Arnold Schwarzenegger, one of the many stars of next week’s big release THE EXPENDABLES 3, has had a long and profitable career in the movies. Having joined the film world after a lucrative stint in the world of body-building, winning many an accolade, Schwarzenegger’s first films focused on his physique. The first was the hard-to-find HERCULES IN NEW YORK where the star was credited as ‘Arnold Strong’, that role was followed by the much more successful CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
The film had a sequel, CONAN THE DESTROYER with Schwarzenegger once again in the role. The franchise then made an attempt at a reboot with Game of Thrones actor Jason Momoa taking over from Schwarzenegger, but the film failed to ignite the audience’s attention. This failure hasn’t put the studio off though as another film has been in the works for several years and with Arnie now free of his political obligations they are very hopeful that he will make an appearance in the film.
Having been in production limbo for several years it appears that THE LEGEND OF CONAN is ebbing ever closer. The film’s producer Fredrik Malmberg has voiced that production could start as soon as next spring should the most recent draft be to the studio’s liking:
“We’ll probably have this turned in around September after the holiday, and then we’ll take it to the studio and if they’re happy, we can hopefully start [production] in the spring.”
Schwarzenegger has expressed a desire to return to the fantasy realm of CONAN before and Malmberg has also stated that he and Arnold are hoping it will be his next film. No director has been attached to the project yet buy Malmberg teased that interest has come from some ‘great old names’ as well as some ‘fresh new faces’.
Arnie is currently working on TERMINATOR: GENESIS a reboot of his most successful franchise it would appear that the big Austrian Oak is getting a little sentimental in his twilight years; returning to reprise all his old roles.
You can next see Arnie tear it up in THE EXPENDABLES 3 which hits cinemas next week. See our review here.
Source: Collider
