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By Crom! $100 million CONAN movie outta Lionsgate?

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Yep, a new CONAN movie is finally starting move. Sorry to say it has nothing to do with John Milius or his KING CONAN script, but it's exciting nonetheless.

Lionsgate has the rights to Robert E. Howard's infamous character and is now going to officially start it rolling thanks to a team-up with Nu Image/Millenium Films, who financed RAMBO recently with the studio. Word is they're putting $100 million into this sucker.

SAHARA's Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer are going to write the screenplay and the aim is to have production begin by the end of the year, pending resolution of the writer's strike. Nu Image/Millenium are currently negotiating with the WGA to work out a deal and rumor has it that Lionsgate is, too.

Here's hoping they keep the core of the character and don't KULL it up. Thoughts?


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New Conan?
by Longfellow X
Jan 11th, 2008
04:08:49 AM
Arnie-itus
by Thall_Joben
Jan 11th, 2008
04:15:00 AM
Written by the guys behind SAHARA...ugh!
by Messiahman
Jan 11th, 2008
04:23:59 AM
Other notable motion pictures from this company
by Vern
Jan 11th, 2008
04:28:28 AM
Great News, Just as long as they're faithful to Howard's vision
by KillaKane
Jan 11th, 2008
04:29:21 AM
Could be amazing-
by sonnyfern
Jan 11th, 2008
04:31:46 AM
Bollox!
by judge dredds fresh undies
Jan 11th, 2008
04:43:42 AM
I smell PG-13 Crap.
by Redfive!
Jan 11th, 2008
04:51:09 AM
Let me get this straight
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
05:07:25 AM
this is just the worst news of this century
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
05:12:23 AM
My top Fantasy films(for no apparent reason)
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
05:14:53 AM
by the way King Arthur doesn't count
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
05:15:39 AM
No Faith
by Bald Evil
Jan 11th, 2008
05:16:34 AM
red nails in 2008, solomon kane 2009
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
05:40:06 AM
Brian Tyler should score this
by Musicballs
Jan 11th, 2008
05:41:54 AM
Hope they one day get KING CONAN made
by ABking
Jan 11th, 2008
06:07:26 AM
Vern
by Munro Kelly
Jan 11th, 2008
06:13:05 AM
Vern II
by Munro Kelly
Jan 11th, 2008
06:17:28 AM
Arnie as Conan...
by R H S C
Jan 11th, 2008
06:17:33 AM
I just can't picture anyone else as Conan
by Han Cholo
Jan 11th, 2008
06:23:45 AM
R H S C
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
06:26:13 AM
When is the RED NAIL'S cartoon coming out?
by HarryBlackPotter
Jan 11th, 2008
06:29:00 AM
Don't get your hopes up kids.
by rbatty024
Jan 11th, 2008
06:35:10 AM
RHSC & palewook
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
06:38:08 AM
No, not Gerard Butler
by IAmMrMonkey!
Jan 11th, 2008
06:41:11 AM
WHO cares who has the rights
by Bedlamite
Jan 11th, 2008
06:54:47 AM
Flash Gordon/Conan
by DeckardBladeRunner
Jan 11th, 2008
07:14:17 AM
Deckard...
by just pillow talk
Jan 11th, 2008
07:22:43 AM
Make of it what you will...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
07:23:08 AM
Lionsgate, where action stars go to die....
by jae683
Jan 11th, 2008
07:23:16 AM
NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 11th, 2008
07:28:12 AM
Howard's Conan...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
07:29:55 AM
Excalibur
by Zozma
Jan 11th, 2008
07:38:40 AM
a frustrated studio known for DTV...
by birdy birdman
Jan 11th, 2008
07:56:03 AM
Um Zozma, if you are going to criticize a
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 11th, 2008
07:57:43 AM
Or maybe you meant they threw in
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 11th, 2008
07:59:07 AM
WHAT'S BEST IN LIFE!?!?
by rev_skarekroe
Jan 11th, 2008
08:02:05 AM
CROM LAUGHS AT YOUR FOUR WINDS!
by DoctorWho?
Jan 11th, 2008
08:06:35 AM
the Milius/Wachowski King Conan would have been epic!
by Live.
Jan 11th, 2008
08:07:02 AM
Vern's Right, Their Track Record Sucks
by cowboyone
Jan 11th, 2008
08:11:38 AM
Kull it up, ha ha ha
by kafka07
Jan 11th, 2008
08:13:13 AM
There will still be that audience for KING CONAN
by ABking
Jan 11th, 2008
08:13:25 AM
If by "hope they dont Kull it up..."
by Phimseto
Jan 11th, 2008
08:18:02 AM
Right on DocP....
by Damned if I can login
Jan 11th, 2008
08:19:30 AM
Milius did not invent king conan.
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
08:24:45 AM
With all these re-launch and re-tellings of films today...
by ABking
Jan 11th, 2008
08:25:24 AM
ALl you Howard Conan fans who don't like Arnies' version
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
08:27:39 AM
also you guys, only the most pigheaded writers
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
08:30:38 AM
Ahh who cares?
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
08:32:10 AM
comics anyone?
by BodhiM4S
Jan 11th, 2008
08:34:59 AM
Undesputed II was Better than the Original
by DarfurOnTheRocks
Jan 11th, 2008
08:42:20 AM
Don't you know the Dewey Decimal System?!?
by Mattapooh
Jan 11th, 2008
08:46:35 AM
bodes ill
by Darth Scourge
Jan 11th, 2008
08:50:29 AM
NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
08:55:19 AM
GNARLY FRAZETTA CONAN!
by -888
Jan 11th, 2008
08:56:30 AM
Mr Saxon
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
08:56:32 AM
Sahara?
by Omar B
Jan 11th, 2008
08:58:44 AM
Shia Labeouf for Conan 1, Ryan Reynold for Conan 2 &...
by HarryBlackPotter
Jan 11th, 2008
08:58:45 AM
Howards work vs KING CONAN
by ABking
Jan 11th, 2008
08:59:24 AM
Conan should NOT...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
09:02:59 AM
palewook conan the destroyer or red sonja do not exist in this d
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
09:04:19 AM
by -888 your dreamin mate
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
09:09:08 AM
read and watched
by harold_maude
Jan 11th, 2008
09:14:41 AM
harold_maude
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
09:20:07 AM
The Glaive is the greatest weapon imaginable?
by Abin Sur
Jan 11th, 2008
09:20:19 AM
REH purists...
by judge dredds fresh undies
Jan 11th, 2008
09:21:55 AM
palewook
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
09:22:49 AM
King Conan
by Omar B
Jan 11th, 2008
09:25:11 AM
judge dredds fresh undies
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
09:26:52 AM
No Arnold, No movie
by Bobo_Vision
Jan 11th, 2008
09:32:22 AM
King Conan - where to read it?
by 9970
Jan 11th, 2008
09:32:52 AM
DOCPOO POO...
by ABking
Jan 11th, 2008
09:39:38 AM
is it wrong...
by sith_rising
Jan 11th, 2008
09:48:11 AM
Sahara had one of the worst scripts in ages.
by Batutta
Jan 11th, 2008
09:59:25 AM
don't you mean KRULL it up?
by FleshMachine
Jan 11th, 2008
10:03:40 AM
9970
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
10:20:08 AM
There's already a Solomon Kane script out there.
by Uncapie
Jan 11th, 2008
10:30:58 AM
theres already a solomon kane movie in preduction
by palewook
Jan 11th, 2008
10:33:53 AM
ABKing
by DocPazuzu
Jan 11th, 2008
10:45:47 AM
Conan, what is most important in cinema?
by ArcadianDS
Jan 11th, 2008
10:58:00 AM
What if Vince McMahon is fronting the 100 mil
by The Winged Doucheman
Jan 11th, 2008
11:09:29 AM
ArcadianDS
by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYan ks
Jan 11th, 2008
11:30:44 AM
Skrulls Vs. Conan-I'm so there!
by Uncapie
Jan 11th, 2008
11:35:01 AM
Maybe Conan will make a cameo in the Hulk movie
by The Winged Doucheman
Jan 11th, 2008
11:50:11 AM
ANIMATED CONAN Movie in Production
by halsolo
Jan 11th, 2008
12:33:19 PM
Talkback Form 1981
by thelordofhell
Jan 11th, 2008
01:00:52 PM
Robert E. Howard committed suicide, so who cares?
by rbatty024
Jan 11th, 2008
01:02:24 PM
Arnold should be in it
by performingmonkey
Jan 11th, 2008
01:31:19 PM
As long as it doesn't suck
by Purgatori
Jan 11th, 2008
01:31:40 PM
As long as it doesn't suck
by Purgatori
Jan 11th, 2008
01:33:30 PM
'Triple HHH' (WWE) for Conan!
by Stark Industries
Jan 11th, 2008
01:46:09 PM
Awesome! Another Nu Image Millunium masterpiece!
by Tourist
Jan 11th, 2008
01:46:21 PM
NO Arnold
by BranMakMorn
Jan 11th, 2008
01:59:04 PM
Riddick
by HornOrSilk
Jan 11th, 2008
02:50:16 PM
Riddick
by HornOrSilk
Jan 11th, 2008
02:51:26 PM
Riddick
by HornOrSilk
Jan 11th, 2008
02:51:26 PM
CONAN THE MEHMARIAN
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 11th, 2008
02:59:39 PM
By Crom and Mitra!
by Clarence Boddicker
Jan 11th, 2008
03:08:31 PM
Anyone who does not know the difference
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 11th, 2008
03:15:14 PM
whoops
by Clarence Boddicker
Jan 11th, 2008
03:34:55 PM
BringingSexyBack, Beastmaster 2 already exists!
by pokadoo
Jan 11th, 2008
03:41:49 PM
BringingSexyBack, Beastmaster 2 already exists!
by pokadoo
Jan 11th, 2008
03:43:56 PM
CROM!!
by pokadoo
Jan 11th, 2008
03:45:38 PM
I want a Frank Frazetta Style Conan
by birdy birdman
Jan 11th, 2008
06:44:59 PM
I want a Bill Watterson style Conan
by birdy birdman
Jan 11th, 2008
06:45:44 PM
I want a Roald Dahl style Conan
by birdy birdman
Jan 11th, 2008
06:46:41 PM
CONAN WITHOUT ARNOLD SIMPLYWONT BE THE SAME...
by Playkins
Jan 11th, 2008
07:02:18 PM
...Hell, a sequel WITH Arnold wasn't even the same...
by Playkins
Jan 11th, 2008
07:05:39 PM

by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Jan 11th, 2008
08:47:38 PM
One thing about Milius' version:
by DoctorWho?
Jan 11th, 2008
10:03:12 PM
has anyone caught CONAN O'BRIENS new BEARD?
by future help
Jan 11th, 2008
10:26:54 PM
Explanation of why the bad writers get the jobs:
by kabong
Jan 11th, 2008
10:32:30 PM
POKADOO - I JUST CHECKED NETFLIX
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 11th, 2008
10:50:57 PM
I WANT A 300-STYLE CONAN
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 11th, 2008
10:52:09 PM
There is no actor
by Staldo
Jan 12th, 2008
12:21:51 AM
PG13 I BET MY ASS
by alucardvsdracula
Jan 12th, 2008
02:51:14 AM
CHEAP AS FUCK I BET MY ASS
by alucardvsdracula
Jan 12th, 2008
02:51:35 AM
WILL PISS OFF CROM I BET MY ASS
by alucardvsdracula
Jan 12th, 2008
02:51:53 AM
Will Conan learn the riddle of steel this time?
by caruso_stalker217
Jan 12th, 2008
03:27:25 AM
Welling as Conan?
by DocPazuzu
Jan 12th, 2008
04:25:55 AM
KULL? Shouldn't it be KRULL?
by wackybantha
Jan 12th, 2008
04:36:56 AM
He was referring to the Sorbo flick
by caruso_stalker217
Jan 12th, 2008
05:55:47 AM
The Beastmaster2 thing plays in the future...
by travis-dane
Jan 12th, 2008
06:50:54 AM
wackybantha, if your question is serious
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 12th, 2008
08:14:10 AM
Casting Conan!!
by DoctorWho?
Jan 12th, 2008
08:50:23 AM
Wackybantha!!
by DoctorWho?
Jan 12th, 2008
08:58:19 AM
No Goody-Goody Conan.
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Jan 12th, 2008
09:48:18 AM
I wish they'd never make another Conan movie.
by Gil Brooks
Jan 12th, 2008
12:17:06 PM
about the animated red nails?
by firehawk_thexder
Jan 12th, 2008
12:42:36 PM
Actually, Jon Cryer as CONAN...
by TheGhostWhoLurks
Jan 12th, 2008
02:37:34 PM
Just remember that whoever plays Conan
by Le Chevalier Noir
Jan 12th, 2008
06:22:41 PM

by Omar B
Jan 12th, 2008
06:36:55 PM
Actually, Panterarocks...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 12th, 2008
08:02:43 PM
Samuel L Jackson as the return of Thulsa Doom!
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Jan 12th, 2008
10:21:17 PM
Come to think of it.....
by Half-Baked-Goggle-Box-Do-Goode r
Jan 12th, 2008
10:24:15 PM
relaxed afterwards by whacking off to your Vallejo and Julie Bel
by DoctorWho?
Jan 12th, 2008
10:37:19 PM
relaxed afterwards by whacking off to your Vallejo and Julie Bel
by DoctorWho?
Jan 12th, 2008
10:37:29 PM
TRAVIS-DANE - THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP ON BEASTMASTER 2
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 13th, 2008
12:30:13 AM
OKAY PANTERA. YOU CALLING DOCPAZ
by BringingSexyBack
Jan 13th, 2008
12:39:13 AM
By the power of Greyskull!
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Jan 13th, 2008
01:39:51 AM
Panterarocks
by DocPazuzu
Jan 13th, 2008
02:55:45 AM
And don't forget, Pantera...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 13th, 2008
02:57:37 AM
Reading Comics
by HornOrSilk
Jan 13th, 2008
04:26:23 AM
Plus anyone who thinks non REH Conan counts
by HornOrSilk
Jan 13th, 2008
04:36:55 AM
Somebody send these fuckers...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 13th, 2008
07:00:07 AM
I love Conan The Barbarian...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 13th, 2008
07:30:39 AM
Oh, and the Red Nails animated Conan movie...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 13th, 2008
07:50:23 AM
I smell flop.
by Frankenblogger
Jan 13th, 2008
11:45:28 AM
Before there was Highlander 2 there was
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jan 13th, 2008
12:00:57 PM
High Pitch Eric for Conan
by haggardatbest
Jan 13th, 2008
01:43:32 PM
jk on Park for Conan!
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Jan 13th, 2008
02:27:06 PM
Why are people still messing with DocPazuzu?
by travis-dane
Jan 13th, 2008
05:22:57 PM
And there could have been this...
by JackPumpkinhead
Jan 13th, 2008
05:43:04 PM
RAY STEVENSON FROM ROME
by Hellspike
Jan 13th, 2008
07:10:41 PM
Bah! Reboot the series
by Teddy Artery
Jan 13th, 2008
08:15:14 PM
People still don't get it travis-dane
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Jan 13th, 2008
08:15:24 PM
Is THE ROCK gonna be CONAN?
by kirttrik
Jan 13th, 2008
08:46:07 PM
This film won't even be as good as the Conan the Adventurer cart
by King Conan
Jan 13th, 2008
11:13:07 PM
Lionsgate movies of worth...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 14th, 2008
01:16:36 AM
Bringingsexyback- IMDB has a listing for them!
by pokadoo
Jan 14th, 2008
05:47:25 AM
"Boom you just combined Howards cannon...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 14th, 2008
06:51:21 AM
I'm afraid I have to agree with DocPazuzu...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 14th, 2008
08:41:19 AM
Okay...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 14th, 2008
08:44:12 AM
A Young Conan could work.........
by Andyb77
Jan 14th, 2008
10:20:00 AM
whenever I see Panterarocks post
by Lost Jarv
Jan 14th, 2008
11:03:17 AM
"I heard what you said about me! You think steroids shrank my ge
by Lost Jarv
Jan 14th, 2008
11:03:48 AM
damn it. That should have read
by Lost Jarv
Jan 14th, 2008
11:04:37 AM
DocPazuzu & Sledge Hammer...
by ABking
Jan 14th, 2008
11:09:27 AM
"limited brain of R.E. Howard and is work on Conan"
by DocPazuzu
Jan 14th, 2008
11:25:36 AM
Hey Jarv
by DocPazuzu
Jan 14th, 2008
11:26:16 AM
Ha
by ABking
Jan 14th, 2008
11:48:15 AM
ABking.....
by Andyb77
Jan 14th, 2008
12:04:52 PM
Lionsgate sounds like they're doing a New Line
by Rakafraker
Jan 14th, 2008
12:30:52 PM
Still pissed....
by How2fish
Jan 14th, 2008
01:59:40 PM
Well, ruven...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
01:09:25 AM
doc,
by Lost Jarv
Jan 15th, 2008
03:10:59 AM
Jarv
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
04:34:11 AM
cheers,
by Lost Jarv
Jan 15th, 2008
04:38:52 AM
also-
by Lost Jarv
Jan 15th, 2008
04:40:07 AM
Yes...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
05:39:19 AM
buying a baby carriage?
by Lost Jarv
Jan 15th, 2008
05:54:49 AM
Don't I know it...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
06:40:07 AM
ABking...
by Sledge Hammer
Jan 15th, 2008
06:40:31 AM
Sahara wasnt that bad...
by spideyed
Jan 15th, 2008
06:54:59 AM
sahara was woeful
by Lost Jarv
Jan 15th, 2008
06:57:21 AM
ABking...
by DoctorWho?
Jan 15th, 2008
11:59:39 AM
DocWho
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
01:55:11 PM
shit
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
01:55:27 PM
I mean...
by DocPazuzu
Jan 15th, 2008
01:56:23 PM
Andrew McLaren was cast as Conan today
by snowdog2020
Nov 11th, 2009
07:37:25 PM

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