Marcus Nispel to direct Conan the Barbarian
Back in May, Crom granted us deliverance from Brett Ratner as it was announced that he will no longer be directing Conan. Since then we've been waiting and hearing rumors on who's next in line to direct the remake or reboot of the franchise.
"Marcus Nispel has been set by Nu Image/Millennium Films to direct 'Conan,' ending a nine-year development ordeal to reinvent the Robert E. Howard-created barbarian first immortalized onscreen by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982," confirms Variety. "Production on the remake is set to start late this year in Bulgaria and South Africa."
Nispel hasn't directed many feature films but his latest work was Friday the 13th. He's also directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake) and Pathfinder which is the only film I've seen of his. Pathfinder, although a great concept, wasn't exactly a good movie. It's an empty film with no feeling or depth to the story, granted I never expected that but I wasn't prepared for how hollow it turned out to be. The good thing, however, is that Nispel did a pretty good job at the action that was shown in that film.
I'd rather have Nispel directing Conan than having Ratner but Nispel still isn't my first choice. To be honest, I don't know who I'd choose to direct Conan. The Schwarzenegger film is one of my favorite movies of all time, among many of course, so it's hard to say who could handle this picture.
On another note - I have no idea if it's called Conan the Barbarian. I suspect it is not, why would it? I just used that as the title so it wouldn't confuse anyone.
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