link Schwarzenegger Is CONAN Once More!! Published at: Oct 25, 2012 8:09:07 PM CDT The Kidd here... You can forget about Jason Momoa as Conan, because the original is back. Today Universal Pictures set themselves up for THE LEGEND OF CONAN, which would return Arnold Schwarzenegger to the role he originated back in 1982, with an eye on Summer 2014 to get the film into theatres. Deadline reports that Chris Morgan, who came up with the story, is set to produce and may wind up penning the script as well, if he can manage to fit it into his schedule, which also includes writing the screenplay for FAST SEVEN (he's written the last four). As for where it would place in the Conan timeline, Morgan said that, for him, it's as if the Momoa reboot and CONAN THE DESTROYER never happened, preferring to link THE LEGEND OF CONAN to the original CONAN THE BARBARIAN. So what's the story of THE LEGEND OF CONAN? Producer Fredrik Malmberg explains it quite simply as such: "The original ended with Arnold on the throne as a seasoned warrior, and this is the take of the film we will make. It’s that Nordic Viking mythic guy who has played the role of king, warrior, soldier and mercenary, and who has bedded more women than anyone, nearing the last cycle of his life. He knows he’ll be going to Valhalla, and wants to go out with a good battle.” You wanted Arnold back in some of his classic roles? You got it... although there's no telling how this might affect that planned TERMINATOR 5 Schwarzenegger was originally packaged in. After all, Arnold's been busy accumulating projects... but so many movies, so little time. Eventually something's got to give... and go.
Oh man, the guy is 65 years old now.....here's hoping he can pull a Stallone and get in amazing shape again. Stoked that he's getting back into acting!
Conan'll be old in the movie, too, if I read correctly. He'll probably be in a "make-do" muscular level.
From someone who loves The Encycopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, the original Conan, Predator,etc... NO!!!
I'm going to assume he's been in maintenance mode for a while now, so if he goes back to BB full time, then he'll look good enough like Stallone. Just don't copy his eyebrows.
Isn't he single now? Prolly got a lot of time to kill so naturally he's thinkin "Well....gotta GH it up and get swole like it's 1977 again." Lookin forward to it!
Conan has to be up there among Arnold's best because he doesn't talk much in it. And hopefully we won't get some weird transvestite this time around.
We can expect this to be the worst movie of whatever year it's released. You body building guys think you can keep doing what you do, and perhaps even inject steroids, without looking weird as hell? Age gets us all.
I think he's just gonna be an old king or something, teaching the ropes to the new Conan, played by Channing Tatum.
Went back to watch the original remastered on DVD. I hope they have a hot chick as that blonde chick was in the Destroyer one. Also, it must have some awesome music, too, like the Carmina Burata theme it had. Wrong movie, sir. That was TRUE LIES. Spoiler YOU RANG?
I love that soundtrack. One of the best of all time! Poledouris is my second favorite movie music composer after Ennio Morricone.
so, he's going to be an old man terminator in T5? or, are they going to just cut and paste his head onto a CGI body? lol
