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Some ‘Conan’ Casting Updates
Monday, March 15th, 2010It was previously announced that Mickey Rourke would be playing Conan’s dad, Corin, in the upcoming Marcus Nispel directed Conan. Rourke has since left the project – Ron Perlman was cast to replace him.
Stephen Lang, who was recently seen in Avatar, has been cast as the villain Khalar Singh.
Said Taghmaoui, who played Breaker in G.I. Joe: [...]
Nichols, Sapp Join ‘Conan’ Cast!
Friday, March 5th, 2010Latino Review has confirmed earlier reports that Rachel Nichols has joined the cast of Conan. Nichols, who has appeared in G.I Joe and Star Trek, will play Tamera. Tamera, protector of the queen, goes on a search and rescue mission only to come across Conan – they join forces for a common goal.
In other casting [...]
Mickey Rourke is Conan’s Dad!
Thursday, February 25th, 2010Heat Vision is confirming a rumour going around that Mickey Rourke is indeed in negotiations to play Conan’s father in the new upcoming Conan film, to be directed by Marcus Nispel.
Conan stars Jason Momoa as Conan the Barbarian and Leo Howard as his younger version. Filming is expected to start on March 15th in Bulgaria.
The [...]
Who will play ‘Conan’?
Friday, January 22nd, 2010According to Deadline Hollywood, Lionsgate and Millenium Films have picked the actor to play the lead role in Marcus Nispel’s reinvention of Robert E. Howard’s Conan and it’s 30-year-old Jason Momoa, who may best be known for his run on “Stargate Atlantis” and who also appears in HBO’s upcoming mini-series “Game of Thrones.”
At the same [...]
A Few ‘Conan’ Updates
Thursday, November 12th, 2009A few weeks ago we gave you tons of Conan casting calls. In that article, we told you every role would be open to anyone, especially the role of Conan. Below is the actual casting call for Conan.
[ CONAN ]
He’s in his 20s to early 30s, Caucasian, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, sun browned skin lined with [...]
Casting for ‘Conan’?
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Earlier this year we told you Marcus Nispel would be making his third remake of a franchise with Conan. His two earlier remakes were The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. In that post we told you he wanted to blend his childhood images of the character with Frank Frazetta’s take on the Conan [...]
Marcus Nispel Directs ‘Conan’!
Friday, June 12th, 2009Source: Superherohype
Variety has confirmed a CHUD scoop saying that Marcus Nispel will direct Conan for Nu Image/Millennium Films, ending a nine-year development ordeal to reinvent the Robert E. Howard-created barbarian first immortalized onscreen by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982.
Production on the remake is set to start late this year in Bulgaria and South Africa. Nu Image/Millennium [...]
Ratner No Longer On ‘Conan’
Friday, May 8th, 2009Source: DarkHorizons
Joe Gatta, the producer behind the upcoming planned reboot of the “Conan the Barbarian” franchise, tells Empire Magazine that fanboy-hated director Brett Ratner (”Rush Hour,” “X-Men: The Last Stand”) is no longer attached to the project.
“We’re currently in the process of hiring a director. For the past six months we were discussing the movie [...]
Brett Ratner’s ‘Conan’
Sunday, November 9th, 2008Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter says that Brett Ratner has weighed two high-profile projects the past few weeks: Paramount’s fourth installment of the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise and a 21st century take on “Conan” co-produced by Nu Image/Millennium and Lionsgate.
Ratner has now made his choice and is in final negotiations to direct Conan, which [...]
Archived: Conan 3 News
Saturday, July 26th, 2008January 13, 2008: Nu Image/Millennium Films and Lionsgate have announced a deal for Lionsgate to acquire North American distribution rights to the highly coveted film series Conan the Barbarian, based on Robert E. Howard’s mythical conquering hero. The companies most recently partnered on Rambo, which Lionsgate is co-releasing (with The Weinstein Company) on January 25th. [...]