Friday
11Jul2008
'Conan' Gets a Poster Before it Gets a Cast
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8:54AM
There must be some genuine excitement about the new
Conan the Barbarian movie. I mean, we have our
first teaser poster (thanks to
IMP), and I don't even think they've cast the
role of Conan yet. If they have, then Lionsgate has done a much better job
spreading the word about the movie poster than they have about the star, becase
I don't know who it is, or if this is him on the poster.
I keep reading Jimmy Fallon, but that might be for some
other thing.*
I can't say whether or not the movie will be any good -
even the
Schwarzenegger original couldn't really be
called "good" and we don't have a star or director attached - but I do think
it's a good time for the remake. After all, who knows how long audiences will be into swordplay. It
worked for 300, so why not give it a shot?
The plan is to give Conan a complete franchise this
time, an idea that failed with Arnold in the role. There were two flicks,
Barbarian and Destroyer, but there was supposed to be a third,
King Conan, that never got off the ground.
Colin Boyd | Permalink | in Arnold Schwarzenegger, Conan, Posters, Remakes | Print Article | Email Article | 5 Comments | Share Article
Reader Comments (5)
Yest the third one did come out but, Conan was played by Kevin Sorbo I believe.
Ok here it is http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119484/. It was called Kull the Conqueror.
O yes one more. That picture is off the game Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures.
You can never have too many Jimmy's in late night, I say.
So...OK, the poster's snagged from a video game, but Kull the Conqueror is not the same story. I mean, Conan's not in that movie, right?