Christopher McQuarrie to Write and Direct KING CONAN Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to reprise his iconic role in a new Conan the Barbarian movie titled "King Conan", which is now in development at 20th Century Studios. The film will be written and directed by "Mission: Impossible" franchise scribe and helmer Christopher McQuarrie.

Schwarzenegger made the announcement in an appearance at the Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio: "With King Conan, it's a great old story that Conan was forty years as King, and now he gets forced out of the kingdom, and there's conflict, of course, but somehow he comes back, and there's all kinds of madness, violence, magic, and creatures and stuff like that".

Conan was created by Robert E. Howard in 1932. Marvel Comics launched its "Conan the Barbarian" title in 1970, adapting many of Howard's tales along with original material. Arnold Schwarzenegger played the character on the big screen in Universal's 1982 fantasy film of the same name, and its 1984 sequel "Conan the Destroyer". The films helped cement Schwarzenegger as a movie star. A threequel titled "Conan the Conqueror" was in the works in the late '80s but was never made. Lionsgate attempted to reboot the franchise in 2011 with Jason Momoa, but the film flopped with $63 million worldwide.

Schwarzenegger can next be seen in Amazon's upcoming Christmas action-comedy "The Man with the Bag"

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