Mickey Rourke to play Conans Father

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Finally some news about the Conan reboot. THR is reporting Mickey Rourke is in negotiations to play Conan’s father in the new movie. Rourke playing Conan’s father is nothing new, because in January they were in early talks for him to play the role, but the negotiations fell apart. I guess Lionsgate realized that a movie of this size and so anticipated needs to be some real talent in the mix. For crying out loud, the first movie had the renowned actor James Earl Jones as the villian. There is also a rumor that Jason Momoa is going to play the legendary Barbarian Conan.

O.K., hold on, Lionsgate has the foresight to hire an actor of Rourkes caliber and then looks to a TV actor with no real movie credits to carry a movie of this magnitude in a role made famous by a celebrated action star??

Here, you tell me how we can go from this to THIS?

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Conan is written as being 6’3 and 275 pounds of rock hard muscle. In the first movie they did a brilliant job of overcoming Arnold’s height, but he had the mass to give him the appearance of a giant. Momoa just looks like another pretty boy playing tough. For the love of Mary, Conan is a Cimmerian that hails from a cold land that hardly sees’s the sun!  Unless the writers start the movie from when he is a thief in the desert; Momoa might be a little too tan for the role. Actor’s bulk up all the time for roles, hopefully Momoa will put on the necessary weight to pull off this legendary conqueror.

The movie starts shooting March 15th in Bulgaria.

Some of the best images of Conan were drawn by legendary artist Frank Frezetta . For your enjoyment, I have included some of them.

 

 

 

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