firstshowing.net - 6/12/2009
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Ever since we heard back in early May that Brett Ratner had been dropped from Lionsgate's new Conan movie, we've been waiting with bated breath ( not really ) to find out which director would fill in and take over the project. Apparently it's a name we're all familiar with - Marcus Nispel ...
chud.com - 6/11/2009
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chud.com —
The meetings have been taken. The lists have
been winnowed. The director has been signed. Marcus Nispel
will direct Conan the Barbarian . I get this from an impeccable source, one who assures me that this isn't speculation or rumor. Nispel has signed ...
MARCUS NISPEL THE BARBARIAN
riskybusinessblog.com - 6/19/2009
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riskybusinessblog.com —
By Steven Zeitchik and Nellie Andreeva Kickinger, left,
and Schwarzenegger as Conan Lionsgate and Nu Image/Millennium, the
two companies behind the Conan reboot, might have found their new Conan -- and he bears striking similarities to the old Conan. ...
Meet the new Conan, same as the old Conan
variety.com - 6/12/2009
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variety.com —
Nu Image/Millennium bringing back barbarian pic Marcus Nispel
has been set by Nu Image/Millennium Films to direct
"Conan," ending a nine-year development ordeal to reinvent the Robert E. Howard-created barbarian first immortalized onscreen by Arnold ...
Marcus Nispel to direct 'Conan' remake - Entertainment ...
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... through FirstShowing are saying that this is more than a rumour, the contracts have been signed and Marcus Mispel for the task, another remake, but a strong, violent and brutal Conan?
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