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Arnold Schwarzenegger will be back for a Conan The Barbarian sequel, just as soon as he finishes his commitments to Terminator Genisys.
That was one of many pieces of news dropped by The Legend Of Conan producer and co-writer Chris Morgan in an interview with TheArnoldFans.com on Sunday.
Chris also explained how the upcoming movie would stay true to the ‘brutal’ tone of the original 1982 film. ‘Our tone is a logical extension of the character established in the ‘82 film,’ Chris explained. ‘When we meet him again, Conan has been many things over the course of his life - a thief, a warrior, a pirate, a king, a legend - and is now an older man.’ ‘Think Unforgiven... with a sword-wielding barbarian,’ the writer teased.
That sword-wielding barbarian will be played once more by Arnold, the now-67-year-old actor who first found fame in the title role of Conan.
In addition to the movie’s star, Chris hinted that at least three members of the 1982 cast would be seen once more in Legend Of Conan.
Along with keeping to the tone of Conan The Barbarian, the new movie will not follow either 1984’s Conan The Destroyer or 2011’s Jason Momoa-led remake.
The Legend Of Conan will instead directly follow Conan The Barbarian as a sequel, bypassing the stories set out in the other movies.
‘[John] Milius was a visionary,’ Chris said of the original film’s co-writer and director. ‘The goal, the dream, is to live up to his world. To make it worthy and to expand on it in a truthful way that audiences will embrace,’ he said.