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"Conan - Der Barbar" (1982) machte Arnold Schwarzenegger zum Weltstar... Drehbuchautor und Regisseur John Milius setzte die Pulp-Novels von Robert E. Howard gekonnt in Szene. Oliver Stone arbeitete am Drehbuch von Milius mit und die Szenenbilder des Comic-Zeichners Ron Cobb waren die perfekte filmische Umsetzung der Howardschen Fantasy-Welt...
Um den Mord an seinen Eltern zu rächen, verfolgt Conan den bösartigen Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones) mit Hilfe von Königin Valeria (gespielt vom B-Movie-Queen Sandahl Bergman) und Subotai dem Mongolen (Gerry Lopez)...
Der Erfolg wurde mit dem mehr oder minder gelungenen "Conan - Der Zerstörer" (1984) fortgesetzt...
Seit Jahren waren eine mögliche Neuverfilmung und/oder eine Fortsetzung (Arbeitstitel "King Conan - Crown of Iron") im Gespräch, aber Warner Bros. schaffte es nicht einen Film auf die Beine zu stellen... Nun bemühen sich Nu Image/Millennium Films und Lionsgate um eine "Conan" Neuverfilmung (evtl. unter der Regie von Brett Ratner), die 2010 in die Kinos kommen und mehrere Filme nach sich ziehen lassen soll...
Zuvor wird allerdings - voraussichtlich im Dezember 2009 - der Zeichentrickfilm "Conan: Red Nails" auf DVD erscheinen...
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[14.11.2008]
Wie die LA Times meldet, scheint Brett Ratner doch noch nicht als Regisseur festzustehen...
[...] Lerner acknowledged that even though he sent out a press release announcing Ratner's involvement with the project, the deal wasn't actually done. "We still have a few obstacles," he said. "Brett is only committed if we agree on a budget, on how to do the special effects and exactly where we'd shoot the film." Lerner has a studio in Bulgaria, so he'd like to shoot most of the movie there, with some exterior work in China.
But is Ratner actually committed to doing the film? In two words: Not really. When I called him today, he sounded somewhat agitated, unhappy that news of his negotiations with Lerner had surfaced, especially since he is extremely close to getting a green light from Paramount to make "Beverly Hills Cop 4." "Let me make this very clear," he told me. "I am not doing 'Conan' now. This is totally premature. For now, 'Conan' is only a development deal. I have a deal at Paramount and I'm doing 'Beverly Hills Cop' first, no matter what. Avi shouldn't be telling you or anyone else in the press what I'm doing." [...]
When I asked Lerner who he was hoping to get to play Conan, he said, "To be honest, we're looking for a younger Arnold Schwarzenegger, someone we could sign to a three- or four-picture deal, because I see this as a real long-term franchise." Did he ever approach the governor about the part? "I saw Arnold in Las Vegas at the premiere of 'Rambo,' " Lerner says. "He said, 'Wait two years for me--I'll be coming back.' But I can't wait that long." Lerner says he offered Schwarzenegger $1 million just to do a one-day cameo in the picture.
"I told him we could even shoot the scene in Sacramento," Lerner recalls. "He was smiling, but he didn't say yes. Maybe he can't take the money while he's still governor. That's OK, if he can't take the money, I'd donate it to a charity or give it to a school that needs the money." Lerner laughs. "Don't worry--I'll approach him again. I don't give up that easily."
[08.11.2008]
THR.com meldet...
Who would you rather spend a year with: Axel Foley or Conan the Cimmerian?
This has been director Brett Ratner's dilemma for the past few weeks, as he weighed two high-profile projects: 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 Films.
By the end of Friday, Ratner had made his choice. He has committed to take on literature's most famous barbarian and is in final negotiations to helm the picture, which is aiming for a release in early 2010. Eddie Murphy and the Pointer Sisters will have to wait.
Ratner jived to the "Conan" script by Gersh-repped Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, who looked to Robert E. Howard's original pulp stories of the 1930s to create their take on the character. The writers are doing a quick polish to incorporate some of Ratner's ideas.
Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner of Millennium Films are producing, along with Paradox Entertainment president and CEO Fredrik Malmberg.
Meanwhile, Paramount -- eyeing the successful fourth-installment resurrections of the long-dormant "Die Hard" and "Indiana Jones" franchises -- has been gunning to get Detroit's funniest cop back on the streets for a summer 2010 release with Ratner behind the camera. Much-wanted "Wanted" scribes Michael Brandt and Derek Haas recently turned in a script so the filmmakers could take advantage of a small scheduling window open for perpetually-working star Murphy.
Ratner will remain involved with the development of "BHC IV."
As for the brawny brigand, Millennium and Lionsgate are eyeing a potential franchise and envision a very R-rated approach in the $85 million budget range. Preproduction is under way for a shoot at Nu Image's Nu Boyana Studio in Bulgaria.
"The story opens on the battlefield where Conan is born and tells the origin story that sets the stage for what will be the first of multiple films," Lerner said. "This is a coup for Millennium Films and proves that our choice of projects and material is attracting much higher-profile directors and actors."
Oliver Stone and John Milius wrote the surly fictional thief's first screen incarnation, "Conan the Barbarian," which Milius also directed in 1982. A jokier, less blood-and-boob-heavy sequel, "Conan the Destroyer," destroyed the character's franchise chances in 1984 by aiming for a PG-13 rating.
Oppenheimer and Donnelly also wrote "Sahara" and "A Sound of Thunder," and they have "Airborn" in development at Universal, with Stephen Sommers attached to direct.
Ratner, repped by CAA, most recently directed "Rush Hour 3" and "X-Men: The Last Stand."
[19.10.2008]
Wie AICN meldet, scheint nun doch Brett Ratner die erste Wahl für den Regiestuhl zu sein...
[20.09.2008]
Latino Review meldet...
[...] First of all, let’s take a chill pill.
Brett Ratner was NOT offered the gig on directing Conan.
All it was, was a meeting.
You see Nu Image is meeting with everyone in town.
They took a meeting with Brett Ratner.
But guess what?
They also met with Neil Marshall, James McTeigue, The Strause Brothers, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.
This I will tell you...You know who else they met with and really want to take the gig?
Robert Rodriguez
The problem with Rodriguez is a scheduling issue, he’s booked solid.
They are also going to meet with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
So don’t go and get excited folks, all Nu Image is doing is taking meetings with directors, hearing different takes, and seeing how things pan out.
But as it stands, no one has been offered the job... YET. [...]
[18.09.2008]
DreadCentral.com meldet...
[...] We got word today that Nu Image is offering the long-awaited new Conan movie to, of all people, Brett Ratner. Over the years there have been so directors circling this project, everyone from Robert Rodriguez to Rob Zombie, the fact that Brett Ratner might actually attach himself to this and make it a reality is almost enough to make one wish they’d just stop trying to bring Robert E. Howard’s creation back to the big screen.
We’ll wait until we get some more solid details on this before giving up completely, but if Ratner does get it, I think it’ll be pretty clear that Nu Image doesn’t give a single hell what the fans want to see from a new Conan movie. How could they possibly think he'd be able to do a movie like this any justice? What films has he directed that indicate this would be a good fit?
[13.08.2008]
THR.com meldet...
Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain are trying to corner the market on sword-swinging fantasy adventures.
Blackman and McCain have been hired to rework the script for "Conan," as in the barbarian, for Lionsgate. And the writing team's action-adventure screenplay "Amazon," an epic about female warriors to which Scarlett Johansson has been attached, is sailing out of turnaround toward Lionsgate as well, with Neal Moritz and his Original Film banner coming on to produce once the deal is completed.
Director searches are under way for both.
CEO and president of Paradox Entertainment Fredrik Malmberg is producing the "Conan" feature along with Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner of Millennium Films.
Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ("Sahara") wrote earlier drafts of the film, a potential resurrection of the classic warrior created by Robert E. Howard in dozens of pulp stories published in the 1930s. In 1982, Oliver Stone and John Milius wrote a bloody adaptation, which Milius also directed, that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.
"We all want this movie to go into production as soon as possible," Malmberg said. "It's a fast-tracked movie. Lionsgate felt the process was enhanced by having a second team come in and do a script."
Much like with "Batman Begins," the studio hopes to redraw the Conan feature universe to produce a new, post-millennial franchise. So rather than remake the Schwarzenegger bloodfest, the writers have gone back to Howard's original stories to create a $100 million R-rated origin film, the largest production to date for Lionsgate and Millennium.
"Fans expect (these types of movies) to be more true to the source material," Malmberg said. "There's no reason there couldn't be a Conan movie every two years. He's almost like Batman: He's a dark hero. He's a hard hero. He has to be badass, but we also have to like him."
Blackman and McCain, repped by ICM and Circle of Confusion, recently co-wrote the science fiction actioner "Outlander," which McCain also directed. It screens Friday at the Locarno film festival. They also are credited writers on "Underworld: Rise of the Lycans," due out next year.
[25.05.2008]
Bei GameTrailers.com gibt es neue Videos zum Online-Action-RPG "Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures" für Windows-PC...
[10.02.2008]
IGN meldet...
[...] Hitman helmer Xavier Gens recently confirmed for IGN that he had indeed met with the producers about helming Conan, but sources close to the production told us that Gens is just one of several contenders in the running for the job. Also, Gens' commitment to making Vanikoro his next film might prevent him from landing the job as the producers and distributor Lionsgate are intent on starting production later this year.
IGN has now confirmed a rumor first reported by Bloody-Disgusting.com that musician-filmmaker Rob Zombie (Halloween, The Devil's Rejects) has met with the producers about directing Conan. Our source advised us, however, that no one will be hired until the script is finished.
Our insider also exclusively informed IGN that, in addition to Gens and Zombie, the producers have met with British filmmaker Neil Marshall (The Descent, Dog Soldiers) about directing Conan. [...]
[08.02.2008]
B-D meldet...
[...] we have confirmed 100% that Rob Zombie has been taking meetings with Lionsgate and Nu Image to get behind the director's chair for their upcoming Conan film! In my humble opinion I think this is fantastic news as I'd love to see Zombie depart from direct horror for a bit and show us what he can do outside of the genre. The first film, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, really could use a companion piece and I think adding a darker element to the mix could be pretty awesome. We'll let you know if anything becomes signed [...]
[11.01.2008]
Variety.com meldet...
Nu Image/Millennium Films has made a North American distribution rights deal with Lionsgate for a new film series based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian.
The first film will be written by the team of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ("Sahara," "Cowboys & Aliens").
Pic will be produced by Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, Paradox Entertainment's Fredrick Malmberg, George Furla and Henry Winterstern. Trevor Short and Dimbort are exec producers.
Pic is earmarked to begin production later this year, but the start date will depend on the resolution of the writers strike. Nu Image/Millennium chief Avi Lerner confirmed that he is in discussions to make a WGA deal akin to those brokered with United Artists and the Weinstein Co. Such a pact would speed up the process.
"It's a possibility, though I haven't studied it enough to make a final decision," Lerner told Daily Variety. "The whole strike is stupid, in my opinion. They approached us, indirectly, to make some kind of deal, and we are looking at it."
Though the original film series dates back far enough that it launched the star of current California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the property maintains a strong brand awareness through ancillary properties that include a Dark Horse comicbook series, a vidgame for Xbox 360 and a Funcom/Eidos multiplayer online role-playing game that was just touted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Lionsgate, which has also been rumored to have been courted by the WGA, hasn't commented on its plans. But Nu Image/Millennium founders Lerner and Danny Dimbort are the ones fully financing a film that Lerner anticipates will cost around $100 million. It is by far the most fiscally ambitious film he and Dimbort have undertaken.
Lerner said the Lionsgate deal came out of a strong working relationship developed through the Sylvester Stallone-directed actioner "Rambo" [...]
Malmberg made a seven-figure deal with Millennium after he declined to renew Warner Bros.' option on the Conan property after seven years. Gatta, who once repped the property as an agent before moving to Millennium as an exec, courted Malmberg for a deal that contains strict progress-to-production provisions.
[24.11.2007]
Der TV-Sender ZDF zeigt heute um 1.00 Uhr "Conan - Der Barbar"...
[01.11.2007]
Bei CS! gibt es ein Teaser-Poster zum kommenden "Conan"-Film von Millennium Films...
[24.10.2007]
Bei GameTrailers.com gibt es neue Videos zu THQ's Actionspiel "Conan"...
[11.09.2007]
Bei DemoNews gibt es den lesenswerten "GC-First-Look: Age of Conan"...
[13.08.2007]
CS! meldet...
Millennium Films has acquired the rights to make a new series of films based on Robert E. Howard's mythical conqueror Conan the Barbarian.
Paradox Entertainment president-CEO Fredrik Malmberg chose Millennium after extricating the rights from Warner Bros. last spring and putting them on the market with strict progress-to-production provisions in mid-June.
Malmberg will produce with Millennium's Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and George Furla. Millennium either will fully finance or partner with a distributor, with discussions to begin this week.
The company's aim is to start production by next spring.
The franchise that launched the film career of Arnold Schwarzenegger in its first big screen go-round.
Millennium is in production on the Al Pacino-Robert De Niro starrer Righteous Kill and the Sylvester Stallone starrer John Rambo, but the Conan movie will be the most ambitious project it has mounted.
The new version will be more faithful to Howard's original creation than were the Schwarzenegger films.
[28.06.2007]
Variety.com meldet...
Weeks after Warner Bros. lost the rights to Conan the Barbarian, New Line has moved into prime position to make a movie based on Robert E. Howard's mythical conqueror.
After posting a bid of mid-six against seven figures for an 18-month option with one extension, the studio entered into negotiations after CAA staged an auction for rights holder Paradox Entertainment. The property drew the interest of several studios and monied producers including Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari and Millennium Films.
Strong interest in Conan was attributed to the strong showing of the macho sandal saga "300."
Several potential buyers blinked at an initial asking price of $1 million for a year option, with another $1 million for each year's renewal. Studios are sensitive to ticking clock options, particularly when potential writers and actors strikes next year has them putting their resources into films that can be completed before next June.
Reinventing Conan didn't come easy for WB, which spent the last seven years trying for a film that veered from the testosterone-laced beefcake fests that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger to something more reverential toward Howard's original pulp novels.
Larry and Andy Wachowski, John Milius (who directed the original and wrote the script with Oliver Stone) and Robert Rodriguez took turns developing it. Rodriguez got closest but left the project for "Grindhouse." Boaz Yakin was hired last year to start again.
Warners had a spring deadline to be in production but balked because it didn't have a script in which it was confident. Paradox, which had extended its original option agreement three times, declined another extension.
"We have great respect for Warner Bros., but after seven years, we came to the point where we needed to see progress to production," Paradox's Fredrik Malmberg told Daily Variety.
WB, meanwhile, filled the breach with a deal to turn "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" into a live-action film.
If New Line makes the deal, the studio will have to start from scratch, as Warners owns the various drafts it developed.
[18.06.2007]
Unter ConanRedNails.com gibt es den letzten Stand in Sachen "Conan"-Zeichentrickfilm - von Steve Gold...
[...] You will see an R rated RED NAILS. There will also be a mass-market PG-13 cut and an UNRATED DIRECTOR'S CUT. What you can expect in every cut is amazing art, an epic story and great performances. The entire voice cast was amazing!
RON PERLMAN IS CONAN - -
The Cimmerian came to life as Ron spoke.
If you get anything out of this blog, I want you have a sense of the joy and wonder, the total rush we all felt in that recording studio as Ron yelled, growled and roared.
His CONAN was powerful, gritty, tough, smart, nasty and heroic.
Everything you'd expect him to be. Thank you Ron, you're the best. And he'll be CONAN for years to come! [...]
[28.02.2007]
Bei DemoNews gibt es neues Video-Material zum MMORPG "Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures"...
[16.02.2007]
GameFront meldet...
Nihilistic gibt in der amerikanischen Game Informer die Entwicklung des Actionspiels Conan für PS3 und Xbox 360 bekannt. Es basiert auf den gleichnamigen Kinofilmen mit Arnold Schwarzenegger und hat 24 Levels.
In den Schwertkämpfen kommt eine dynamische künstliche Intelligenz zum Einsatz, die Angriffsarten und Combos des Spielers lernt und entsprechend reagiert. Mehr als zwanzig Waffen sowie über einhundert Kampfmanöver sind geplant. Release: 2008 (USA)
[04.02.2007]
Kabel 1 zeigt heute um 22.10 Uhr "Conan - Der Zerstörer"... Die Wiederholung läuft um 3.00 Uhr...
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