Having collaborated to bring Rambo back to cinemas, Nu Image/Millennium Films and Lionsgate appear determined to bring the muscle movie back in a big way. Lionsgate has acquired North American distribution rights to the Conan the Barbarian film franchise based on the books by Robert E. Howard and popularized in the 1980s with two films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Nu Image/Millennium’s Boaz Davidson and Joe Gatta are producing the next Conan film, along with Fredrick Malmberg of Paradox Ent., George Furla and Henry Winterstern. Exec producers include Nu Image’s Danny Dimbort, Trevor Short and Avi Lerner. Production is slated to begin in Bulgaria this summer or fall. There’s no word on who will fill the loin cloth of Schwarzenegger for this reboot of the saga.
Lionsgate is co-releasing Rambo with The Weinstein Co. on January 25. The bloody action flick has Sylvester Stallone returning to one of his most famous roles on the heels of his success with Rocky Balboa.
