Brett Ratner Sounds Off About His Conan Departure!

Brett Ratner Sounds Off About His Conan Departure!

Brett Ratner voices his opinion about being replaced as director of Conan.

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By jman1977 - Aug 21, 2009 08:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Conan
Source: splashpage.mtv.com

"I really wanted to do that," Ratner confessed to MTV News about his departure from the "Conan" movie. "I'm sad about it, because I loved the script."

Ratner goes on to explain a little about the Conan script:

"The script is very cool, contemporary ... it's going back to the original source material—the mythology of the characters."

On why he was replaced, Brett Ratner had this to say:

"It just didn't work out—scheduling and stuff," he said. "It's an incredible project, and Marcus will do a great job."

Marcus as in Marcus Nispel. Marcus has directed Friday the 13th, Pathfinder and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Yes Brett, I agree with you. Marcus will do a great job with Conan.

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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 8/21/2009, 8:42 AM
Damn, CONAN got the ki$$ of death!

HOLLYWOOD needs to get their finger outta their a$$E$ an make it! ; D
WeaponX
WeaponX - 8/21/2009, 8:43 AM
Yes, Conan is well over due for a glorious return to the big screen. Even better that Ratner has been shown the door, he'd just dumb the whole thing down.

Let's hope Marcus Nispel can properly bring the sullen eyed womanizer to life.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 8/21/2009, 9:06 AM
WeaponX @ Lets hope! ; )

I gotta a felling we're gonna be seeing the RED SONJA before this movie darn it, not that ive got anything again'st SONJA, but CONAN should come first!
WeaponX
WeaponX - 8/21/2009, 9:36 AM
@LEEE777 - I wouldn't be all that surprised if they are using Red Sonja as a testing ground for the public's appetite to go and see a movie like that. If it bodes well, I think Conan will be fast tracked.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 8/21/2009, 9:46 AM
GET A NO NAME ACTOR THAT LOOKS LIKE THE COMIC BOOK CONAN AND CAN ACT AND WE GOT SOMETHING
StephenStrange
StephenStrange - 8/21/2009, 9:46 AM
huh. Well all this means is that now I actually get to watch Conan. If ratbastard had directed it I wouldn't have watched it at all. I have officially boycotted his movies for eternity
LexLuthor
LexLuthor - 8/21/2009, 10:50 AM
Glad Ratner's out too. Such a tool.
Spock
Spock - 8/21/2009, 11:05 AM
Love Conan series. Maybe Arnold could Cameo or something.
ATOMbomb
ATOMbomb - 8/21/2009, 11:32 AM
I'm glad he is out. I didn't like what he did with X3. The first two Conan films where awesome, wonder who they would get to play the role. Please don't get The Rock!! That would be a great poll to put up. Who should play Conan?
AvengingAngel1022
AvengingAngel1022 - 8/21/2009, 1:12 PM
cool
Talontd
Talontd - 8/21/2009, 2:26 PM
Have any of you guys seen PATHFINDER??? I have, and it was terrible. I'm not so sure this is a step up....more like diving out of the way of a car only to be hit by a bus!
BillyBlack
BillyBlack - 8/21/2009, 3:26 PM
UPDATE:

unnamed source quoted anonymous producer on why Ratner was replaced...

"We realized we were about to make a movie directed by Brett Ratner. And his movies eat the corn out of my sh*t."

If only all producers felt this way.
icebergslick
icebergslick - 8/21/2009, 5:06 PM
FATNER!!!!!!
Hesse
Hesse - 8/21/2009, 6:33 PM
@ Talontd

I lol'd at your analogy :)
Hesse
Hesse - 8/21/2009, 6:38 PM
Pathfinder did suck, but I thought Friday the 13th was pretty good. Script was kinda lame,and it had some horrible acting, but I liked how they had two "good" girls last awhile, i really had no idea the one chick was gonna bite it, really surprised me.

Plus they made Jason Bad-ass again, not a super-strong slow as hell decaying zombie-corpse.
Weeton
Weeton - 8/21/2009, 6:56 PM
i'm glad he's off the project; i dislike brett ratner's work. his directing style reminds me of made for tv movies. good in small doses with lots of commercials in between.
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