August 19, 2011
Plot.
After his father is murdered and village destroyed, Conan ventures into an unforgiving world where he survives as a thief, pirate, and warrior. On his path of wanton adventure and women, Conan chances upon the warlord responsible for his tribe’s destruction. As he tracks Khalar Zym, Conan battles monsters, Zym’s henchmen, and Marique, a powerful witch.
Conan (played by Jason Momoa).
younger Conan (Leo Howard)
Tamara (Rachel Nichols): a beautiful and studious novitiate of a monastery trained to be the Queen’s servant, bodyguard and best friend, Conan’s love interest.
Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang): a ruthless empire-building warlord. The character was originally going to be called Khalar Singh
Marique (Rose McGowan): Khalar Zym’s daughter and a powerful witch.
Ukafa (Bob Sapp): leader of Kushite Tribemen from the savannahs of Kush.” Khalar Zym’s lieutenant; he is “jealous that Zym’s daughter, Marigue, will one day be warlord. He obeys his leader but plots the overthrow of his daughter.”
Lucius (Steven O’Donnell): leader of Khalar Zym’s “Legion of Aquilonian Mercenaries” he is disfigured in an early fight with Conan.
Cheren: a blind archer who leads a similar band of blind archers in Khalar Zym’s mercenary army.
Ilira: Queen of Acheron captured by Khalar Zym.
Corin (Ron Perlman): A blacksmith, a leader of the Cimmerians and Conan’s father.
Islene: Conan’s mother.
Artus (Nonso Anozie): a Zamoran pirate and friend of Conan.
Ela-Shan (Saïd Taghmaoui)
Remo (Milton Welsh): a “mysterious warrior of dark magic.”
Fassir: an “elder monk and leader of the monastery charged with the care and education of the queen, Ilira.”
Some characters have no known cast yet but were revealed in released casting information.
Author opinion
The trailer looks great but somehow I still wish they would follow the original Robert E Howards story line of Conan. So far it has been by far the better versions of the character that I have seen and read. I will say this . The actor they got playing Conan (Jason Momoa) has an eerie simulation to the cover art of Frank Frazetta ( which ended up being the deffacto standard of the character ) used in the original 12 books of the Lancer/Ace paperback editions ( for more on the original book series click here for the wiki page of the origin history of the Conan books ). It’s one of those things that I feel that they already have great story that can come across really well with the right actor and director in place . When will they learn from the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. Change very little and you can still have a great movie as those two franchises have shown.
