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Almost Confirmed: Brett Ratner To Direct Conan

Posted on Friday, October 17th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

Conan Poster Aint It Cool News is kinda, sorta, may be, confirming the rumor that Brett Ratner will be directing Conan for Lionsgate. Written by Outlander scribes Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain, the $100 million R-rated tent pole is neither a remake or a sequel, as they are starting over from the original stories.

Conan was created by Robert E. Howard in a series of fantasy pulp stories published in Weird Tales in the 1930s, later popularized in the 1982 John Milius film Conan the Barbarian, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones.

Why must Brett Ratner keep attaching himself to beloved film properties? Why can’t he direct something original, a stupid spec script that no one cares about. Why must he ruin it for the fans? Ratner, please, if you’re reading this - go direct your Hugh Heffner biopic, and leave Conan, Beverly Hills Cop IV, and God of War to a better suited filmmaker.

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jerry seinfeld

peter -

right ON. my feelings exactly.

Lets stop fighting. call me.

JS

Maxime

Ratner is a lame. Fucking bad news

GregoryV

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Jetson

Not that a Conan movie is screaming to be made...but who else do we have to pick from?

The Outlander guy? The 13th warrior director? Why would Ridley Scott want to make Conan? He's the only one I could see doing something fresh with it.

Dr.Doc

somebody needs to hurt Ratner, severly, in the name of Crom

Gajonka

I AM SO HAPPY THAT THERE ARE ONLY THREE DIRECTORS IB THIS WORLD ( THAT NEED WORK).

RATNER, RAIMI AND SINGER.

SINGER GETS A PASS BECAUSE APT PUPIL WAS A GOOD FILM ( RIP RENFRO).

i MEAN, SPREAD IT AROUND PEOPLE!!

GILLIAM WOULD BE GOOD TO COLLABORATE WITH ON THIS ONE...

JUST AN OBSERVATION.

I MEAN, THANK GOODNESS THESE MEN WENT TO FILM/ DIRECTING SCHOOL. OTHERWISE, WE WOULDNT HAVE ANY FILMS TO WATCH, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHC CAN MAKE THEM!!!

f-IN a !!

88

Way to not dodge the bullet. Don't they get it -- the kids will come to this one either way if you make it right. Conan is all about naked chicks, monsters, axes and war. Make it a hard R and it'll still do HUGE business. But if you attach and decent director -- and get Javier Bardem to star it -- then it will also be a good movie. I'm not a fan of TDK but it is an example of a reasonably good (or at least well-made) movie that also did reasonably good box office.

NO RATNER!!!
NO RATNER!!!
NO RATNER!!!

Anti-Septic

By Crom this is terrible news. I guess all we can do is prey Rattner doesnt fuck it up by trying to be cute and make some bullshit kiddies movie.

The first Conan movie with Arnold was good, at least it showed what I thought Conan should be. The sequels were frikkin terrible, I try and block those out of my mind that they even exist! Its just an example of how you go from good to bad in one fell swoop.

Eric R.

There is only one character that can express my anger over this and to quote him:

"KHAN!!!!!!!!"

whsmith

Almost Confirmed: the new Conan movie will suck ass.

kip

Almost Confirmed: I wont be seeing this.

I will never forgive him for ruining x men, you understand me! Never!

Luni

SWEET DEAR LORD RAPTOR JESUS! WHY RATNER WHY?!?! (i bet jackie chan is gonna be in it)

.sean

Does ANYONE like Bret Ratner? Why does he keep getting work?

Pill

Ha, as if Conan is some sort of masterpiece to begin with. Its a franchise that deserves Ratner.

KNUCKLEDICK

Yeah ! Rattner rocks . This will be a great ass movie ,'IF' they get ColdPlay to do the soundtrack, get Damon Wayans as Conans Sidekick/stepbrother , and Kim Kardashian to show us her ass in a harem . Cause that's all COnan is about , blood , tits on idiots & fuckhead oily muscle-guys . but yeah , snapperhead was right too , skinny-ass hairy-backed Bardems hangdog latin face is perfect for a pre-Celtic tough-guy . Can't wait till they get him in some Judas-Priest leather & spikes . You fucking half-tards !

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