He has escaped the Wheel of Pain, survived crucifixion on the Tree of Woe, and has tossed James Earl Jones' severed head down a flight of stairs. But now, can Conan the Barbarian rise from the dead after a 24-year cinematic sabbatical?

"I can absolutely confirm the rumors are rumors," sighed fast-rising "Descent" director Neil Marshall, revealing that while producers are attempting to resurrect the character that made Arnold Schwarzenegger a star, it won't necessarily be with him behind the camera. "I had one meeting, and I haven't heard anything since." Read more...

From the mind of Neil Marshall ("Dog Soldiers," "The Descent") comes "Doomsday," where anarchy reigns when a deadly virus resurfaces and a group of specialists is dispatched to find the cure. In the exclusive clip below, the team runs into a souped-up bus full of angry post-apocalypse dwellers. "Doomsday" hits theaters March 14.

In my humble opinion, one of the most overlooked films of the past few years is "The Descent" — a creepy, psychological thriller so terrifying that the studio gave adult diapers to film critics before the screenings.

Now director Neil Marshall is hard at work on "Doomsday," his follow-up sci-fi flick about a killer virus. "This plague wipes out the planet, and certain people are immune — very few of them," the legendary Malcolm McDowell explained (read our full interview here). "They've built this huge wall up between England and Scotland. I mean, it's Hadrian's Wall, and the Scots have been trying to keep the English out for millenniums. Finally they've kept them out, but [my character's] daughter gets through. It's a complex but wonderful script."

The first images from "Doomsday" recently went live on the film's Web site, and the recently-wrapped futuristic pic is expected to be released in 2008. Read more...