Jason Momoa as Conan in Action Pic
By Crom! Conan lives again! Director Marcus Nispel is bringing Robert E. Howard’s beloved barbarian back to the big screen and we’ve got a picture of his headlining actor, Jason Momoa in glorious action. Rose McGowan, Rachel Nichols, and Ron Perlman are also cast in this exciting sword and fantasy revamp. Read up on Perlman’s [...]
Rose McGowan in Conan, not Red Sonja?
Casting for Conan continues as Rose McGowan has been cast in a role that Variety described as an “evil half-human, half-witch”. Unlike the other recent casts, I don’t think I see a role that fits from a post we have describing director Marcus Nispel’s principal characters. The last two weeks have seen Rachel Nichols (as [...]
Ron Perlman is Corin – Conan’s Pop
This is one of those “of course Ron Perlman is Conan’s Dad” moments. Even with the some what equally appropriately feeling Rourke being mentioned as a possible choice previously, Perlman was essentially birthed for roles like this. According to NyMag He joins Rachel Nichols, who was cast last week (an appropriately great slotted Sword/Sorcery girl). [...]
Rachel Nichols – Tamara on Conan
Latino Review’s El Mayimbe broke the news that Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Alias – not the non-blinker on ESPN) has been cast in Marcus Nispel’s Conan as Tamara, beating out other candidates in Jessica Lucas and Sarah Shahi. Nichols joins the already cast Jason Momoa, Bob Sapp, and (possibly) Mickey Rourke. [...]
Conan – Nispel’s Dramatis Personae
In June we noted that Marcus Nispel would be directing a Conan film, which means with the Solomon Kane film coming up, Robert E. Howard fans have a lot to look forward to on the big screen! It’s scheduled to start production in February, and Moviehole has the scoop on the roles that we will see filled!
Check it out below…
James Purefoy in Solomon Kane featurette
Last week we saw the first trailer for Solomon Kane, the film starring Jame Purefoy playing the Robert E. Howard character. Now, MTV has release a featurette for a film that I don’t think has a U.S distributor yet but will be screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (today).
Check it out after the jump…
James Purefoy in Solomon Kane trailer
If it’s R.E. Howard, we have to talk about it at BSC because we are talking about the roots of American speculative fiction, especially of the asskicking variety. I’m an avid Weird Tales (though that’s more for Conan) collector, but I dig most of Howard’s characters on some level. We’ve noted the film before when we put up some images and its poster, most of which features the titular character being played by James Purefoy (HBO’s Rome–and let’s not forget A Knight’s Tale!)
Watch the trailer after the jump…
New images from Solomon Kane!
I’m a little late on this as I was grabbing these images while I was on the phone brokering BSC power moves and forgot that I did so in the process! In July I noted a poster to the upcoming Solomon Kane film, and a few days ago BloodyDisgusting.com posted some images from the film, along with some other posters I hadn’t seen before.
Check them out after the jump…
Solomon Kane Poster and Image
This place used to be called Fantasybookspot.com, so when a Solomon Kane movie is being made we are on the lookout! Not as well known as Howard’s most famous creation of Conan, Fantasy fans know all about characters like Solomon Kane (not to mention Steve Costigan, King Kull, and Bran Mak Morn!). Kane is headed for the big screen, and we have an image and poster of James Purefoy as Kane.
Check it out after the jump . . .
