Brett Ratner, who it seems is “in talks” for every big studio epic that gets greenlit, is linked today with Nu Image/Millennium Films’ CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
In fact, Dread Central go as far to say the offer is out to Ratner and it’s his if he wants it.
Robert Rodriguez, Neil Marshall and Rob Zombie had shown interest but couldn’t strike up a deal with the studio.
Just last month we heard that the two writers behind the upcoming Viking STV movie OUTLANDER had been hired to re-write the screenplay and the search for a director was under-way. That search may now be over, unfortunately.
Ratner has the high profile projects BEVERLY HILLS COP IV, an adaptation of the epic fantasy GOD OF WAR and biopics of Hugh Hefner (with Robert Downey Jr.) and Frank Sinatra (with Chris Tucker as George Jacobs) on his upcoming CV.
Hopefully he is too busy for this, though if it stops him directing GOD OF WAR then that’s one plus. That movie could define a new meaning of epic and is WAY to hot a project for him to screw up.
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God! no Please not the Rat!,that fucker will suck anyone’s balls to get a gig!please dont let the RAT near Conan.
I think arnie’s reaction speaks for the rest of us.
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