According to Variety, Marcus Nispel has been set by Nu Image/Millennium Films to direct "Conan," ending a nine-year development ordeal to reinvent the Robert E. Howard-created barbarian first immortalized onscreen by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982.
Production on the remake is set to start late this year in Bulgaria and South Africa. Nu Image/Millennium is making the film in a co-production with Lionsgate.
Brett Ratner was originally slated to direct the film but could not commit to the film because he was working on other projects such as "Beverly Hills Cop IV."
That opened the door for Nispel, who'll make "Conan" his third redo, after "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Friday the 13th." For Nispel, "Conan" is a job he has dreamed about since his childhood.
Nispel said he will blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the influence of the famous Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta, and the influence of such viscerally violent period films as Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto."
With his remakes of horror films (and his work on "Pathfinder"), Nispel at the very least he knows his way around violence, gore and swords.
Devin Faraci at CHUD.com is also quite certain an announcement as to who will be playing the Barbarian is forthcoming and it’s no surprise it will most likely be an unknown actor.
Are we ready for some "Conan" action?
More news to come! Catch ya' later!
Sources: Variety
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