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latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/12/2008

Brett Ratner and 'Conan': Premature exhilaration?

— latimesblogs.latimes.com — If you hang around Hollywood long enough, you learn not to believe everything you read in the trades. Still, it was pretty exciting to see the news this week that the indefatigable producer Avi Lerner had wooed Brett Ratner into... (more) Brett Ratner and 'Conan': Premature exhilaration?

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slashfilm.com - 11/2/2008

In Defense of Brett Ratner’s Guitar Hero Commercial

— slashfilm.com — Last week I made a post mocking the cheesy Guitar Hero World Tour commercial directed by Brett Ratner . /Film friend Dan Trachenberg sent me an email in defense of the Rat. You may know Danny T as the co-host of The Totally Rad Show or his appearances on the /Filmcast, but what you might ... (more) In Defense of Brett Ratner’s Guitar Hero Commercial

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superherohype.com - 11/8/2008

Brett Ratner Commits to Conan

— superherohype.com — The Hollywood Reporter says that Brett Ratner has weighed two high-profile projects the past few weeks: Paramount's fourth installment of the "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise and a 21st century take on "Conan" co-produced by Nu Image/Millennium and ... (more) Brett Ratner Commits to Conan

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Ratner Ready to Take on 'Conan'
RopeofSilicon.com — ... at Millenium Films and according to The Hollywood Reporter he has decided to tackle the story of the barbarian as his next film. The script by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly apparently goes back to the the big brute's origins as written by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s when he made his pulp debut in "The Phoenix on the Sword" focusing on a middle-aged Conan of Cimmeria attempting to govern the turbulent kingdom of Aquilonia ( ...

Ratner to Delay Ruining 'BHC 4' So He Can Ruin 'Conan' First
Cinematical — ... According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ratner is thisclose to signing a deal to direct a hard-R-rated Conan, with a 2010 release in mind. The screenplay is by ...

Now We're Even Closer To A Ratner Directed CONAN...
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. — ... is that story. A lot of hoped this news would go away. Alas... Now comes word that Ratner's deal to direct the film is being finalized. As for "Conan," Millennium and Lionsgate are eyeing a potential franchise and envision a very R-rated approach in the $85 million budget range. ...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter, which offers a quote from Millennium Films' Avi Lerner: "The story opens on the battlefield where Conan is born and tells the origin story that sets the stage for what will be the first of multiple films, Lerner said. Indications are the Ratner-directed ...

Brett Ratner Officially Directing 'Conan'
Get The Big Picture — ... franchise. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the project, which Nu Image/Millenium and Lionsgate are pegging as an $85 million venture, will wrestle with the other project nobody really wants Brett Ratner to touch, ...

Helming the Heroes
The Screengrab — ... ; the new Conan the Barbarian (which isn't based on a comic, but features a character whose prominence in modern-day geek consciousness is more attributable to Roy Thomas' 1970s Marvel comics series than it is to Robert E. Howard's original stories) has fallen into the hands of Brett Ratner.  ...