courtesy of
craveonline
CRAVE Online: Yeah. Is there a story you'd like to do for the next movie?
Jason Momoa: I wrote it.
CRAVE Online: Did you really?
Jason Momoa: Yeah, so we're waiting to see if they'll accept it.
CRAVE Online: Is it original or did you adapt it from something?
Jason Momoa: It will mostly be... It's character-adapted, because I really want to get into more of the mythical creatures, you know?
CRAVE Online: Oh yeah.
Jason Momoa: We wanted to go there, but having Clash of the Titans, and coming out against that, we wanted to put the budget into some other things. We just couldn't hit... We couldn't get to that level with [...] the visual effects and stuff. [...] I don't want to give anything away, but we already have our Conan, really it's about the villain, what that villain is going to extract from Conan, and where as an actor I want to go with Conan. You know, no one's going to know what I want to do better than me.
CRAVE Online: Touche!
Jason Momoa: Exactly. [...] We want to incorporate three different things, because obviously you don't just want to do the [existing] story, because the fans already know it. You want to keep them on their toes. So, I think we have a good lock on it. Also, I feel it's beautiful... How many actors get to go in there and go, "I'm part of the writing process?" and care that much about the character, because he is a fan himself? It's great. You know some people go like, "It's great, I'm going to be in my trailer." I want to @#$%ing make a great Conan movie.
By the way Rachel Nichols is in this movie! Yahoo!
Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Jason actually has a writing credit. He wrote a script for his 2010 short film
Brown Bag Diaries: Ridin' the Blinds in B Minor. Of course he produced and starred in the short so I won't give him too much credit, but he is ambitious.
The other day I wrote an article about Jason promising sequels to
Conan, but at no point did I think he had a script up his sleeve. I'll assume Jason has never heard the phrase, don't count your chickens before they hatch. Hate seeing him get his hopes up for a sequel before the first one even hits theaters. At this pace Jason will have
Conan 3 written by the premiere.
Starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, and Rose McGowan,
Conan the Barbarian is set to be released in 2D and 3D on August 19th!