New Line Cinema is poised to remake the
Schwarzenegger classic “
Conan the Barbarian” following Warner losing the rights to the legendary literary series.
What a journey this movie has had. At one stage original ‘
Conan’ director
John Milius wanted to bring
Schwarzenegger back for a third film (titled ‘
King Conan’) then Warners decided they didn’t want that and dropped both
Milius and, well, any link to the
Arnie films, in favour of a straight-up remake.
Larry and
Andy Wachowski and
Robert Rodriguez took turns developing it.
Rodriguez got closest but left the project for "
Grindhouse."
Boaz Yakin was hired last year to start again.
Warners had a spring deadline to be in production but balked because it didn't have a script in which it was confident. Rights-holder Paradox Entertainment, which had extended its original option agreement three times, declined another extension.
"We have great respect for Warner Bros., but after seven years, we came to the point where we needed to see progress to production," Paradox's
Fredrik Malmberg said.
After posting a bid of mid-six against seven figures for an 18-month option with one extension, the studio entered into negotiations after CAA staged an auction for rights holder Paradox Entertainment. The property drew the interest of several studios and monied producers including Hollywood Gang's
Gianni Nunnari and Millennium Films.
New Line has to start from scratch on the project because the Warner Bros. own the rights to all drafts of the new “
Conan” movie.
http://www.moviehole.net/news/200706...an_movies.html
Any guesses to who the lead will be? Your guess is as good as mine.:rolleyes: