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It Looks Like CONAN Has A Director!
(...) there's an e-mail from a spy who makes a very persuasive case that there is indeed a director onboard now for the CONAN project that Lionsgate has been developing.
And if this is true, then my interest level just went through the floor. Thats sort of incredible, too, because Im a full-blown CONAN freak. When I met Howard McCain after the screening of OUTLANDER, he told me hed just been hired with his writing partner to write CONAN for Lionsgate, and in talking with him, I could tell the material was in the right hands. He genuinely adores the Robert Howard stories, and it seemed like he had some big plans for how to structure the film.
And lets be clear... stop calling this a remake. Theyre not doing the Milius film. Theyre starting over from the original stories. So its relly wrong to call this thing a remake at all. You wont be seeing the same story or even the same supporting characters. This is ground zero.
And now it appears to be official that Brett Ratner is directing the goddamn thing.
Oh, Brett... why do you want to hurt me? Why do you want to make this movie? Please, please, please tell me its because you have a genuine passion for the material and not just because its a start date and a financing package thats ready to go. Please tell me that you really care about the character and its history, and not that its just Hey, I recognize that name.
Id love to be wrong about this. I dont think Ratners a terrible shooter, and maybe this script is bulletproof.
Id love to find out. Hint. Hint. Anyone who felt like putting a copy in my hands should feel free to do so.
In the meantime, Im going to do my best to keep positive and pray that this is a good thing for the material and not a death sentence. I believe in CONAN... and I hope like hell that Ratner does, too.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38775