It looks like Rob Zombie might be setting himself up to take over a remake of conan the Barbarian.
According to Bloody Disgusting, Zombie is taking meetings with Nu Image and Lions Gate, the dual shingles behind the relaunch of the “Barbarian”, about possibly being the man to give audiences their first Schwarzenegger-less “Conan” movie (Does this mean Danny Trejo’s in with a chance to play the sword-yielding hero? Yes, Conan has muscles… just not sure about those tattoos).
I grew up watching Conan movies on Sunday afternoons when they would air on TV and at my friends house who had hundreds of movies taped poorly on a VHS. So to see someone OTHER than Arnie throwing around that sword seems odd. I am not even going to get into who they could get to play Conan.
But Hollywood seems to be out of ideas, and not EVERY movie can be about a comic book, so they are reinventing the old ones. Zombie’s adaptation of Halloween was met with mixed reviews. I wonder if they will change everything for a new feel of Conan or will the silent warrior stand proudly in the midst of the bodies of his fallen attackers.
I am all for a new Conan movie. I think those epic medieval movies that DONT star dragons and noble knights deserve a comeback. Next stop BEASTMASTER!
