MTV News caught up with Dolph Lundgren who said that he is talking to producers of
Conan and might be making an appearance in the reboot.
"I've talked to the producers about doing something for 'Conan,'" Lundgren said, as he cautioned that casting is still going on and whether there is a role for him at all likely wouldn't be decided until 2010.
"It's too early," he said, explaining that he didn't expect to know more until "probably next year."
Directed by Marcus Nispel, the Lionsgate film is based on Robert E. Howard's mythical conqueror Conan the Barbarian. The new version is expected to be more faithful to Howard's original creation than were the Arnold Schwarzenegger films.
No production date was announced.
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it was amusing.
Aside from all that though, I'd say it's high time for Dolph Lundgrens return.
1. Stop the current production.
2. Get a Robert E. Howard expert in the same room with the writers. Have them read the books and instruct them that the Conan stories will serve as the building blocks for the movie, and nothing else.
3. Use this film as a chance to reinvent the pop cultural idea of Conan.
Look at Casino Royale. Batman Begins. Pirates of the Carribean. All of these films took dead characters, dead franchises, and dead genres and reinvigorated them by not playing it safe. Even fans of Conan the Barbarian don't want a rehash of that. We are twenty years older now, and we need something more sophisticated. Bryan Singer learned that the hard way with Superman Returns. This can NOT be a nostalgia project.
Go to http://www.amrathelion.com/index.php/Nemedian-Chronicles/An-Appeal-To-Paradox.html for information!