Conan the Barbarian (Movies Showing August 2011)

Film Title: Conan the Barbarian (Showing August 2011)

Film Type: Action, Adventure

About the film:
Conan the Barbarian was first titled Conan 3D, but later change to the said title. It is an upcoming 3-D adventure film of swords and sorcery based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It is a new adaptation, separate from the earlier 1980s Arnold Schwarzenegger films. The film is set to star Jason Momoa in the lead role, being supported by Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, Bob Sapp and Rachel Nichols, with Marcus Nispel directing.

Casts:
Jason Momoa as Conan
Leo Howard as the younger Conan
Rachel Nichols as Tamara
Stephen Lang as Khalar Zym
Rose McGowan as Marique
Ron Perlman as Corin
Bob Sapp as Ukafa

Director:
Marcus Nispel

Writers:
Thomas Dean Donnelly
Joshua Oppenheimer
Dirk Blackman
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Sean Hood

Producer:
Fredrik Malmberg
Avi Lerner
Boaz Davidson
Joe Gatta
George Furla

Plot:
After a deadly attack on his village and lost his father, Conan take into an unforgiving world where he survives as a thief, pirate, and warrior. On his path of reckless adventure, Conan searches for revenge upon the warlord responsible for his tribe’s destruction. As he tracks Khalar Zym, Conan battles monsters, Zym's henchmen, and Marique, a powerful witch.

Pre-Production Review:
The new generation of Conan the Barbarian is set for released on August 2011. As expected this film will feature a "macho", well-built-body actor like the young Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984. Conan will be played by Jason Momoa. Also as expected the film will surely be a rated PG not only due to violence content of the film but it also have some scene where the women of Conan's village are showing their "milk shake".

Jason Momoa  is known for Baywatch, Tempted, Johnson Family Vacation, Stargate Atlantis and Game of Thrones. This film will definitely change his Hollywood career. But I still love Arnold as Conan. Arnold have much muscles and need no effort to show it in his 1984 film of the same title.

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News & Updates:

• The film had spent seven years in development at Warner Bros. before the rights were shifted to Nu Image/Millennium Films in 2007, with a clause wishing for immediate start on production. Lionsgate and Sony Pictures entered negotiations for distribution, with the film seeing many directors, prominently Brett Ratner, before settling on Nispel in 2009 and has since brought together a cast and crew. Filming began on March 15, 2010 and concluded on June 5, 2010. The film will be released on August 19, 2011.
• There had been talk in the late 1990s of a second Conan sequel following Conan the Destroyer, about an older Conan, set to be titled King Conan: Crown of Iron; however, due to Arnold Schwarzenegger's election in 2003 as governor of California, this project came to an end.
• Warner Bros. spent 7 years trying to get the project off the ground, with development attempts made by Larry and Andy Wachowski, John Milius, and Robert Rodriguez who was closest to completing development but left the project for Grindhouse. Boaz Yakin was hired in 2006 to start again, however, in June 2007 the rights reverted to Paradox Entertainment, though all drafts made under Warner remained with them. Paradox's CEO, Fredrik Malmberg, told Variety "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 were auctioning the rights after and various groups took interest in producing, including New Line Cinema, Hollywod Gang, and Millenium Films.
• Due to development-time frustrations felt when the rights were with Warner, Malmberg made deal terms where he was asking for $1 million for a one-year option, with another $1 million for each year's renewal. In August 2007, it was announced that Millennium had acquired the right to the project in a unrevealed seven-figure deal, with Malmberg and Millennium's Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, and George Furla set to produce. The deal was brokered by Gatta, who originally made the deal between Paradox and Warner in 2002. Production was aimed for a Spring 2006 start, with intention of having stories more faithful to the Robert E. Howard creation.
• After the partnership on Rambo, Nu Image Films, Millennium and Lionsgate partnered on this film due to the strength of that relationship, and the happiness by Millennium producers with the handling of Rambo. Lionsgate were announced to be handling North America's distribution in January 2008. At this point, Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer had been courted to write the script. Nu Image/Millennium founders Lerner and Danny Dimbort were set to fully finance the film at an estimated $100 million. With a brief effort of developing Red Sonja with Rose McGowan as the lead, Robert Rodriguez had mentioned in July 2008 he had been in discussions to produce Conan also. Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain were announced in August to have been hired for a re-write of the script, with the intention of returning back to the original source material and in the desire of making an R-rated film.
• In November 2008, Brett Ratner was prematurely announced to be the director of Conan to The Hollywood Reporter by Lerner, something which displeased him as he pointed out "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." However, Gatta revealed in May 2009 that after 6 months of discussions on developing the film, Ratner was off the project due to the busyness of Ratner's schedule. Regardless, Gatta was hopeful of still meeting the intention of Millennium to start filming on August 24 in Bulgaria. June 2009 revealed Marcus Nispel would take the reigns of director to the film. Sean Hood was announced in February 2010 to be rewriting the script once more for the producers.