He’s not just good looks and muscles, CONAN THE BARBARIAN and Game of Throne star Jason Momoa is trying his hand at writing, having scripted the sequel to CONAN THE BARBARIAN already.
You know, we see sequels greenlit and planned for all the time, but mostly it’s for superhero films that are SURE to draw an audience, and I’m not sure Conan falls into that category. But nevertheless, those behind the film, including Momoa, are anticipating it to be enough of a success for another go, and here’s what he has in mind for the next chapter.
“It will mostly be… It’s character-adapted, because I really want to get into more of the mythical creatures, you know? […] We wanted to go there [in the first one], but having Clash of the Titans, and coming out against that, we wanted to put the budget into some other things. […] I don’t want to give anything away, but we already have our Conan, really it’s about the villain, what that villain is going to extract from Conan, and where as an actor I want to go with Conan. […] So, I think we have a good lock on it. Also, I feel it’s beautiful… How many actors get to go in there and go, “I’m part of the writing process?” and care that much about the character, because he is a fan himself? It’s great. You know some people go like, “It’s great, I’m going to be in my trailer.” I want to @#$%ing make a great Conan movie.”
Do you think CONAN will end up being worthwhile? I haven’t seen anything from the trailers or clips that particularly jumps out at me, but I could be surprised.