Conan The Barbarian (2011)

[Neil]

Rourke has been making the most from his Oscar win for "The Wrestler." In a similar path to John Travolta after his "Pulp Fiction" win,

neither of them won the oscar.

hollywood reporter is constantly getting things wrong, thank god they only do entertainment news, hate to see them report on anything important that requires the least amount of research.

I hate it when entertainment news gets the important facts wrong.

[Pubrick]

that doesn't even make sense. i said the complete opposite.

unless you weren't trying to be ironic or sarcastic or something and were just sincerely making an inane comment.

in which case, uh.. great, that's great that you think that. we'll just hav to agree to disagree, since i clearly stated that entertainment news is not important and i was expressing alarm at how they can't even get that right. i guess since understanding anything is not your priority and you are unfamiliar with facts or intelligible sentences the point of my post was lost on you.

[matt35mm]

Rourke has been making the most from his Oscar win for "The Wrestler." In a similar path to John Travolta after his "Pulp Fiction" win,

neither of them won the oscar.

hollywood reporter is constantly getting things wrong, thank god they only do entertainment news, hate to see them report on anything important that requires the least amount of research.

Further proof of the irrelevance of the Oscars.  When was the last time that winning an Oscar did anything for anybody's career?  Just the general perception that you're respectable and in financially successful movies now will do.  Do that, and people will remember you as an Oscar-winner anyway.

People also seem to forget that Meryl Streep has only won a best actress Oscar once, in 1982, and one best supporting actress Oscar before that.

[MacGuffin]

'Conan' rounds out cast
Lang, McGowan and Perlman at Bulgaria shoot
Source: Variety

Nu Image/Millennium Films has completed the cast for "Conan," adding Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman, Said Taghmaoui and Leo Howard to star alongside Jason Momoa.

Marcus Nispel began lensing Monday at Nu Boyana Studios, Nu Image's facility in Sofia, Bulgaria. The film will be released domestically by Lionsgate.

Based on the Robert E. Howard books, the film is written by Thomas Dean Donnelly & Joshua Oppenheimer, Sean Hood and Andrew Lobel and centers on the mythical hero driven to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his village.

Lang will portray a sadistic warlord, and McGowan is to play an evil half-human/half-witch. Howard appears as young Conan, and Perlman portrays Conan's father.

The film's produced by Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and Fredrik Malmberg. Exec producers are Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short, George Furla and Henry Winterstern.

The project's been in development for a decade; Paradox had set it up at Warner Bros. but decided against a new rights deal three years ago and went to Nu Image instead.

[MacGuffin]

First Official Look at the New Conan the Barbarian
Source: Cinematical

When it was announced that Stargate: Atlantis actor Jason Momoa would be picking up Arnold Schwarzenegger's sword for the Conan reboot, a lot of fans were up in arms. The reasons appeared to be multifold, but the most common complaint was that Momoa -- who's 6'5" tall -- wasn't ripped enough to play Robert E. Howard's famous barbarian. Hopefully, now that the first official image of Momoa in the role has been released, we can put those arguments to bed.

Nu Boyana Film Studios revealed the new pic this morning -- and while it's not a full body shot, you can certainly tell that Momoa bulked up for the part. He's not as big as Arnold, but he's definitely believable as a muscle-bound barbarian.

As for the film itself, shooting has wrapped and director Marcus Nispel is currently in post-production on the project, which finds Conan adventuring across Hyboria on a mission to avenge the death of his father (Ron Perlman). Joining Momoa and Perlman in the cast are Stephen Lang as the villainous Khalar Zym, Bob Sapp as Zym's right hand man Ukafa, Rachel Nichols as Conan's love interest Tamara, and Rose McGowan -- who was supposed to be Red Sonja in a different film at one point -- as a witch. The film's slated to hit theaters sometime next year.

[MacGuffin]

Teaser Trailer here.

[Stefen]

geez mac. where have you been?