CountChocula
Keeper of the Watch
I just watched Conan the Barbarian (the Jason Momoa version).
It was kind of fun to watch Stephen Lang playing a role outside his comfort zone, but a great premise and excellent cast was completely ruined by a bad script and terrifically uninspired vision on the part of the director.
They really should have spent a bit more time polishing the script before rushing to production. It was laughably bad. Then again, Avi Lerner is not a producer known for his sense of storytelling so perhaps more development time would not have helped.
I gather that project is completely dead at this point, sadly. Even with James Cameron on board as producer, he was not able to get it greenlit.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/03/guillermo-del-toro-madness-has-gone-dark.html
It was kind of fun to watch Stephen Lang playing a role outside his comfort zone, but a great premise and excellent cast was completely ruined by a bad script and terrifically uninspired vision on the part of the director.
They really should have spent a bit more time polishing the script before rushing to production. It was laughably bad. Then again, Avi Lerner is not a producer known for his sense of storytelling so perhaps more development time would not have helped.
Had no idea that del Toro was still trying to make that film, that is great really!
I'll keep my fingers crossed (but alas, not hold my breath)…
I gather that project is completely dead at this point, sadly. Even with James Cameron on board as producer, he was not able to get it greenlit.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/03/guillermo-del-toro-madness-has-gone-dark.html