Nu Image/Millennium Films has made a North American distribution rights deal with Lionsgate for a new film series based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian, Variety reported.I hope they follow the stories better than the previous films. Conan is not always the loincloth wearing barbarian, he uses armor if he has it.
The first film will be written by the team of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Sahara, Cowboys & Aliens), the trade paper reported.
The film will be produced by Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, Paradox Entertainment's Fredrick Malmberg, George Furla and Henry Winterstern.
The movie is slated to begin production later this year, but the start date will depend on the resolution of the writers' strike.
Lensman film rights in negotiation. [Link]
Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures are negotiating with the estate of legendary SF author E.E. "Doc" Smith for film rights to Smith's seminal Lensman novels, Al Trestrail, Smith's grandson and manager of his estate, told SCI FI Wire.This is one case where they will need to add something. That something being characterization. I love the books, but Smith's characterizations tended towards the thin. He was more interested in spectacle and wonder.
The series, first published in the 1930s, is considered one of the earliest serialized SF sagas, and Smith is widely considered the father of the "space opera" genre. The Lensman series has been cited as a primary influence by many of today's authors and filmmakers, including Star Wars' George Lucas and Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski.
Imagine and Universal are negotiating for an 18-month renewable option, Trestrail said in an interview. "The option would be for 18 months, with another 18-month extension available if needed," he said. "This is being negotiated now. One can only assume at that point if they believe it will be a profitable venture they would move ahead with at least one film."
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