Director Marcus Nispel told Empire recently. “Leo absolutely blew me away. I was on the plane to Bulgaria and I watched GI Joe, and this kid was there in a flashback doing sword fights, and it turned out he was a four-times world champion martial artist in his age range and had huge acting experience. He had the chops. Almost the entire first act of Conan is the kid, which is unheard of. At the start, reading the script, everyone was like ‘We have to cut that down to ten minutes’. And now everyone’s like ‘Can we make that longer?!’ He worked out like a charm. There aren’t many young actors who could carry that sort of weight.” Read More
CONAN 2011 to hit Theatres in 3D August 19, 2011
Conan the Barbarian was created by fantasy author Robert E. Howard and first appeared in the short story “The Phoenix on the Sword” in Weird Tales in December 1932. Conan’s adventures take place during the mythical “Hyborian Age,” a period of time shortly after the fall of Atlantis and before the rise of the ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The character has appeared in two movies, two animated series, a short-lived live-action TV series, and numerous short stories, comic books and novels. According to the list, there are four lead roles, three of which have been filled so far — Conan (Jason Momoa), Ukafa (Bob “The Beast” Sapp), and Tamara (Nichols) — leaving only the main antagonist, Khalar Singh, yet to be cast. The only other role that has been filled is that of young Conan, which will be played by Leo Howard, Nichols’ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra cast mate. Ron Perlman (Hell boy) will play Conan’s father, Corin
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Leo Howard and Jason Earles live with with Radio Disney’s Jake on the Kickin’ It set.
