The hiring of a director for the new Conan movie from Lionsgate and Nu
Image just started to heat up. A number of sites are reporting a whole
bunch of directors who have gone in for meetings with the Crom-like
powers that be to describe their visions for the return of the
barbarian. And the weirdest (yet apparently legit) rumor of them all:
that Conan will be born in a double wide in the rural areas of
Cimmeria. His mother will be a temple dancer for the god Set, and he
will be abused by his step-father, Thoth Amon. He will grow up and take
revenge on all civilized peoples to the era-appropriate strains of
Southern Rock (with a Conan twist, of course. Listen for Sweet Home Aquilonia). Yes, Rob Zombie is in the running to make a Conan movie,
according to Bloody Disgusting.
Other names that are in the soup, according to IGN: Xavier Gens, who has been talking
about it for a little while, as well as Neil Marshall, whose upcoming
movie Doomsday is intriguing me because I have heard so many mixed
things about it. I am sure other directors of a similar ilk are taking
meetings, and I think all this activity promises announcements soon
(actually, Moriarty at Aint It Cool News, who apparently has the inside
scoop, promises it as well). While I would like to see Zombie direct
something that would fall outside of his comfort zone – even after the
horror of Halloween I still have faith in him – I hope the job goes to
somebody else.
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In Muscle Shoals they loved Crom. Mmm Mmm Mmm.
Not that I necessarily need an A lister to tackle this material, Zombie is 0 for 3 by my count. Sure, The Devil's Rejects was better than Corpses, that's faint praise.
Please not fucking Rob Zombie. What about his white trash exploitation flicks makes anyone think he can handle something like Conan?
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Devin – How much longer do you have to be the dog and Rob Zombie be the great big boot that kicks you in the guts AGAIN? He's a talentless no-mark whose entire career involves taking on a script (original or remake) and adapting it as closely as possible to the original TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. It must be awful to know that your life's ambition was stolen from under your nose by, of all people, Marcus Nispel. Dear oh dear.
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