Conan's Making a Comeback!
Fans of the seminal Robert E. Howard character "Conan" will consider this pretty good news: Veteran filmmaker Boaz Yakin will be bringing the barbarian back to the big screen, and the plan is to stick more closely to the Howard books than the Ahnold movies from the early '80s.
From Variety: "Warner Bros. has set Boaz Yakin to write and potentially direct "Conan the Barbarian," a new take on the Robert E. Howard-created character. WB is eyeing an early 2007 production start for the film. Yakin's concept is more faithful to the Howard story than were the two Dino De Laurentiis-produced "Conan" films that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the sword-wielding conqueror."
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Mr. Yakin's previous films include "Fresh," "Remember the Titans," and ... "Uptown Girls."
From Variety: "Warner Bros. has set Boaz Yakin to write and potentially direct "Conan the Barbarian," a new take on the Robert E. Howard-created character. WB is eyeing an early 2007 production start for the film. Yakin's concept is more faithful to the Howard story than were the two Dino De Laurentiis-produced "Conan" films that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the sword-wielding conqueror."
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Mr. Yakin's previous films include "Fresh," "Remember the Titans," and ... "Uptown Girls."
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| Celeb: | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
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on Jun 15 2006 01:30 PM its O'Brien or nothing for me (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 15 2006 02:46 PM yeah, interestingly enough, i was thinking this topic was about Conan O'Brien as well...so yeah, this new is just "meh" for me too (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 15 2006 02:54 PM I also expected some Conan news, but I was thinking "I didn't realize Conan was in a slump he needed to comeback from..." (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 15 2006 06:52 PM O'brien is awsome. i'd love to see him in a movie, even on his off nights he's still hillarious, I can't wait till he replaces lenno (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 16 2006 12:19 AM Conan's pretty damn funny, but I find that he repeats content too much. Like the few weeks before he went to Finland, he just talked about it ALL THE TIME. He said the same damn things and it got kind of boring. (Reply to this) |
![]() on Jun 16 2006 04:50 AM More O'Brien! Less Barbarian! (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 16 2006 05:35 AM [b]Conan the O'Brienarian[/b] I wonder, if this movie ever sees the light of a theater projector, will The Conester make a skit about it? (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 16 2006 12:20 PM don't tell me they are going to release this on the same day the Conan-universe MMORPG comes out. (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 16 2006 12:58 PM Crom I never prey to you before, but grant me a good movie , and if you do not listen, then to hell with you! (Reply to this) |
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on Jun 16 2006 10:51 PM I don't see how anyone could get confused with O'Brian when next to the article is a picture of the "Conan the Barbarian" dvd cover. Anyways, hopefully this fill will be un-holy amounts of awsome with heads being cut off every which way and wenches being done proper. (Reply to this) |
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