Back in March we heard that Andrea Berloff was writing The Legend of Conan, which would see Arnold Schwarzenegger return as Conan.
It was thought that filming would begin later this year once Terminator Genesishad wrapped.
Turns out that is not the case as they are still working on getting the script right.
Producer Fredrik Malmberg recently spoke to TheArnoldFans and, although they do like Berloff’s script, it just needs a polish.
We want to polish up the script, specifically about the characters, but we don’t think it will take long. We’ll probably have this turned in around September after the holiday and then we’ll take it to the studio and if they’re happy, we can hopefully start (production) in the Spring (2015).
We haven’t been talking with directors yet.A lot of directors have come fourth and expressed interest and that they like Conan and want to be involved when we’re at that stage but the studio said they want the script to be ready before we officially approach the directors. But we have been in touch with old great names and new fresh faces. We’re excited about finding the right guy for that.
It does appear that the plan is for it to still be Arnie’s next film after the new Terminator one.
That’s the intention.Arnold wants that. I would like that and I know everyone from the studio side would like that but it’s all in the script. We need to get the script where it’s right and ready to go. In the movie world, nowadays, when a movie is a go movie, it happen very quickly. It’s up to Universal to set the date for it to be released but personally, I don’t think it has to be a summer movie. I think there’s plenty of examples of big event movies being released in the winter like the Matrix movies and The Lord of the Rings. I can see this being a winter movie as well as a summer movie. This iconic role of Arnold as Conan is so big that it can be year round.
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