Thought this might raise a smile:-) Terry ps Happy Election Day All > 'Conan' Set to Conquer Again > > By Michael Fleming > > NEW YORK (Variety) - Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to ``Conan the > Barbarian'' and plans to mount a feature that will be written and directed > by John Milius, the director of the original 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger > film. > > The deal is worth a mid-six figure advance against a payout north of $2 > million if the film is made. > > Milius, who wrote the original Universal Pictures film with Oliver Stone, > has talked with Schwarzenegger about coming back in some capacity, though > they are still working out the story and it's unclear how prominent a role > the actor would play. > > ``The Matrix'' writers-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski will co-create the > concept with Milius and are eyeing directing the second unit on the film. > > Early talks with WWF champion grappler Dwayne ``The Rock'' Johnson to wield > a sword in the pic looks to have gone by the wayside as Johnson committed to > a $5.5 million deal with Universal to star in ``The Scorpion King,'' an > action film that is a prequel to ``The Mummy 2.'' > > Although Universal did two ``Conan'' pictures with Schwarzenegger in the > 1980s, the rights to the Robert E. Howard-created character were controlled > by Stan Lee Media when it purchased Conan Properties in a stock swap. Stan > Lee Media has had a number of suitors for ``Conan,'' among them Fox, > Columbia, Revolution, Dimension, Beacon and Universal. > > The Wachowskis, who have been longtime fans of the pic, will juggle their > preproduction involvement with their plans to mount two sequels to ``The > Matrix,'' a process complicated by the threat of strikes next summer by both > the Writers and Screen Actors Guilds. > > > >
