If you feel a light breeze in the air, that’s probably the collective sigh of relief being exhaled by Conan fans all over the world today. As you may or may not know, a Conan movie has been in the works for some time and none other than Brett Ratner (X-Men 3, Rush Hour) has been attached to direct.
Well, according to producer Joe Gatta, they’re looking for a new director now. Ratner is off the project. The good folks over at Empire Online give us this:
“We’re currently in the process of hiring a director,” he told us. “For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen.”
Yeah… I don’t believe the whole “it’s a scheduling thing” excuse for a second. You’re telling me you guys haven’t known each other’s schedules for the last 6 months and just NOW are realizing there’s a conflict? Doubt it. It could be true… but I doubt it.
I personally don’t dislike Ratner as most people seem to, but even I have never thought he’d be a good fit for Conan. So now I guess the question is… who will direct Conan now?
