How many ****in times have they tried to relaunch Conan now?! A hallucinating Robert Downey Jr could get it up quicker!
One minute John Milius, the man behind the original, is trying to get it up [briefly as a Schwarzenegger vehicle] the next Warners are announcing their plans to bring the bare-chested sword-swinger to theatres. Then, New Line announces that theyve made an offer on the property. Now, Millennium the chappies behind John Rambo are gloating about the new property theyve taken on; picked up from the WB.
It seems to me, this property much like The Crusades, much like the long-gestating He-Man movie, and not to mention, er, Ghostbusters 3 is as immobile as an out-of-fuel Honda. It aint going anywhere. Its been about a decade since it was first set for a greenlight, so whats Millennium got that Warners and Milius didnt? (Hmm, maybe Sylvester Stallone on their books. Dont be at all surprised if they go to the big man for this, as ludicrous as thatd be). Less projects on their slate, maybe?
Apparently Millennium paid a ****-load for the rights they were battling The Hollywood Gang, the guys that financed some of 300 to the film, so hopefully when they say its going into production next spring it goes into production next Spring.
Producer Joe Gatta wont show anyone the number on the tax invoice, but he isnt shy to announce that they did have to crack open a few savings accounts to pay for the rights.
"While it's a rich deal for us, we believe in the brand and that this will lead to multiple pictures," Gatta said.
Boaz Yakin penned the last draft of the new Conan movie, but because Warner Bros owns the rights to it, Millennium have to start afresh. And by simply reporting that, Ive just opened up the floodgates for a couple of hundred newbie screenwriters to send their spec scripts to Gatta and Co. ****. Sorry.
