UPDATE: So, it’s no longer a rumor that the former Ronon Dex will now be the new Conan The Barbarian for director Marcus Nispel. The gears are in motion to make the start date for the project and Momoa is already reportedly in training for the role.
What’s also now being dropped by sources such as LatinoReview is that an offer has also gone out to Mickey Rourke to play Conan’s father, Corin. Wow. If that pans out, Rourke is certainly making the most of this comeback, ain’t he?
So while we won’t be getting a wrestler to play Conan, but we may very well get a Wrestler to play his dad. Sweet.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Jason Momoa has landed the role of Conan The Barbarian. It was widely reported that he was one of the contenders, but DHD is coming out and saying it’s a done deal.
Momoa was reportedly chosen over other top contender, Kellan Lutz (Twilight) by Millennium Films, Lionsgate and Paradox Entertainment. This will mean that the film will keep its planned March 15th start date in Bulgaria. If it’s legit, it seems almost surreal after the seemingly dozens of false starts this reboot has had over the years (somewhere around Superman-level I’d say), that this might actually finally be coming to fruition.
Momoa is a different choice than what’s come before, that’s for certain. I’m a fan of Stargate: Atlantis, and I know that he can handle the physicality. If you’re not all that familiar with him, he also had a stint on Baywatch in its declining years (weren’t they all really, though?). He’s also playing Khal Drogo in HBO’s A Game of Thrones and is known as Lisa Bonet’s most current babydaddy.
Thanks to El Cap for the tip.
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Conan doesn't have tattoos. He wears no man's mark!
i prayed to Crom that a buffed up Viggo Mortensen would get the role…but I seldom pray to him, he doesn't listen. The Vigg would do good to crush his enemies, see them driven before him, and hear the lamentations
A friend and I were talking up how awesome an aged King Conan played by Arnie would be… maybe one day when he's over this silly politics fad.
Till that huge beast-on-a-spit comes along, Stargate Conan will be a nice snack to tide us over.
He's such a big dude and can throw himself around pretty good. I hope they have enough Hollywood/Bulgarian stunt-guys of similar size and ability or it's going to look a little one-sided, even if they horde him.
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Interesting choice. Certainly not quite in-keeping with how Conan is traditionally portrayed (though I suppose if they straighten his hair/wig him out in black it might get closer), but not necessarily a bad choice. He's definitely got the physicality and has the "death glower" down pat.
Deadline Hollywood is very reliable, don't worry. No need to put qualifiers all over your article. And besides, the story was written by Mike Fleming, who until like last month or something was one of the top writers at Variety. So it's basically as-good-slash-better than a trade report.
Good to know, Mike (Fleming?). Cheers.
This is good casting. Or good enough. My fears of a 20-year-old, pretty boy Conan are assuaged.
Rourke photo looks like he should be playing Donnie Wahlberg's father.
Well crap. After you ran the list of potentials I was hoping for Jay Tavare.
Everyone besides him and Mamoa was just a terrible choice, so it's whatever. But just compare Tavare to one of Frazetta's Conan paintings man! That would've been cool.
Color me skeptical. As far as most casual fans of this character go, it's less about REH than it is about capturing the look that Frazetta established. I never saw Fritz paint Conan as some postmodern pretty boy, so this guy has some SERIOUS WORK to accomplish before it gets my vote. Milius' CONAN had some flaws, but it got way more right than it did wrong. Side note: I saw it opening night in NYC with Mike Kaluta (he hated it.)
He's tall, not big. Conan is size, not height. They start on March, it's almost Feb. He won't be big enough by shooting time. This sounds like a rush job to meet a deadline.
Maybe he'll look right for the part of Conan once they start shooting, but right now he doesn't seems right to me. I also would kind of like the idea of Conan having an Euro accent. Who was that guy who played a young Arnold in that made for t.v. movie about Arnold? Some big German guy.
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