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Conan Movie Interview with Owners of the I.P. (Paradox)
AmazingAvery
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TenTonHammer have a good interview that casts a little more light in this area:
Linky: http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/52001
As enormous fans of the franchise, the Ten Ton Hammer staff took some time to track down Fredrik Malmberg, the president and CEO of Paradox Entertainment (the company that controls the rights to the Conan Properties) and talked with Fredrik about the latest attempt at a Conan movie and how it might be tied in with the Age of Conan MMORPG.
Snippet:
Ten Ton Hammer: How will the movie differ from the Schwarzenegger film? Will it be set up as a series?
Fredrik: Yes, this is the first in a series of films. It has nothing to do with the 80’s film continuity-wise; we’re starting from scratch.
Ten Ton Hammer: Casting Conan is a real challenge, as he is not just some muscle bound brute in the stories. What traits would you look for in an actor who could possibly play this part?
Fredrik: Errrr... acting capabilities? What I mean is first and foremost, [we look for] a good actor. Second, this needs to be somebody who understands Conan’s character. Preferrably, with a personal depth. Physical presence, a big guy but in my mind but not a bodybuilder. Someone with a rugby-player physique, you know? Ultimately, this is a director 's choice because the chemistry must work between them.
Ten Ton Hammer: Will Howard’s themes of nature and human will against civilization and corruption be outlined in the film?
Fredrik: Absolutely. We will try to stress pivotal themes such as this to show what sets him apart from superheroes. Just imagine how Conan would deal with the problems on Wall Street today.
Ten Ton Hammer: What artistic style can we expect in the film? With recent achievements like Frank Miller’s 300, will we see a sweeping landscape for Conan’s backdrop and will Frank Frazetta’s influence be seen?
Fredrik: Frank has influenced a generation of fans and every director I met always brought up his art in their pitches. The world is so much more than that though, and I think Funcom did a fantastic job in Age of Conan. I am doing everything in my power to involve their art director, Didrik Tollefsen, into the film project because I think the six years of thought he and his team put into the visuals really pop on the screen. In fact, I talked with the WETA Workshop guys and showed his stuff and they said it was on par with what they do.
Looks like director announcement in January with release on queue for Summer 2010 maybe.
I agree with the sentiments that they should get Didrik Tollefsen on board to.
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*runs to Germany*
*Bars Uwe Boll's doors and windows closed, digs moat and fills it with acid*
Ok, they may now proceed.
have never tried the game (although i probably will really soon) or read any of the comics/books. So i dont know much about the conan universe. but a conan movie seems cool. i know some visuals in age of conan are really breath taking ive heard from people. so i bet the movie will be just as good as 300 but different in a good way.
I look so forward to this movie, and I think them choosing the artdirection of the FC team is very very promising.
If Funcom has anything to do with a Conan movie, I wont have nothing to do with it.
Rofl.
I like the idea of some new Conan movies and its cool that they're making a trio, I hope its big budget.
O_o o_O
The original Conan the Barbarian may have swayed from the books somewhat, but it was still a great, brutal, well done movie, and one of the few times Arnie's accent didn't "sillyfy" the role! It was graphic, dirty, and even "fun" in places, and managed to be a blast to watch, especially the last battle sequence between Thulsa Doom and his cohorts against Conan and his two companions in the Viking ruins! The scene where the huge, "spring" loaded spike that impaled that bad-dude was just gut wrenching at the time. I remember the audience's reaction to that.....everyone keeled over in sympathetic pain at that moment! Ghastly!!! And Basil Poledouris' music was absolutely PERFECT for that movie!
Conan the Destroyer we could've done without. Stupid stupid sequel that was done to take advantage of the success of the first and of Arnie.
Serius, The Destroyer is definitely the weaker of the two. I think they were going for a more kid friendly version. Hopefully the new filmmakers have a passion for the material and will do it justice. Otherwise I would feel sorry for the Conan fans.
FunCom's Art Director over Frank Frazetta??? No wonder FC got a hold of the IP, this guy is clueless? Decisions like this make movies tank. This is gonna end up having the production value of Xena Warrior Princess.
Good news for teh Art Director tho, he won't have a long wait on the Dole when FC lays him offf.
Two Words .... Olivia D'Abo ... yummmmm
Please oh please keep Kevin Sorbo well away from this one...
Look what happened to the last one.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kull_the_Conqueror
and the trailer....
www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3868459289/
I have heard Lionsgate are proding this movie. Budget is >100 Mill $. Love it.
Is this the same project that was slated to have HHH as Conan? Not sure if he can really act well enough for it to be honest, he didn't do all that well in the last Blade flick.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/7300033012
I'd recommend Christopher Nolan as the director.
They should keep it as close to Howard's lore as much as possible. Howard may have died over 70yrs ago but he could out write any writer today, in my opinion, in the sword and sorcery field.
I saw the new movie posters for Solomon Kane. If you check out the imdb page on it I think there is a link. Hopefully Solomon Kane will be a good movie.
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Have to agree with you there Severn. I love the lore the books, the atmopshere they generate and the passion that went into each one. I like the newer books but the originals I am always fond of.
Ps. I am writing this from some spooky hotel lounge on vacation in the middle of no where on Vancouver Island which is full of books - I found a Queen of the Black coast book to read being snowed in
Yes, this movie is going to be Awesome.
I hope they choose a good actor.
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I know a good actor for the movie: Funcom propaganda guy, Erling Ellingsen.
He is an awesome actor if you need a guy who can act like everything is ok when all has gone to shit.
They should also make EE's character to die a painful death in the movie. That would make a lot of fans happy.
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Originally posted by Frobner
"Massive sieges" "mounted combat" and "spellweaving" are just few words that spring to mind when I hear the word AOC.... But the word FAILURE will always top the list.
I know a good actor for the movie: Funcom propaganda guy, Erling Ellingsen.
He is an awesome actor if you need a guy who can act like everything is ok when all has gone to shit.
They should also make EE's character to die a painful death in the movie. That would make a lot of fans happy.
So, now you wish that a person, who is familiar to you only by the press releases, would "die a painful death", only because your fun did not last longer than one month for the whole insane 60 bucks you've presumably spent?..
Well, the question is rhethorical.
...however, there is a grain of truth in your bitter comment. Erling, being rather a brilliant marketing guy, would probably do well as an actor.
I believe that marketing profession involves acting to a great extent (I am not expressing here my personal attitude towards this observation and the subject of consuming and marketing, though).
But well, you are quite an actor yourself in your antimarketing efforts here, aren't you?.. :-P
Let us see now *looks at uwes resumé*. Conan is together with LOTR the most popular fantasy litterature for the last 100 years. Uwe makes films based on computer games, if Conan just would have been based on the game, then bolting Uwes door is a good idea but it is not.
Uwe is more likely to make a "World of Warcraft" or Everquest movie than a Conan one. If he ever got the license for it of course. It is still scary though.
You do realize there is a difference between a CHARACTER dying in MOVIE and a REAL PERSON dying in REAL LIFE?
Haha, EE is a "brilliant marketing guy"?
Marketing is not about who can lie the most. It's about making your product or service to look as good as possible without lying because when you lie, it's false advertising, and that is bad. All EE was doing was lying his ass off. Just go watch old interviews of his. They are hilarious.
Marketing and acting are two totally different things. Go read a book.
Oh, by the way.. I played AoC since beta from MONTHS hoping they would make it fun. They never did so 90% of players (myself included) quit.
I like Conan movies and hopefully this will be a good one. I just wish they will keep Funcom guys totally out of it.
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Originally posted by Frobner
"Massive sieges" "mounted combat" and "spellweaving" are just few words that spring to mind when I hear the word AOC.... But the word FAILURE will always top the list.
You do realize there is a difference between a CHARACTER dying in MOVIE and a REAL PERSON dying in REAL LIFE?
Haha, EE is a "brilliant marketing guy"?
Marketing is not about who can lie the most. It's about making your product or service to look as good as possible without lying because when you lie, it's false advertising, and that is bad. All EE was doing was lying his ass off. Just go watch old interviews of his. They are hilarious.
Marketing and acting are two totally different things. Go read a book.
Oh, by the way.. I played AoC since beta from MONTHS hoping they would make it fun. They never did so 90% of players (myself included) quit.
I like Conan movies and hopefully this will be a good one. I just wish they will keep Funcom guys totally out of it.
Yes. Fortunately, there IS a difference between some BITTER MAN wishing some REAL PERSON, or a WOODOO DOLL of him, to DIE a PAINFUL DEATH, and the REAL LIFE ITSELF... otherwise the real life would not be that appealing anymore.
No, marketing is not about who can "lie" the most. It's about convincing people to buy your product (and possibly not to buy the competitor's one, that's how the market works, you should know it with all the books you've read).
Also, the person who does it, is hardly responsible for the quality of the product itself. Furthermore, he may not necessarily share negative opinions about it either. After all, there are people who like the game.
I did not watch all the EE's interviews, but I don't really see what do you mean about him "lying his ass off".
DX10 "on the box"? I think that the box was designed and printed way in advance, and at that moment people were confident that it would make at the time of the release.
Yes, they were wrong. But it's not a fault of a single person. It's just how system worked.
System failed one year ago, but it is trying to fix itself, and it seems that we already can see some positive results of it.
And most of other things are subjects to different interpretations.
Just that you can inflate those intrepretations to extreme does not mean that EE or whoever else was LYING to you.
And even if he was, so what?.. You don't have to play EE today, you play AoC.
P.S. Please, avoid using this:
while answering to my posts. It's higly offensive in a personal sense, at least in my country, thanks.
Please pick up a book on marketing and read a chapter where they talk about why it's a bad thing to give customers false expectations.
Your post is so full of dumb comments, it would take me 1 hour to answer to all of them and I gtg soon.
"..most of other things are subjects to different interpretations.."
Lol, so that's what the problem was. 90% of original players who quit the game just wrongly interpret the situation.
Have a nice day.
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Originally posted by Frobner
"Massive sieges" "mounted combat" and "spellweaving" are just few words that spring to mind when I hear the word AOC.... But the word FAILURE will always top the list.
Please pick up a book on marketing and read a chapter where they talk about why it's a bad thing to give customers false expectations.
Your post is so full of dumb comments, it would take me 1 hour to answer to all of them and I gtg soon.
"..most of other things are subjects to different interpretations.."
Lol, so that's what the problem was. 90% of original players who quit the game just wrongly interpret the situation.
Have a nice day.
"Expectations" is a product of your own mind, and you are personally responsible for it.
As well as for the personal offences on the forum.
If you don't want to have a constructive discussion, respecting the other side, then just go and have a nice day.
Do you even think before you type? Or do you just let it out?
When customers have expectations, they are usually BASED on something.
When Erling Ellingsed tells me there will be pvp xp, DX10 and MASSIVE 300s300 siege battles at launch, is that a product of my own mind? Am I personally responsible when there is no pvp xp, DX10 and siege is lagging 48/48?
See how silly your post is?
You my friend have a lot to learn about marketing and real world.
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Originally posted by Frobner
"Massive sieges" "mounted combat" and "spellweaving" are just few words that spring to mind when I hear the word AOC.... But the word FAILURE will always top the list.
Do you even think before you type? Or do you just let it out?
When customers have expectations, they are usually BASED on something.
When Erling Ellingsed tells me there will be pvp xp, DX10 and MASSIVE 300s300 siege battles at launch, is that a product of my own mind? Am I personally responsible when there is no pvp xp, DX10 and siege is lagging 48/48?
See how silly your post is?
You my friend have a lot to learn about marketing and real world.
Turns out, that I am not your friend, sorry.
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