Happy 44th Birthday, Barbarian + King Conan has "Confirmed Deal"!

Today marks the 44^th anniversary of Conan the Barbarian's 1982  film release and on this special day, TheArnoldFans would like to get you all pumped for one of Arnold's next feature film: King Conan! I can imagine the Atlantean sword and Conan-on-throne popcorn bucket now! We last reported from Columbus Ohio in March where Schwarzenegger told us the studio hired Christopher McQuarrie, writer of the last four Mission Impossible films, who will also direct. Arnold is reportedly spending extra time at the gym getting Conan ready. 

"Age doesn't mean anything to me," Schwarzenegger tells TheArnoldFans. "Because I work out every day. I work out twice a day, as a matter of fact. At night I work out with weights, and in the morning I do cardiovascular training. So for me, to get on the set and to swing the sword around again and to ride the horses and all those things doesn't mean anything [does not scare me], because I feel like I did thirty years ago. So as long as I stay in shape, that's the key thing, and to keep your body young."

Fredrik Malmberg, of Conan Properties International (CPI) and producer of King Conan tells TheArnoldFans, "I can confirm we have a deal between CPI, Arnold and Twentieth (Century Fox)."

Schwarzenegger also just confirmed that cameras will roll in 2027.

"Next year we are going to do King Conan. So that is a reality now and I am excited about it. For the last ten years I have been saying, 'we should do King Conan and we should get a great script written, get someone who really understands Rober E. Howard, that understands the artwork of Frank Frazetta and to continue on.'  I want to have John Milius, the director of Conan 1, to be maybe the producer. So it will be really fantastic." 

The Austrian action hero also explains that in his late seventies, he's now the perfect age to play the part of King Conan. 

 

"The movie wouldn't have worked after I did the first Conan because the whole idea of King Conan is that for 40 years he has been king, he is older now. He is no longer in the shape he was from his heyday and now people are trying to take him out.  He's the king and he gets a little bit complacent. He's tired of the job and he wants to move on. Look at the movie by Clint Eastwood, The Unforgiven. It will be a lot like that but it will be with extraordinary battles."