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I don't think you should be too negative. Realistically, what do you think he should have done? I presume the African stories (which to be honest are the good ones) are out because of budgetary constraints. As much I'd like to see Moon of Skulls, it's a bit of an ask. There isn't much to the...

There's this at youtube too. Bassett explains his vision with lots of concept art and an outline of the plot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw58f6EfF6c

This has just been put up at IMDB: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0970452/ I think plenty of people though James Purefoy was a good bit of casting by Bassett, but he's also managed to fill out the rest of the film with some really decent actors too. Max von Sydow, Mackenzie Crook, Rachel...

I know they're trying to do back to REH and move away from the Ahnold films, but that poster looks like it could be straight out the Milius film. There's loads of Lovecraftian stuff in Conan. It's not just 'technically' there, the wizards are all very Lovecraftian and there are loads of mythos...

Don't worry about having to start anywhere - S&S were written without any deliberate internal chronology for pulps and meant to be read out of order. I'd start with "Swords Against Death". This is the second book in the series in terms of internal chronology. But it contains the best stories in...

I'm sorry, but I absolutely loved this film. It's just so fun. It is stupid and over the top, but it's all done in such a knowingly light hearted and good natured way that's it's an absolute joy to watch. It's just very entertaining.

Red Sonja #0 (full issue): http://www.redsonja.net/htmlfiles/redsonja0.html Red Sonja #1 (full issue): http://www.newsarama.com/dynamitenew/redsonja/HC/RSDHCPre.html

We were talking about this in my 'Return of Sword & Sorcery Cinema' thread a year ago (http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=162276). So it's not really an Empire exclusive! People who don't obsess about this the way I do might be interested in an update: * Elric is obviously still moving...

I mean stuff like Narnia, Eragon, His Dark Materials, Peter Pan and so on where the heroes are literally kids. That's obviously very different in tone even to Lord of the Rings, let alone blood-drenched Howardian S&S.

Dark Horse have recently bought the <b>Fafhrd & Grey Mouser</b> film rights. They're working on a treatment and concept art with a view on pitching it to studios. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=35790 The owners of the <b>Kull</b> and <b>Solomon Kane</b> rights have worked up...

I posted on this a while back. For a moment after Lord of the Rings I though its only effect would be to put into production lots of kiddie fantasy films. But it seems like it has had an effect on S&S too, and plenty of studios are trying to grab one. <b>Red Sonja</b> has been picked up by...

'Heroic' was probably the wrong word for me to use because of the moral connotations. 'Swashbucklery' is probably better. Jack just didn't do much compared to the first film where there was all sorts of dramatic dering-do: the rescue of Elizabeth, escape from Norrington, fight with Will, and so...

I found this a big disappointment - though it seems like I'm the only one. I really loved the first, but this just didn't come anywhere near. I think perhaps because it was played too much for laughs and because of the way the plot was contorted to get as many characters from the first back as...

Hi all; I'm resurecting the thread for some good news about Conan. The latest is that Boaz Yakin has been hired by Warner as a writer and possible director. Word is he's aiming to be faithful to Robert E. Howard's short stories. Production is looking to start in 2007, for a 2008 release. There...

I thought an interesting comment was this: http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/24/film.elric.reut/ Aside from the chance to do another LOTR and the IP that they're buying, I think the chance to do another 'philosophical' picture aimed at an older age group, like the Matrix but with...

Sonja's IMDB page is up (though all the details are hidden behind IMDbPro subscription). http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0800175/

It's out as a big-paperback, about the same size as the hardcover (I think the technical term is trade paperback). It isn't out as a normal novel size paperback yet.

I've seen it. I thought it was franchise killing, really. The X-Men's Batman Forever. The film was fun to watch, mostly because it was a bunch of special effects set pieces strung together. But it felt like they were just going through the motions.

I enjoyed watching this. It's been slated by the critics, I think for three reasons: (1) Because it's the definitive example of Holywood trying to cash in on a big-name property. (2) For being dull (lots of watching people solve puzzles). (3) For having no character development, and being a bit...

I hate to break it to you, but the F&GM film is by far the least likely of the lot. Dark Horse are just working on the treatment (the pitch of the story) and concept art. No film studio has looked at it yet, it's very very early days. So don't get your hopes up too much. Looks like Elric will...