Beaks here...

Back in March, Djimon Hounsou created a minor stir when he let slip that he was developing a "dream project" that had something to do with comic books. The speculation got a little more specific (per CHUD) when he clarified that the character "used to be a part of the CONAN comic book". Djimon as Conan or Kull was an intriguing thought, but Nu Image denied it up and down.

Now it's July, and the mystery is solved: Djimon Hounsou is producing and starring in a big-screen take on Thulsa Doom for Dynamite Entertainment. For those of you not up on your Robert E. Howard, that's the long-haired sorcerer played by James Earl Jones in John Milius's drawing room comedy, CONAN THE BARBARIAN.

Going by my not-very-extensive-reading of Robert E. Howard's pulp novels, Doom was always an evil motherfucker, so it'll be interesting to see how Hounsou and his as-yet-unnamed screenwriter(s) depict the character as a "flawed hero" who gradually turns nasty. The in-development film will be also be produced by Arthur Lieberman and Luke Lieberman, who're currently working with Robert Rodriguez on his RED SONJA redo (starring Rose McGowan). I'm happy that they're getting these properties up on their feet, but, really, when are you guys gonna stop screwing around and admit that Milius is the man for CONAN?