A New Conan Director Already?

After just learning Brett Ratner will not be involved, James McTeigue is now being rumored as the new possible director for the "Conan" remake.

According to CHUD, "The director of the first Alan Moore adaptation ('V For Vendetta') and the upcoming 'Ninja Assassin,' McTeigue was long the Wachowski's first AD[Assistant Director]. There's no question that McTeigue has the action chops needed to bring the Hyborian barbarian's adventures to brutal, bloody life.

But will he have the money needed to do it right? My source fears that the loss of Ratner means a loss of budget. 'Ninja Assassin' seems to be budgeted at around 50 million, and "V For Vendetta" was 54 million. Both look terrific - McTeigue is getting every penny on screen - but Conan will be much costlier, effects-wise. Will the current rumored 120 million dollar budget be slashed with this new director?

It's important to note that McTeigue hasn't signed any papers yet, so this deal is still in the making, but it looks like he's the guy Nu-Image/Millenium wants for the job."

McTeigue works a lot with the Wachowski Brothers, so I wonder if they will be involved with this picture as well (they worked on both "V for Vendetta" and "Ninja Assassin" with McTeigue).
Since they made "The Matrix," I think that would be pretty awesome.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!