[Movies] Will Director Paul Verhoeven be Involved in The Legend of Conan Posted by Larry Csonka on 01.28.2013
Or is Peter Jackson on the short list?
- Director Paul Verhoeven was recently asked about if he would be involved in The Legend of Conan. Here is what he has to say…
"If they asked me, I'd certainly love to -- let's put it that way. But I don't know what the script is. I don't know what Arnold wants. I'm a big fan in fact of Conan. That's a great movie and I found that the composer, Basil Poledouris, basically inspired many of my movies [the soundtracks] like Flesh and Blood, RoboCop, Starship Troopers and Total Recall. The score of Conan is great. The style of editing that Milius used was very beautiful, and Arnold does a great job. He was really the perfect choice."
- President and CEO of Paradox Entertainment Fredrik Malmberg recently spoke about possible directors for the film, and indirectly spoke about Peter Jackson, mentioning the "LOTR and Hobbit guys," here is what he had to say…
"As you know right now, we're concentrating on the story and the script, and then we'll go out and find the right director who has the same passion as the rest of us in the group. And you always have to let the creative side and let the director put his stamp and mark on it so you never know what's going to happen with the production design. I mean, we're trying to get the TOP production people involved. We're talking all the time about who we'd see doing the production, and our dream would be to have the WETA Workshop guys, the LOTR and Hobbit guys. They are huge Conan fans and they would be great to be involved on the creative side. But if they wanted to pay homage to the old swords, we could do it. But will the director and the whole team think that's a copout or is that an homage? So you never know."
