Brett Ratner to direct CONAN..?

[Sawyer]

I dont care enough about Conan to make a big deal about this. Let Ratner go to town, see if I care.

 

[Octoberist]

Like Moriarty said in his review, we have no clue what this new version is like. You can't say that a pedestrian vision is okay because it's a remake of action fare, as the script is not a remake and may not have the same tone.



I've seen way too many X-Men 3 debates to delve into this too much, but in the commentary he mentions quite a few times that he had control over the aesthetic and script changes. He's definitely not the only reason, but he didn't do much to make it better. I haven't seen any signs in any of his other films- X-Men 3 included- that he's the right choice for this one.

That's the thing about Ratner - you don't expect much. If it was...like Ridley Scott or whomever, then you'll have an idea. Hell, even Tim Burton! But not Ratner..no. I just think he'll do a serviceable job because that's what he's good at.

 

[[A]]

Do they have a Conan star yet? I still think it should be HHH if they haven't.

I think casting a wrestler makes perfect sense for a Ratner movie

 

[Octoberist]

I use to watch wrestling, and I've remembered that HHH never had the charisma that his fellow wrestlers had (The Rock, Austin, Shawn Michaels, Kurt Angle, etc). He tries too hard, and let's be frank, I don't want a wrestler to star in this movie. Yes, not even the Rock.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Conan was never about "art" in his movie and TV incarnations. Ratner is just the right choice.

John Milius = Conan the Barbarian

Brett Ratner = Scorpion King

If you can't tell the difference between pop art and commercial garbage then you probably enjoy the two equally.

 

[Ratcrawler]

This is almost as sad as Stephen Sommers directing Tarzan v_v

 

[That-Guy]

I wish they'd create a reality TV show that placed Brett Ratner, McG, Uwe Boll and Paul W.S. Anderson on a desert island and let us watch as they kill each other off.

 

[[A]]

I wish they'd create a reality TV show that placed Brett Ratner, McG, Uwe Boll and Paul W.S. Anderson on a desert island and let us watch as they kill each other off.

I'd watch it.

 

[Doctor Jones]

One of the few times I'd cast a WWE wrestler in anything. He looks exactly like Conan and he showed he could play a Schwarzenegger/Stallone type in Blade Trinity.

NO WRESTLERS!!!

Get a goddamn real actor. Seriously, if any of you think just because someone looks like the character and that they can just play the part, you're truly wrong.

 

[Chewy]

NO WRESTLERS!!!

Get a goddamn real actor. Seriously, if any of you think just because someone looks like the character and that they can just play the part, you're truly wrong.

On the other hand, if they cast wrestlers in this than said wrestlers can stay the hell away from potentially good movies (ie movies Brett Ratner isn't directing)

 

[[A]]

On the other hand, if they cast wrestlers in this than said wrestlers can stay the hell away from potentially good movies (ie movies Brett Ratner isn't directing)

That's why I said it makes sense

 

[Jick]

if he only could take it and leave God of War alone...

 

[dude stannis]

NO WRESTLERS!!!

Get a goddamn real actor. Seriously, if any of you think just because someone looks like the character and that they can just play the part, you're truly wrong.

Thank you for neglecting the last scentence of my post where I explain myself.

 

[xwolverine2]

is this another rumor?? im getting tired of these "brett ratner to direct" threads lol...

i swear he's directing like 20 movies... how isnt he more busy than peter jackson?

 

[Doctor Jones]

Thank you for neglecting the last scentence of my post where I explain myself.

No, I saw what you meant. Though I just usually hate it when people bring up wrestlers to play the role like Thor or something. Just wanted to state that.

 

[Zephyr Alexian]

I'll reserve judgment until I see the film, but I'm not sure Ratner takes his projects seriously. He seems far too laid back for the type of properties that he gains access too. Conan needs a director who will understand the dynamics of primal brutality, and the guy that wants to make 'Guitar Hero' doesn't seem like the right fit. I'm a big Conan fan, and I do love portions of Red Dragon, so maybe the Rat will pleasantly surprise us.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I'll reserve judgment until I see the film, but I'm not sure Ratner takes his projects seriously. He seems far too laid back for the type of properties that he gains access too. Conan needs a director who will understand the dynamics of primal brutality, and the guy that wants to make 'Guitar Hero' doesn't seem like the right fit. I'm a big Conan fan, and I do love portions of Red Dragon, so maybe the Rat will pleasantly surprise us.

People do forget how great of a film Red Dragon is. Though I like the first two Rush Hour films, those don't count.

But you could find somebody better. And he does seem to be really layed back. I still can't believe how sucky X3 was.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Red Dragon was redundant; no way in hell was it going to top Manhunter.

 

[Rac]

Well, the film is ****ed now. I can cross Conan from my wait-list.

 

[Joker]

As someone who is reading and enjoying the old Conan books right now, this is a huge let down. Hopefully this is just another false start that nothing will come of.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

X3 was simply garbage, with Ratner behind this, this will suffer the same fate.

 

[Chewy]

This is a done deal.

Brett Ratner commits to 'Conan'

Chooses barbarians over Axel Foley

By Jay A. Fernandez and Borys Kit
Nov 8, 2008, 12:08 AM ET


Who would you rather spend a year with: Axel Foley or Conan the Cimmerian?

This has been director Brett Ratner's dilemma for the past few weeks, as he weighed two high-profile projects: Paramount's fourth installment of the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise and a 21st century take on "Conan" co-produced by Nu Image/Millennium and Lionsgate Films.

By the end of Friday, Ratner had made his choice. He has committed to take on literature's most famous barbarian and is in final negotiations to helm the picture, which is aiming for a release in early 2010. Eddie Murphy and the Pointer Sisters will have to wait.

Ratner jived to the "Conan" script by Gersh-repped Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, who looked to Robert E. Howard's original pulp stories of the 1930s to create their take on the character. The writers are doing a quick polish to incorporate some of Ratner's ideas.

Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner of Millennium Films are producing, along with Paradox Entertainment president and CEO Fredrik Malmberg.

Meanwhile, Paramount -- eyeing the successful fourth-installment resurrections of the long-dormant "Die Hard" and "Indiana Jones" franchises -- has been gunning to get Detroit's funniest cop back on the streets for a summer 2010 release with Ratner behind the camera. Much-wanted "Wanted" scribes Michael Brandt and Derek Haas recently turned in a script so the filmmakers could take advantage of a small scheduling window open for perpetually-working star Murphy.

Ratner will remain involved with the development of "BHC IV."

As for the brawny brigand, Millennium and Lionsgate are eyeing a potential franchise and envision a very R-rated approach in the $85 million budget range. Preproduction is under way for a shoot at Nu Image's Nu Boyana Studio in Bulgaria.

"The story opens on the battlefield where Conan is born and tells the origin story that sets the stage for what will be the first of multiple films," Lerner said. "This is a coup for Millennium Films and proves that our choice of projects and material is attracting much higher-profile directors and actors."

Oliver Stone and John Milius wrote the surly fictional thief's first screen incarnation, "Conan the Barbarian," which Milius also directed in 1982. A jokier, less blood-and-boob-heavy sequel, "Conan the Destroyer," destroyed the character's franchise chances in 1984 by aiming for a PG-13 rating.

Oppenheimer and Donnelly also wrote "Sahara" and "A Sound of Thunder," and they have "Airborn" in development at Universal, with Stephen Sommers attached to direct.

Ratner, repped by CAA, most recently directed "Rush Hour 3" and "X-Men: The Last Stand."

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[Kirk Langstrom]

One of the few times I'd cast a WWE wrestler in anything. He looks exactly like Conan and he showed he could play a Schwarzenegger/Stallone type in Blade Trinity.

Yeah, too bad the character of Conan is NOTHING like Schwarzenegger or Stallone, huh?

I can see it now: Six months to a year's worth of ridiculous "Let's get Wrestler X to play Conan" posts by people who have never read a Conan novel in their ****ing lives.

"He looks exactly like Conan"?


Lovely.

 

[SymbioteKal-El]

Well my estimation for this movie just went down a notch or 500, Ratner is just a garbage director, X3 and the Rush Hour movies are complete and utter garbage, and Ratner will ruin this with his crap humor, even worse drama, and possibly even worse action scene's.

Big thumbs down from me :

 

[Theweepeople]

This is a done deal.

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Too bad. I was hoping Ratner would have chosen to make another Beverly Hills Cop film that I didn't care about. Instead he is going to screw up another potential franchise.

Who owns the rights to Conan? If it isn't owned by Fox maybe there is some hope if the right producer is hired to correct all of Ratner's horrible ideas.