I do not like this news at all! Seriously, I would have prefered if Brett Ratner was still directing the new Conan. No… seriously.
As many of you know, it was announced last week that Brett Ratner would no longer be helming the new Conan the Barbarian remake, and many people rejoiced at the news. Well… put the party hats away. They’ve replaced him with Marcus Nispel, who most recently directed the Friday the 13th remake and the absolutely horrible “Pathfinder”.
I have a one word question…. WHY!?!?!?!
Our friends over at CHUD give us this:
This moves Conan into the next gear; the movie looked like it might stall when Brett Ratner, who had been developing it for Millenium for some time, backed out of the project. The company still wanted to shoot as early as this summer, but without a director or a star things looked rough for the production. Now that Nispel is on board things can get back to moving forward, although I don’t know if an August start date is still in the cards. We should be getting an announcement on just who is playing the Barbarian himself soon, though. I’ve been hearing that an unknown will be the way Millenium and Lionsgate go.
Now, Friday the 13th wasn’t totally crap. It actually has it’s moments… but at the same time it’s not actually all that good (aside from the scenes with America Olivo that is). And Pathfinder was… well… I already mentioned it.
I never thought I’d hear myself say this… but man I wish Brett Ratner was still directing this.
