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Conan 3
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. [...]