The word coming out of the UK today is that director Brett Ratner is no longer on board to helm the upcoming "Conan" not-a-remake. Producer Joe Gatta (who is also producing the "Conan"-spinoff "Red Sonja") revealed the news in an interview with Empire, posted today.
"We’re currently in the process of hiring a director," he told the magazine. "For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen." Read more...
FROM SPLASH PAGE: With the upcoming "Red Sonja" film starring Rose McGowan hitting theaters next year, is it too early to start talking about a possible sequel? Not if you're Splash Page!
Catching up with director Douglas Aarniokoski, we asked if there were any preliminary thoughts on any follow-ups or other films from the Red Sonja universe of characters, and while Aarniokoski obviously wouldn't (or quite possibly, couldn't) elaborate, he did drop some clues. "I mean, if we start to talk about that, I start to give away the third act," he said. "Yes, let’s just say yes. It’s definitely got franchise written all over it." Read More...
Cancel your plans. Lock your doors. Nuke yourself a big old bag of microwave popcorn. Come Thursday the exclusives are going to be coming fast and furious here because Comic-Con is at hand! Yes, just about every huge movie you care about is going to be represented in some way and MTV is going to be all over it!
Here's just a taste of what we've got lined up.
--MTV is moderating the panel presentations for "Terminator Salvation," "Repo: The Genetic Opera," AND "The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe." That means we'll have exclusive clips right here and interviews with EVERYONE, from McG and Common to Paris Hilton and Corey Feldman. You read that right.
--Exclusive interviews with Keanu Reeves, Mark Wahlberg, Joss Whedon, Dan Aykroyd(!), Frank Miller, Guy Ritchie, and the entire casts of both "Watchmen" AND "Twilight"!
--Exclusive first look art from "Red Sonja," and a whole lot more that I really want to mention but just can't. TRUST ME, BIG STUFF!
What movie are you most looking forward to getting news on from Comic-Con? Let us know.
