Nu Image/Millennium Films has made a North American distribution rights deal with Lionsgate for a new film series based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian, Variety reported.
The first film will be written by the team of Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (Sahara, Cowboys & Aliens), the trade paper reported.
The film will be produced by Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta, Paradox Entertainment's Fredrick Malmberg, George Furla and Henry Winterstern. Trevor Short and Dimbort are executive producers.
The movie is slated to begin production later this year, but the start date will depend on the resolution of the writers' strike. Nu Image/Millennium chief Avi Lerner confirmed that he is in discussions to make a deal with the Writers Guild of America akin to those brokered with United Artists and the Weinstein Co. Such a pact would speed up the process. |
