splashpage.mtv.com - 3/10/2009
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'Conan' When last we heard from “ X-Men: The Last Stand ” director Brett Ratner, who had previously denied rumors he was attached to a big-screen “Conan” revamp , he was telling MTV News who he’d like to see take on the “Conan” role made famous by a certain Governor of California. And for ...
getthebigpicture.net - 3/10/2009
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There's something about Brett Ratner updating a Conan
movie that just doesn't sit right with me. I
can only picture Conan swinging from road signs over traffic in Los Angeles, getting his loincloth ripped by the passing antenna of a truck or something. The Rat has been a very successful ...
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Brett Ratner Rebooting - Not Remaking - 'Conan'
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... Brett Ratner insists that his "Conan" film will not be a "homage" or a "remake." Congratulations? [Splashpage] ...
Ratner Says Conan Won't Be A Remake
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... Conan Won't Be A Remake It really sucks to be put in a position of taking Brett Ratner's word for anything, given that he's that director who destroys anything worth loving. But when it comes to the planned remake of Conan the Barbarian , even Ratner's promises are soothing, because we've got to have something to look forward to. So be wary when Ratner promises he won't tarnish our memory of the original Schwarzenegger movie, but also be grateful he's giving us hope. Ratner told MTV Movies that his planned take on Conan won't be based on the movie, but going off the ...
Brett Ratner Rebooting - Not Remaking - 'Conan'
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... But Ratner swears he's in this one for the long haul and the right reasons, claiming at one point that Conan was the
first comic book he ever read and now he's ready to go back to the comic book for his new reboot. The director emphasized to
MTV that it's not a remake of the first movie, which is the new industry speak. Everybody's saying they're going
back to the source material, as if the first film wasn't based on that same story. ...
Newsbites: The sci-fi and fantasy edition!
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... movie yet, but he says the script is "very cool, contemporary. It’s not an homage. It’s not a remake, really. It’s going back to the original source material — the mythology of the characters." -- MTV Splash Page
EXCLUSIVE: New ‘Conan’ Movie Is ‘Not An Homage, Not A Remake,’ Says Brett Ratner
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FROM SPLASH PAGE: When last we heard from “X-Men: The Last Stand” director Brett Ratner, who had previously denied rumors he was attached to a big-screen “Conan” revamp, he was telling MTV News who he’d like to see take on the “Conan” role made famous by a certain Governor of California.
And for someone who, by his own admission, isn’t officially attached to the new project featuring one of US President Barack Obama’s all-time favorite comic book ...
Brett Ratner Cleaved From Conan The Barbarian Remake
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... not-a-remake. Producer Joe Gatta (who is also producing the “Conan”-spinoff “Red Sonja”) revealed the news in an interview with ...
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