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Brett Ratner Commits to Conan

November 8, 2008

The Hollywood Reporter says that Brett Ratner has weighed two high-profile projects the past few weeks: 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.

Ratner has now made his choice and is in final negotiations to direct Conan, which is aiming for a release in early 2010.

The trade says that Ratner jived to the Conan script by 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.

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.

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COMMENTS (78)

Posted by:

Doo Doo Doo Doo Dee

November 8, 2008

Whoop Dee Do Conan! This is such crap. Hollywood sucks. I don't even know why I'm a film major.

Posted by:

Danny Glover

November 8, 2008

then stop majoring in fill dumb ass you go to school to learn some thing you should love to do with the rest of your life. so find some thing els to do with ur worthless life.

Posted by:

Dante Payne

November 8, 2008

Shut up Danny Glover you died in Saw! Conan will suck though. Brett Ratner should concentrate on something useless like Money Talks 2: Mo' Talkin.

Posted by:

normal guy...

November 8, 2008

who cares. whoopdee-friggin-doo. heres $85 million down the crap hole. no one will show up for this. not to mention, brett ratner should be shot--after what he did to x3, there is no redemption...

Posted by:

The Fatsquad

November 8, 2008

X3 Did blow.
Conan Probably will too.
But Maybe not. I hope they get Triple H to be Conan. That would be awesome.
Kinda.

Posted by:

Doo Doo Doo Doo Dee

November 8, 2008

Wow, some people are so negative!

Posted by:

Darum

November 8, 2008

well here goes ratner ruining another picture....its like the producers are purposely trying to make their movies suck

Posted by:

brett

November 8, 2008

are u kidding me tripple h would be the WORST person to play conan. it is a proven fact that wrestlers ruin big budget films excluding dwane johnson. get an up and coming actor. an unknown actor would be perfect for this.

Posted by:

Ulysses31

November 8, 2008

I could be Conan, I'm big enough, and acted in a school play once

Posted by:

Zephyr

November 8, 2008

I liked it better when they were looking at more hardcore directors, like Neil Marshall, Alexandre Aja, and others. Even Rob Zombie would've at least made this interesting.

Instead, this will be typical. And Conan deserves MORE than typical.