The Legend Of Conan Is Dead

It’s not great news for The Oak.  After dropping out of The Expendables 4 and kind of avoiding The Predator in the same way (granted, those movies could indeed suck)… now The Legend of Conan is kaput too.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chris Morgan delivered a death blow to King Conan when asked about the project. He certainly didn’t have any good news to share. Asked if there was an update he could give, he offered this.

“Not so much. That’s kind of a longer story. At the end of the day, the studio decided that they weren’t gonna make that. I gotta say, it’s honestly a heartbreak. I love that first movie so much, so much, it’s one of my favorite movies. We had Will Beall do a draft on [the Legend of Conan script]. He killed it. Our take was Conan, 30 years later, a story like the Clint Eastwood Unforgiven. It was so awesome. Ultimately, the budget was big, the studio was not really sure of the title, and the relevance in the marketplace. They ended up letting it go. I think they’re gonna look to do a TV show or something with it. But just to be associated with it, pitch it to Arnold, have him get so excited, there was a moment of magic for me, personally [laughs]. You never know, down the road we may revisit!”

Bad news!  I think this is the one we were all waiting for, the one to get Arnold back on track or at the very least, let him go out with dignity.  The main event, so to speak.  But man, what the hell happens to his career now?