Conan The Barbarian (2011)

[SFI]

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

Quelle: movies.ign.com

... 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

Quelle: bloody-disgusting.com

[Ed Hunter]

Zombie? Hm, warum nicht...

Ich lass mich überraschen, wenngleich ich die grundsätzliche Idee eines neuen Conan-Films für ziemlich daneben halte :?

[EatenAlive]

Zombie? Hm, warum nicht...

Ich lass mich überraschen, wenngleich ich die grundsätzliche Idee eines neuen Conan-Films für ziemlich daneben halte :?

Viel schlechter als die Alten kann er ja nicht werden objektiv gesehen.

[Ed Hunter]

Kenne bislang nur Teil 1 . Der war mir immerhin 6-7/10 wert. Aber nur mit Kultbonus.

[Der böse Schmu]

Ich mag Rob Zombie nicht unbedingt als Filmemacher und konnte schon mit Haus der 1000 Leichen nix anfangen.

Aber ein neuer Conan muss nicht unbedingt das Original ersetzen oder neu interpretieren wollen. Conan-Geschichten gibbet ja wirklich massig und vielleicht liegt das Fantasygenre dem Zombie mehr als das des Horrors.

Ich habe nicht unbedingt die höchsten Erwartungen aber einfach mal abwarten. :)

[SFI]

[SFI]

[freeman]

Alles scheee nichtssagend. Gibts denn schon Tendenzen, was die Besetzung usw. angeht? Oder ist das allgemein alles so unkonkret?

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[SFI]

Drehort ist Bulgarien, Nu Image/Millennium produziert, mehr Infos gibts nicht.

[SFI]

Brett Ratner has unsheathed his cinematic broadsword to impale the tender teat of the much beloved barbarian, Conan.

Ain't It Cool News reports that "it appears to be official that Brett Ratner is directing [Conan]." According to the Web site, the film's scribe Howard McCain (Outlander) "had some big plans for how to structure the film," drawing inspirations from the original Robert Howard stories rather than the John Milius directed Conan the Barbarian.

"I could tell the material was in the right hands," says AICN's Moriarty of McCain after the two met earlier this year. But with the news of Ratner's involvement, Moriarty describes his excitement level as falling "through the floor."

Quelle: Comicmix.com |

[Ed Hunter]

Brett Ratner?
Ach du meine Güte... :?

[StS]

Brett Ratner?
Ach du meine Güte... :?

Stimmt - der soll lieber "God of War" oder so verfilmen, nicht "Conan".

[John Woo]

Ratner ist doch der typische Mainstream-Regisseur (?), da wäre er bei Conan wohl kaum gut beraten.

[SFI]

... wenn es eine Big Budget PG 13 Soße werden soll, schon! Laut filmstarts.de soll das Budget auch gut 100 Mille betragen...

[freeman]

God of War, Conan ... PG 13 Kacke aus Rattnerhand ... ich "freu" mich ...

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[Ed Hunter]

PG 13 Kacke aus Rattnerhand

Man lese und staune: Nein

Nun ist es amtlich: Brett Ratner (Rush-Hour-Reihe) hat den Regieposten für das geplante Remake von Conan, der Barbar (1982) übernommen. Dies berichtet die US-Website ign.com, die sich auf einen verlässlichen Insider beruft, der mit Details zur Produktion aufwartete.

Die Neuauflage soll nur den ersten von vielen neuen Filmen um Abenteurer Conan bilden, wie Avi Lerner, Mitbegründer der Studios Nu Image und Millenium Films, mitteilte. Die Finanzierung wird in Zusammenarbeit mit Lionsgate (Saw-Reihe) gestemmt. Etwa 85 Millionen Dollar soll der Film kosten. Das Produzenten-Team strebt für die USA als Altersfreigabe ein R-Rating an, was hierzulande voraussichtlich einer FSK-16- bzw. FSK-18-Fassung entspräche.

Ratner wird außerdem als Regisseur für den geplanten vierten Teil der Beverly-Hills-Cop-Reihe gehandelt. Dieses Projekt wird er nach bisherigen Informationen auch zuerst in Angriff nehmen.

Quelle: www.widescreen-vision.de

Budget ist auch schön hoch.

[freeman]

NAja, bei der Mainstreamhure Ratner wäre ich da noch vorsichtig mit der Vorfreude ... da kann immer noch ein PG nachkommen. Ich denke, der erste Wasserstandsanzeiger wird der verpflichtete Conan. Isses nen Jüngling für die Teens sollte alles klar sein ...

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[SFI]

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."

Quelle: latimesblogs.latimes.com

[Ed Hunter]

Sehr gute Nachrichten. :)
Von "Conan" die Finger lassen und "Beverly Hills Cop 4" machen klingt äußerst gut.

[SFI]

Empire magazine spoke to Conan and Red Sonja producer Joe Gatta today, and he had a few revelations to share about the upcoming films. Most importantly, it appears that Brett Ratner is currently off Conan, which he was expected to direct.
"We’re currently in the process of hiring a director," he told us. "For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen."
That last comment would appear to leave the door open for a return for Ratner, should his schedule free up (he's currently got about 12 films on his To Do list) but for the moment he's off the project. Still, that hasn't dented Gatta's determination.
"We have a potential start-date on Conan of August 24. And we’ll be shooting in Bulgaria. I would say though the emphasis is on Conan [rather than Red Sonja]. It’s our crown jewel here at the company and that will be the leader. Red Sonja probably won’t happen until next year, as far as making it goes. So we want to launch Conan and reinvent the franchise."
As for the hiring of Conan himself, you might want to start pumping some serious iron: Gatta says that, "We’ll have an open casting call: as soon as we hire our director the search is on."

Quelle: empireonline.com

[StS]

Marcus Nispel to Direct Conan
Source: Variety, CHUD, June 12, 2009

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 is making the film in a co-production with Lionsgate. Avi Lerner and Joe Gatta are producing with Fredrick Malmberg.

The film will be the most financially ambitious ever for Lerner, with a script by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, whose credits include Sahara and Cowboys & Aliens.

Nispel said he will blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the influence of the famous Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta, and the influence of such viscerally violent period films as Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

[freeman]

Nispel said he will blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the influence of the famous Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta, and the influence of such viscerally violent period films as Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

LOL, also wird der neue Conan Pathfinder II ...

*brech*

In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[Ed Hunter]

Nispel said he will blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the influence of the famous Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta, and the influence of such viscerally violent period films as Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

LOL, also wird der neue Conan Pathfinder II ...

*brech*

Nix brech - yihaa! ;-)

Topnews! Den Nispel kann ich mir für Conan sehr gut vorstellen und Pathfinder hat gerockt! (genauso wie Friday und TCM)

[freeman]

So ungefähr ;-) ... am Donnerstag startet Lasko ...



In diesem Sinne:
freeman

[Ed Hunter]

[SFI]

Angeblich soll Kickinger der neue Conan werden!