa kwendaba.
URodríguez ubeke amazwana mayelana nalokhu, «Ngiyamthanda lo mlingiswa oyisithonjana nakho konke amele kona, futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngenselelo yokumemela izethameli endaweni yakhe yonke.".