Brett Ratner Says Conan Announcement Was 'Premature.'

"Let me make this very clear," he told me. "I am not doing Conan now. This is totally premature. For now, Conan is only a development deal. I have a deal at Paramount and I'm doing Beverly Hills Cop IV first, no matter what. Avi (Lerner) shouldn't be telling you or anyone else in the press what I'm doing."

Producer Avi Lerner, who issued the original release, admitted that the deal was not finalized when the release was sent out.

"We still have a few obstacles," he said. "Brett is only committed if we agree on a budget, on how to do the special effects and exactly where we'd shoot the film."

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