Conan Sequel Already In The Pipeline?

Conan Sequel Already In The Pipeline?

While the new movie is still in post production, work on the script of a sequel has apparently already begun and fans of the books will be pleased to know that it's based on a story by the creator, Robert E. Howard...

By JoshWilding - Sep 29, 2010 02:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Conan
Source: IGN Movies

According to the Conan Movie Blog, an "inside source" has caught a glimpse at the script for the sequel which will apparently be based entirely on one of creator Robert E. Howard's novels.

They report that the characters, "have the same names and retain the same personalities of Howard's creations." And while there are obiviously a few new scenes added, the story would play out almost exactly as the currently unrevealed novel did.

"The best feature of the script...was the characterization of Conan," continues the report. "There is no doubt this is Howard's young Conan. Tough, smart, confident, unflappable and pragmatic, the script offers Conan a chance to evolve a good bit during the course of the film. His road to a throne is definitely intimated."

Here are a few more excerpts from their report:

"It’s penned by Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain."

"There is a determined female monarch, but she is not a warrior swordswoman with a fifth degree black belt and behaves pretty much as in the original story."

"There are a couple of characters, including an important villain (who actually has very brief screen time), who were not in Howard’s original story."

"Requirements for pleasing contemporary audiences being what they are, most of the additions are action set pieces that do not greatly alter the story arc of Howard’s original yarn."

"That’s about it. Bottom line is this is a smart, entertaining action flick that sticks pretty close to a single REH story, and, I think, shows a respect for the author and the character."




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AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 9/29/2010, 3:41 AM
If the first one is good, i hope they make this a saga!

Thoth-Amon as the main villain in sequel!
Gary Oldman as Thoth-Amon!
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 4:42 AM
Well they might be writing the script but there is no way the sequel would be green lit before the first hits theaters. Green Lantern i can see why, but Conan? In this day and age? With someone OTHER than the governator as the main star??? Not gonna happen until they at least get their money back from the profits of the first, IF they can actually make that happen.
EarlGrey
EarlGrey - 9/29/2010, 4:46 AM
A movie actually based on Robert E. Howard's Conan instead of the cliche that Hollywood has turned Conan into? I welcome and rejoice the thought, but I'll believe it when I see it.

I guess the fourth try is a charm.
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 9/29/2010, 6:18 AM
"will apparently be based entirely on one of creator Robert E. Howard's novels."

Yes....YES. This is what I want to hear. Can't remember which story had the queen they describe, though.
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/29/2010, 6:46 AM
Wow, talk about jumping the gun - the first one hasn't even failed yet and there's talk about another one? Momoa is a joke. This is going to suck!
chasesuperremey
chasesuperremey - 9/29/2010, 6:46 AM
Lets make sure the frist one dosnt suck please.
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/29/2010, 7:36 AM
I don't know why, but I just have a feeling this movie isn't going to suck as much as people think. In fact, it might just be pretty damn good.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/29/2010, 8:26 AM
I had my doubts about this movie at first but it is looking good so far so I'll give it a chance! Despite the fact Mamoa looked like a bad choice when he was announced, he seems to have really bulked up for the role and now pretty much looks perfect for the part.
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 8:30 AM
Ror- I have a feeling that Momoa will be an outstanding Conan but the film will only be as good as Pathfinder or Kull The Conqueror. Meaning very forgetable, meaning no sequel. Karl Urban was as good as he usually is in Pathfinder and it didn't save the film one bit. The whole Barbarian era is dead in our day and age. Unless... unless there is enough myst and magic in it to make it a real fantasy setting that would have a better shot with a broader audience. Other than that, i don't see this film getting that high up in the box office numbers. They are already alienating the governator and comic book fans so the only people that might end up seeing this repeatedly are hard core Robert E. Howard novel fans. Which is to say not that many considering who goes to see movies on a regular basis. Most Twilight/Avatar fans don't even know who Robert E. Howard is let alone what he created.

Anil- Kane kicked ass quality film wise but did it kick ass box office profit wise?
AshleyWilliams
AshleyWilliams - 9/29/2010, 8:35 AM
This movie will be pretty good IMO.
AshleyWilliams
AshleyWilliams - 9/29/2010, 8:35 AM
This movie looks pretty good IMO.
thegreek
thegreek - 9/29/2010, 8:52 AM
I will pass judgment after a trailer ... thank you very much ... ;-)
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/29/2010, 8:57 AM
there is only one conan in my eyes,arnie was born to play that role.
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 9:28 AM
ckal- I haven't seen it, i was just judging by the reviews. Apparently it's a good film but... where is it??? Where are the numbers???
vonstallin
vonstallin - 9/29/2010, 9:44 AM
did solomon kane come out yet?
EarlGrey
EarlGrey - 9/29/2010, 9:50 AM
The jury is still out on Momoa as Conan, but he's closer in description to Howard's Conan than Arnie ever was. I'm an Arnold fan, but the Conan he played was a dumbed down oaf barbarian who spent his formative years as a subservient slave. Light years from how Conan was really written.

I've got my fingers crossed that this movie will be decent enough to make some scratch so we can see a true REH adaptation on the big screen.
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 10:02 AM
ckal- That's retarded. Why the hell wouldn't it get released in america??? That makes no sense. Not one distributing company cares to bring Solomon Kane to the box office??? But they bring us shit like Pathfinder, "In The Name Of The King" and Jonah Hex. Wow...
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/29/2010, 10:10 AM
On a semi-related topic - Screw Rose 'McGaggin' (thanks Shaman for the nickname), I say Christina Hendricks for Red Sonja!



PLUS



PLUS



EQUALS


FTW!!!!!






PLUS



PLUS



EQUALS


EPIC fail!!!!

- 'nuff said!
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/29/2010, 10:15 AM
ckal - She's a BRILLIANT actor (a helluva lot better than 'McGaggin') AND she really does look the part. That and can you just imagine THIS body...

...in a chainmail bikini?! I'm getting light-headed again just thinking about it...
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 10:30 AM
loganoneil- AWESOME CAMPAIGNING!!! Keep at it!!! Oh and the credits should go to Teabag (of course). He "came up" to not say "threw up" with it :))

ckal- Well here's hoping we get it!!! :)
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/29/2010, 10:32 AM
Shaman - Still working on the t-shirt... (LMAO!)
Shaman
Shaman - 9/29/2010, 10:38 AM
loganoneil- Screw t-shirts, man!!! Get JAPAN on the phone, we need lifelike DOLLS!!!
thegreek
thegreek - 9/29/2010, 10:42 AM
I like that choice Logan nice pic and boobies are always nice ...

hot chicks

Hot chick

Kyos
Kyos - 9/29/2010, 10:46 AM
I'm not as opposed to the coming movie as some people here are. As Ror said, it might turn out to be a great movie. Already feels a little more like a Conan movie because of the casting. Yes, Momoa is certainly a disputable choice, but come on, since I read my first REH Conan story I wasn't able to see much Conan in the Arnold films anymore.

As to adapting an actual story by Howard - hell yes! Still have my doubts they'll do it right, but since Howard's stories are the definite Conan stories it's about time someone gives it a try.

Btw, has anyone heard anything about the animated adaption of the Red Nails story? Is it officially dead now? Looked good...
loganoneil
loganoneil - 9/29/2010, 10:52 AM
thegreek - Just remember one thing...

MASTURBATION

LMFAO! ;)
Creature
Creature - 9/29/2010, 11:31 AM
Even if Conan 1 sucks or bombs.
DDD
DDD - 9/29/2010, 12:48 PM
Hopefully this will bomb and they'll reboot it in 10
years and we'll actually get a Conan with bulk and
doesn't look like a Native American like Frazetta
erroneously painted him cuz he never read the books,
ever!

Conan was darkly-tanned cuz he was in the sun a lot,
not cuz he was Native-American or had naturally dark
skin. Conan was an ancient dark-haired Irishman,
plain & simple!

Even if he was a bit dumbed down, at least Arnie was
huge and Caucasian. And Nispel ain't no John Milius!
Nispel is an awful director and movie-maker! Just
terrible!

Momoa No-mo-a!!!!!!!!!!


DDD
DDD - 9/29/2010, 12:57 PM
Rachel Nichols should have been RED SONJA but now
she's stuck in this turkey as someone else!

What a waste!

No Rose McGaggin for RED SONJA!
Did she get the license plate of the truck that hit
her in the face???

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Muaddib13
Muaddib13 - 9/29/2010, 8:46 PM
Even though i will go see this, I still say Paul Telfor would have been perfect to play Conan
Ranger14
Ranger14 - 9/29/2010, 10:30 PM
DDD@ I suggest you read Howard's Hyborian Age. Conan the Cimmerian was a descendant of Atlanteans. Cimmerians were ancient ancestors to the Gaels, but that does not make Conan an Irishman. You are hundreds of years too early there. There was no such thing as Irish during the Hyborian age. Your putting the cart way before the horse. ;-) If you are going to get ticky-tacky about things, Momoa's mother is half Irish, so that makes him more qualified than the big dope of Conan that was Arnold. :-P Whether he is naturally dark-skinned or got it from the sun, what difference does it make on screen? None. You are letting your bias influence you way too much.

I like others here, think this movie will surprise people. Well, at least the open-minded people. I like the fact it is going to be based on Howard's books and having a sequel that focuses on one particular book will be really cool. Being Momoa is playing a "younger" Conan, it will give him a chance to bulk up even more than he has, though I personally don't want to see him get much bigger. I
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