New CONAN THE BARBARIAN Live-Action Series In Development For Netflix

New CONAN THE BARBARIAN Live-Action Series In Development For Netflix

There's been talk a new Conan the Barbarian movie for quite some time now, but Robert E. Howard's iconic Cimmerian warrior will be making his way to the small screen first via a new Netflix series...

By MarkCassidy - Sep 30, 2020 02:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Conan
Source: Deadline

Talk of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Conan the Barbarian revival seems to have fizzled out over the past couple of years, but we do have some exciting news about Robert E. Howard's iconic warrior on the small screen.

Deadline reports that a new Conan series is in the works at Netflix. The show is being headed up by Fredrik Malmberg and Mark Wheeler’s Pathfinder Media, and the deal would give the streaming giant exclusive access to the vast literary history of the character, which stretches all the way back to 1953. It sounds like there may also be tentative plans in place for an animated series.

The search is now underway for a writer/showrunner to pen the script and a director to helm the series.

This is obviously a separate project to the Conan TV series that was being developed for Amazon from from Colony co-creator Ryan Condal and Game of Thrones director Miguel Sapochnik, which we haven't had any updates on since 2018.

The last time we saw the vicious Cimmerian hero in action was in the 2011 Conan movie starring Aquaman's Jason Momoa. That adaptation was not very well received, however.

What do you guys make of this news? Who would you like to see in the lead role? Let us know in the comments.

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ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 9/30/2020, 2:05 PM
Yo Mark,

Check your header
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/30/2020, 2:23 PM
@ChangAlang - ugh.. Thanks. Shoddy stuff.
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 9/30/2020, 2:06 PM
You had me at Nerflix.
JonC
JonC - 9/30/2020, 2:21 PM
@Se4M4NSt4ine - Licking a Nerf?
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/30/2020, 2:26 PM
@JonC -
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 9/30/2020, 2:30 PM
@JonC - just the tip x
Tpo81
Tpo81 - 9/30/2020, 2:08 PM
Gonna have to add Netflix to the list of streaming services I gotta sign up for
Se4M4NSt4ine
Se4M4NSt4ine - 9/30/2020, 2:09 PM
@Tpo81 - it’s ironic, because you tried to make a joke at Mark’s header, but accidentally actually spelled it correctly.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 9/30/2020, 2:12 PM
@Tpo81 - my crazy eyes read your username as Typo81
dracula
dracula - 9/30/2020, 2:23 PM
@Tpo81 - i just got hbo max, loving it, much better than disney plus, just more variety
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/30/2020, 2:27 PM
@ChangAlang - @ChangAlang -
patgreyc
patgreyc - 9/30/2020, 2:33 PM
@dracula - I'm in the opposite boat. I find the content lacking for such a large media conglomerate and the whole curated content angle bizarre as they own it all, not like Netflix who license material to supplement their own.
dracula
dracula - 9/30/2020, 2:46 PM
@patgreyc - true there isnt as much as I expected, but really on disney plus, the main draw is the animated stuff, on Max, you have a good amount of great animated stuff, and a much larger amount of quality live action stuff
UXASIS
UXASIS - 9/30/2020, 2:09 PM
I want Netflix to adapt Assassin's Creed. Make the series look good, instead of that kinda average movie.
Imagine each season with a different Assassin.
dracula
dracula - 9/30/2020, 2:22 PM
@DARKSIDEIS - heard the people who make the castlevania series are doing one for Assassin's Creed and devil may cry
xedgardecayx
xedgardecayx - 9/30/2020, 2:10 PM
Nerflix.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 9/30/2020, 2:10 PM
Love action would be incredible. Series budgets have expanded so much of late and it’s really good some properties that would normally only considered for big budget films have potential for more depth in there storytelling.
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 9/30/2020, 2:13 PM
@Godzillakartt - That’s some great acting from the horse. It knew which way to turn its head for the punch😂
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/30/2020, 2:28 PM
@ChangAlang - actually that was BEFORE they unionized...
ChangAlang
ChangAlang - 9/30/2020, 4:45 PM
@TheWalkingCuban
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 9/30/2020, 4:47 PM
@Godzillakartt - Nothing beats that camel-punch scene imo.

Can you imagine the shitfits people would have about this kinda stuff nowadays? To be honest, Idk if you could ever do any real version of Conan in today's "sensitive" culture.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 9/30/2020, 5:03 PM
@Feralwookiee -
@Feralwookiee -
“You monster!”
“We were just horsing around”
“How was the horse?”
“Delicious”
“I mean is he doing well?”
“More like well done”
“WOULD YOU STOP SPEAKING IN PUNS AND CATCHPHRASES?!?!”

“...sorry lame joke”
“It’s ok”
“You know what you do when a joke is lame?”
“You put it down?”
“No you-yes. You put it down. For the count. One horsey, two horsey, ha, ha, haaa”
lawndart
lawndart - 9/30/2020, 10:34 PM
@Feralwookiee - I’m going to hell because when I first read your remarks, for some reason I thought you wrote donkey punch...which might get some interesting reactions
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/1/2020, 7:48 AM
@Godzillakartt - In these "politically correct" (terribly inaccurate phrase imo) times, I don't know how you would do a "true" Conan.

I'm not sure how pillaging, raping, and occasional animal abuse would go over with today's "sensitive" audiences. You could tell them it's just a piece of fantasy, but that doesn't stop them from projecting their views of "morality" on what is just a work of fiction.
TheWalkingCuban
TheWalkingCuban - 10/1/2020, 8:16 AM
@Feralwookiee - yikes
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/1/2020, 4:01 PM
@Godzillakartt - I've never watched it, so I'm not sure.
Feralwookiee
Feralwookiee - 10/1/2020, 4:02 PM
@Godzillakartt - Totally agree with this.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 9/30/2020, 2:13 PM
This is a difficult role to cast. Wonder who they can get? Momoa was awful as Conan.
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