Conan: Brett Ratner Out, James McTeigue In ?!
Director Brett Ratner is off the upcoming Conan remake. Joe Gatta, the producer behind the upcoming planned reboot of the “Conan the Barbarian” franchise, tells Empire Magazine that Brett Ratner (”Rush Hour,” “X-Men: The Last Stand”) is no longer attached to the project.
“We’re currently in the process of hiring a director.” For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn’t work. But you never know what can happen.”
According to CHUD, James McTiegue (V for Vendetta and the upcoming Ninja Assassin) will step into the director’s seat for the film. He is also the protege of the Wachowski brothers, having previously worked as an assistant director on the “Matrix” trilogy.
This news is not surprising, since the Wachowskis were once rumored to take on “Conan.” Producers must have kept a close relationship with the brothers and their team.
Production on the film hopes to get underway on August 24th in Bulgaria.
Brett Ratner To Direct “Conan”?
This news has been rumored about for the past few months. So, Brett Ratner has indeed been tapped to direct “Conan” for Lionsgate from the script by Howard McCain and Dirk Blackman.
“When I met Howard McCain after the screening of “Outlander,” he told me he’d just been hired with his writing partner to write “Conan” for Lionsgate, and in talking with him, I could tell the material was in the right hands. He genuinely adores the Robert Howard stories, and it seemed like he had some big plans for how to structure the film,” AICN’s Moriarty reporting the story but doesn’t cite any sources.
Brett Ratner to direct ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man’
Brett Ratner is in talks to helm the new big-screen adaptation of ‘The Incredible Shrinking Man.’
The film, starring Eddie Murphy, is a remake of the 1957 sci-fi classic based on the bestselling novel by Richard Matheson.
Ratner will take a comedic approach to the story, which revolves around a Las Vegas magician who starts shrinking after being put under a spell.
He must find a way to reverse the spell before he disappears.
Pete Segal and White Chicks director Keenen Ivory Wayans were previously attached to the Universal project.
Scott Carey has shrunk to the stature where he is lost and long forgotten by his wife, his brother, his daughter, and possibly the world around him that he use to belong after getting himself trapped in the basement of his own house. And throughout his daily routine, he struggles another day trying to survive the prison and life as the insect he has become and only dread to the lurking of another hostile threat that awaits to consume him. While at the same time, he recounts the long memories of how his life changed from the beginning and only awaits for what will become his eventual end when he’ll finally shrink away out of his absolute existence from the world he once known.
Ratner (X-Men: The Last Stand, Red Dragon, Rush Hour) is currently filming one of 12 segments for anthology film ‘New York, I Love You.’
