Empire magazine spoke to "Conan" and "Red Sonja" producer Joe Gatta, 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 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."
He added: "We'll have an open casting call: as soon as we hire our director the search is on."
Sounds like these two movies won't be coming out in 2010 as reported. I expect to hear that these films will be delayed to 2011 because of the lack of actors and directors (though Rose McGowan is said to be playing Red Sonja).
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
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