If you feel a light breeze in the air, that’s probably the collective sigh of relief being exhaled by Conan fans all over the world today. As you may or may not know, a Conan movie has been in the works for some time and none other than Brett Ratner (X-Men 3, Rush Hour) has been attached to direct.
Well, according to producer Joe Gatta, they’re looking for a new director now. Ratner is off the project. The good folks over at Empire Online give us this:
“We’re currently in the process of hiring a director,” he told us. “For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen.”
Yeah… I don’t believe the whole “it’s a scheduling thing” excuse for a second. You’re telling me you guys haven’t known each other’s schedules for the last 6 months and just NOW are realizing there’s a conflict? Doubt it. It could be true… but I doubt it.
I personally don’t dislike Ratner as most people seem to, but even I have never thought he’d be a good fit for Conan. So now I guess the question is… who will direct Conan now?
…I guess these are good news, after all, I cannot picture Jackie Chan as Conan
There is a just and merciful God!
“We all wanted him to do it” – Those are the scariest words ever uttered by a human being.
Brett Ratner is a guaranteed franchise-killer, everything he touches melts into shit. Keep him away from anthing with any sort of remote possibilities of being good.
McG
It’s a good question. While I think Tarsem (mentioned above) might be interesting, I have less enthusiasm for Tarsem than I would for Brett Ratner.
Yes, it would be neat stuff to have some sort of surreal visual imagery in a Conan film. But what about gold old fashioned sword action?
I will be the most despised international friend once again when I toss in this name.
Stephen Sommers.
yeah, Van Helsing, Mummy, Deep Rising Jungle Book Sommers.
That’s not my choice. But I do think he will be on the short list. That’s all I’m saying. Hate me if you must. Piss off.
BUT
let’s say we want a Conan who is blood, beefcake and will hear the lamentations of da wemmen…
Then I’d have to give an olive branch to Zach Snyder
Snyder sounds good to me.
Excellent news!
oh, and I share your sentiment: THANK CROM!
Thank Krom for blessing us all with this wonderful news
you’ll probably think I’m being a prick, but it’s “Crom.” ;-)
he has a bad rap for some reason, i thought the 1st two rush hour movies were enjoyable enough. red dragon was good too, the guy may be a douche, but hes a decent enough director
“hes a decent enough director” – No. He’s not. he’s really not.
I would love to see Tarsem Singh (The Cell, The Fall) direct Conan. This guy does visuals like no one else. He could make it epic.
the fall is an outstanding movie, i co-sign this.
Hmmm… “The Fall.” Somehow I missed this movie. Thanks for mentioning it; I’ll add it to my netflix queue right now.
ya this guy has a one track mind for movies IMO…which isnt always a bad thing….most of the people i know loved rush hour…..xmen 3 is a movie that no matter what fanboys would have jumped all over…thats what fanboys do…get used to it world…but xmen 3 did suck hard core….this guy seems to think if u throw some pop culture in the world and shove ti down are throat we all will accept…sorry dude only the masses will accept….the actual movie buffs and fans think your a so so director….so as a conan fan thank god.