It's The New Millenium And Still No Conan III

What gives? Conan The Destroyer--the second and last Conan film--came out in 1984. It has been over 20 freakin' years since the last Conan movie came out. There have been a ton of remakes made recently, why not Conan? Why not one of the most recognizable heroes of all time? Why can't we get this movie made, people?

In a recent article published in moviehole.net, an Australian website, Clint Morris reports that New Millenium (the people behind the Rambo flicks) have purchased the rights to the next Conan movie from Warner Brothers. And apparently, New Millenium has to start from scratch, because what had been done towards a 3rd movie by WB is also owned by them (Didn't your mothers tell you that it's nice to share???).

Screen Writers, please submit your Conan III scripts to New Millenium, attention Joe Gatta (producer). Let's get this done. We are talking about one of the greatest characters of all time here.

Link to moviehole.net article:
http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070813_conan_for_the_new_millennium_f.html

Another short article published on ropeofsilicon.com by Brad Brevet:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=6911

-Qiuvo

Conan III

Recently went to Walmart and found a DVD containing both Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destroyer, all for the great price of $9.95!

Can't beat those type of deals. I prefer the first movie, but Destroyer is not bad either. Yes, there's a couple of cheezy 80's elements, but come on, they didn't have CGI back then. Still, classic productions in my opinion.

I have heard that John Milius (director of Conan The Barbarian) is planning on filming a 3rd Conan. All I can say is: About Freakin' Time!

I hope they don't skimp on production costs. A legendary character like Conan deserves a great movie. I also bought the 2 Conan compilations: Conan The Cimmerian and The Bloody Crown of Conan which contain a plethora of Conan short stories by the former master and inovator of the Fantasy genre, Robert E. Howard. Furthermore, for those of you who are interested in Howard, you might want to check out The Whole Wide World, a 1996 movie starring Renee Zellwegger (of Jerry McGuire fame) and Vincent D'onofrio (Law & Order...forget which one). Howard was somewhat of an eccentric character, but boy could he write.