By Crom Part 2! Mickey Rourke is Conan’s Dad?

Yes, according to the guys over at Latino Review, who claims that they’ve been told that “an offer” has been made to Mickey Rourke to play Conan’s dear ol pop, Corin. In the plot details that I’ve read, Corin dies very early on in the movie, when Conan is still a boy, setting...

January 22nd, 2010 | Read More

By Crom! Stargate’s Jason Momoa to Star in Conan Reboot

After months of searching high and low and scouring the troll-ridden hillsides and alleyways of Hollywood, Nu Image and Millenium Films have found their Conan. His name is Jason Momoa, who fans of “Stargate” will recognize as Ronon Dex from the “Atlantis” iteration. If you were...

January 22nd, 2010 | Read More

Dolph vs. Conan? Could Happen.

While doing the promo rounds for the DVD release of his “Die hard at a concert” movie “Command Performance” (a film that he wrote, directed, stars, and plays drums in — indeed, no stuntmen were harmed in the making of those drum solos), Dolph Lundgren told MTV that he recently...

November 9th, 2009 | Read More

Conan Remake Character Breakdowns Reveal Plot Details

Wanna play Conan in Marcus Nispel’s upcoming remake of “Conan the Barbarian”? Well, you should be at least in your 20s to early 30s, Caucasian, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, and with sun browned skin lined with scars. And oh yeah, piercing blue eyes, square-cut black mane, and...

October 29th, 2009 | Read More

Is Roland Kickinger Your New Conan?

If Roland Kickinger’s life was a movie, it would be called “White Single Male”. Apparently Roland Kickinger’s entire career has been leading up to replacing Arnold Schwarzenegger as cinema’s next great Austraian bodybuilder turned actor. Besides hailing from the same country...

June 19th, 2009 | Read More

Marcus Nispel to Direct Conan the Barbarian Remake?

Why yes, according to the boys over at CHUD, who says that after Brett Ratner left the project early last month, the studio has been scrambling to find a replacement. For a while there, James McTeigue (“V for Vendetta”) seemed to be in the running. That was before the studio settled on Marcus...

June 12th, 2009 | Read More

James McTeigue on Conan Remake?

Last week we brought you news that Brett Ratner was officially out of the “Conan” remake. If that’s the case, then who will replace him? (I hear Uwe Boll has been burning up the phones.) According to the boys at CHUD, James McTeigue has the inside track to sit in the director’s...

May 11th, 2009 | Read More

Brett Ratner No Longer Directing Conan, Says Producer

I kind of feel bad for poor Brett Ratner. You won’t find a more malign filmmaker whose name isn’t Uwe Boll than the Rat. It’s not like he’s a TERRIBLE director, he’s just, you know, mediocre. Anyways, according to producer Joe Gatta, who is shepherding both the Conan remake...

May 8th, 2009 | Read More

Brett Ratner Says Conan Reboot Will be Hard R

Let’s face it, there are two names that can make a fanboy cringe when it’s attached to their favorite object of geek: Uwe Boll and Brett Ratner. So when it was confirmed that Ratner would be helming the “Conan” remake, there weren’t a whole lot of happy faces out there in...

April 17th, 2009 | Read More

Brett Ratner Confirmed for Conan Remake?

Well, as “confirmed” as you can get when an anonymous “spy” emails someone over at AICN with the news, which is to say, it’s confirmed as long as no one else comes out and confirms otherwise. I.e. No, it’s not “confirmed”, it’s just what some movie...

October 17th, 2008 | Read More

Brett Ratner to Bring his Magic to Conan Remake?

It seems a day doesn’t go by that Brett Ratner’s name isn’t in the news being attached to some movie or other. Usually the whole thing never comes to fruition, which leads me to believe that it’s all one big gag by Brett Ratner to fuck with us. Seriously, how can one man be attached...

September 19th, 2008 | Read More

Conan Remake is Sounding Less Crappy

Well this is certainly very good news. No, not that two new writers have been set upon the script for the upcoming “Conan” remake, but that the budget appears to be very high ($100 million), and they’re shooting for a hard-edged R-rating on this one. No little sissy PG-13 bullshit here,...

August 13th, 2008 | Read More

Neil Marshall Wants to Direct Conan Remake

He’s got “Doomsday” coming out, but what British director Neil Marshall really wants to do is direct the upcoming “Conan” remake. Alas, according to Marshall himself, while he did have one meeting with the producers to pitch his vision of the movie, he hasn’t heard...

March 6th, 2008 | Read More

Lionsgate Sued over Conan Remake

Another fantasy property, another impending lawsuit. So what else is new? This time around, the lawsuit is swirling around the upcoming “Conan” remake by Nu Image (to be distributed through Lionsgate). Conan Properties International is suing Lionsgate and producer Edward R. Pressman for net...

February 14th, 2008 | Read More

Rob Zombie to Direct Conan Re-make?

Wow. I mean, wow. The idea of remaking “Conan”, which actually still looks damn good and holds up today, decades after it was originally released, was bad enough, and now comes a pretty solid rumor that none other than Rob Friggin Zombie is in talks to direct the remake. Say what? Rob Zombie?...

February 7th, 2008 | Read More

Conan Remake Eying Late 2008 Start Date

When you think about it, John Milius’ 1982 “Conan the Barbarian” is a pretty damn impressive film. If you look at the movie again, now, I don’t think you could tell it was made over two decades ago. The film stands up to the test of time that bloody well. In any case, they’re...

January 11th, 2008 | Read More

Xavier Gens to Direct Conan Remake?

It’s almost a given that the Powers That Be will be putting out a “Conan” remake as soon as possible to cash in on the success of “300″ and its ilk; but who will be directing it? Rumor has it that none other than “Hitman” helmer Xavier Gens, which may be a good...

January 3rd, 2008 | Read More

New Posters: Gerard Butler’s Game, Conan Remake, Tekken

The guys over at Coming Soon have landed some really good scoops yesterday — namely three teaser posters for three upcoming movies. The first is for the Gerard Butler sci-fi/actioner “Game”, which should go into production pretty soon, and will have Butler co-starring alongside Kyra...

November 1st, 2007 | Read More

And the Conan the Barbarian Sweepstake Goes to…

By Crom! Warner Brothers spent the last seven years trying to bring Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian back to the screen, even throwing big names like the Wachowski Brothers, Robert Rodriguez, and in a bit of irony, John Milius, who wrote and directed the original “Conan” in 1982,...

June 27th, 2007 | Read More