Reject the Barbarian Report: Will Conan Crush the Box Office?
Box Office By Jeremy Kirk on August 19, 2011 | Comments (2)Reject Report, what is best in life? To crush the box office, see them driven to the concession stand, and to hear the lamentation of their 3-D glasses. That is good! The Reject Report isn’t a barbarian. It probably wouldn’t even know what to do if you handed it a broadsword or told it to slay a Cimmerian Beast-Man. No, what it does is calculate the upcoming weekend’s box office, predict the winners and losers, and hears the lamentation of hundreds telling it it’s horribly wrong. This week it’s gonna be wrong about two new 3-D remakes from the ‘80s – The Reject Report’s favorite decade, BTW – the fourth in a kid’s series, and a love story starring Catwoman and that dude from Across the Universe. It’s not wrong about that, though. Jim Sturgess definitely WAS in Across the Universe. Sit back, clutch your battle axe (3-D glasses optional), and enjoy what this week’s Report has to say.
Junkfood Cinema: ‘Conan the Destroyer’ is More Dumbarian Than Barbarian
Features By Adam Charles on August 19, 2011 | Comments (2)Yes, we know we let suspect pictures containing very little health benefits drown us in their half-nakedness and drag us through the dirt like a barbarian here in this column, but we like it rough and prefer our movies to treat us like ragdolls from time to time because after we’ve mended the scrapes and burns we have ourselves a little snack reminding us of our experience because you should never forget when you’ve been triumphed in life.
Today we visit one of the greatest sequels ever released in June 1984 and Schwarzenegger’s best film of that year’s first 9 months. Sit back, chug some mead and let us tell you about the days of high adventure in Conan the Destroyer.
Channel Guide: Emmy Nominations… Yes, We’re Doing This Again
Features By Merrill Barr on July 16, 2011 | Comments (6)Yup, it’s that time of the year again. That time of the year where we TV folk bitch and moan about what shows won’t be getting some golden Emmy love because the Academy is full of old people who think basic cable is what holds up the Brooklyn Bridge, which they also saw get built… I think… That said, this year’s Emmy Nominations are no more surprising than they were last year. Mad Men leads in the scripted drama series dept with nineteen nominations, but more interestingly, the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce leads the overall with twenty one nominations. Before we get and further into this, let’s check out some of the shows that didn’t get nominated for anything in either overall, acting or technical categories (not that any of this matters, like usual).
5 New ‘Conan’ Character Posters Try to Scare You Into Theaters
Movie News By Cole Abaius on June 7, 2011 | Comments (4)In today’s contest of wills, we have 5 contestants all trying to mean mug as best as possible. Conan (Jason Momoa) cries out in battle, Khalar Zym (Stephen Lang) attempts to pass a gallstone, Corin (Ron Perlman) unleashes his Planet of the Apes face, Marique (Rose McGowan) stuns with her facial tattoos, and Tamara (Rachel Nichols) didn’t get the memo that she needed to be scary. These character posters for Conan the Barbarian are actually pretty intense, showing off some solid costume and make-up design as well as the unnerving battle faces of some of its stars. Which one is the scariest?
Movie News After Dark: Spidey Swings, Glee Sings in 3D, Conan Flexes, and Van Gore Paints With Your Blood
Movie News By Cole Abaius on May 4, 2011 | Comments (3)What is Movie News After Dark? It’s like that time your boyfriend promised to call, but he didn’t. Then he called, like, way later and you still forgave him anyway because you love him. It’s exactly like that. Nathan Adams and Cole Abaius team up to handle the post this evening (hint: Nathan wrote the funny ones), and we lead off with some new pictures from The Daily Mail of Spider-Man swinging around in the air on wires. They mostly just look like Spider-Man swinging around in the air on wires, but I think that’s pretty cool because those last movies looked mostly like cartoon Spider-Man swinging around in the air on wires. If I wanted to see that I would just watch cartoons. I like that they’re making the effort of actually hauling some poor sap up there for practical effects.
New ‘Conan’ Pictures Emerge With Blood on Their Swords
Movie News By Cole Abaius on March 7, 2011 | Comments (4)Wipe away that mental image of Conan O’Brien slicing through bad guys, and replace it quickly with these new pictures from the Marcus Nispel-directing Conan reboot. What’s great about them? The blood. The gritting teeth. The savage nature of man escaping to cut down his foes and drink from their skull caps. Why is Jason Momoa wearing a manica for the role? It’s unclear, but check out the pictures for yourself for a glimpse at revenge lust and a few villains.
Chug: ‘Conan’ Gets Drunk with Topless Barbariennes
Movie News By Cole Abaius on August 31, 2010 | Comments (4)Movie lovers wanting to violently tear out their hair whenever an adult property is watered-down for the PG-13 cash will find themselves rejoicing next to the bearded miscreants who love drinking 60 Minute IPA from a giant novelty beer stein. That’s because FSR is organizing a march on Washington, DC to take back Hollywood from infantilizing films that should be sexed up instead of sexed down. Why are we doing it it Washington, DC instead of Hollywood? Ask the intern who bought the plane tickets. If these photos of the set of Conan are to be believed, we’ll also be inviting the fans of the upper half of the nude female form.
If it’s Lionsgate that is leaking all of these initial photos from the upcoming reboot Conan onto the web, it’s a somewhat brilliant marketing strategy. Another image appears on a slow news day and look at that, we’re once again talking about their movie. This time it’s two in the span of three days — two new photos of Jason Momoa looking bloody, wet and menacing as the famous barbarian.
Regular viewers of Stargate: Atlantis would tell you that Jason Momoa is a big guy. He’s always been pretty big. But as big as he’s always been, Momoa has certainly added a few pounds to his body in order to take the title role in Marcus Nispel’s Conan. How do I know this, you ask? Just look at this first official image. The guy’s got some size.
Jason Momoa: Totally Badass Conan, or Sort of Feminine?
Movie News By Neil Miller on May 10, 2010 | Comments (12)The first images of Jason Momoa as the title character in the upcoming reboot Conan have hit the web. And we just can’t tell whether they are awesome, or maybe a little on the feminine side?
Stephen Lang: Taking His Villainous Reign from Avatar to Conan
Movie News By Neil Miller on March 3, 2010 | Comments (2)If there was a non-technical star in Avatar, it was Stephen Lang. As Colonel Quaritch, he brought a great deal of humor and murderous prowess. James Cameron’s movie needed a great villain in order to work, and he was the perfect man for the job. Now, there’s another movie that needs a villain. And once again, Lang looks perfect for the job.
Rourke Back in Talks to Father ‘Conan’
Casting Couch By Cole Abaius on February 24, 2010 | Be the First To CommentThe question everyone has wanted to ask: is Mickey Rourke crusty enough to play crazy William Smith?
In late January, it was reported that the Marcus Nispel directed remake of Conan had found its leading man. Jason Momoa, known for his work on Stargate: Atlantis, would be filling the gigantic, fury boots of Arnold Schwarzenegger. But as we now know, they were not done casting…
Momoa Cast as Greased Up, Freakishly Tall Redhead for ‘Conan’
Casting Couch By Cole Abaius on January 21, 2010 | Comments (6)
Conan Character Breakdown Reveals Names, Skin Tones
In Development By Neil Miller on October 27, 2009 | Comments (10)I don’t find this quite as interesting as many of you might, so lets just get straight into it. Our friends over at MovieHole got their hands on the casting breakdown for the upcoming Conan reboot…
‘Conan’ Loses Ratner As Director, And Gains Who?
In Development By Rob Hunter on May 12, 2009 | Comments (10)Conan has cleaved Brett Ratner in two and is now in search of a new director. Devin Faraci over at CHUD has gotten inside word on the four men in the running.
11 Rumors We Wish Had Been April Fool’s Jokes
Cinematic Listology By Cole Abaius on April 2, 2009 | Comments (56)There was a lot of fake movie news floating around yesterday, but there’s always a lot of fake movie news floating around. We take a look at eleven rumor stories (some true, some false) that really should have been posted on April 1st.
Gladiator Mike O’Hearn Needs Publicity; Fuels Conan and Captain American Casting Fire
Movie News By Neil Miller on August 5, 2008 | Comments (10)Thanks to the internet and the infinite rate at which casting rumors seem to travel, it has now become quite easy for a fledgling celebrity to drum up interest in their good name.
Rumors are flying all over that Rob Zombie is going to be in the director’s chair when Conan is remade.
A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, lived a man, some call him a legend, by the name of Conan the Barbarian.
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