Brand New “Outlander” International Poster

Today, we have a international poster for the upcoming Jim Caviezel sci-fi film “Outlander,” featuring a shot of a group of Vikings. The film is produced by Barrie Osborne, the man behind “Lord of the Rings.”

As an age old battle rages amongst the stars, Kainan’s (Caviezel) ship burns brightly as it crashes into the Nordic coast. As his space craft comes to rest in the fjords of ancient Norway, it’s with dismay that Kainan realizes that he wasn’t the only survivor. A second passenger, a Moorwen also emerges from the wreckage. A Fierce and animal-like creature, the Moorwen is intent on causing harm to those it perceives have wronged it. As the Moorwen kills everything in its path, Kainan must work together with the Vikings to destroy the beast before it destroys them all.

The Weinstein Company will let it skip the theaters and go straight to DVD 18. November 2008.

Director: Howard McCain
Writers: Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain
Starring: James Caviezel (Kainan) , Sophia Myles (Freya) , Ron Perlman (Gunnar), John Hurt (Rothgar), Jack Huston (Wulfric) Read the rest of this entry

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.

Conan Teaser Poster No2

After the first teaser poster for upcoming Lionsgate’s barbarian epic “Conan,” we’ve got today new one.

Conan teaser poster

Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain (Outlander) have been hired to redraft the script, the updated remake of sorts of 1982’s Conan The Barbarian.

The movie is a potential resurrection of the classic warrior created by Robert E. Howard, who has appeared in dozens of pulp stories published in the 1930s. In 1982, Oliver Stone and John Milius wrote a bloody adaptation, which Milius also directed, that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. [source: ToxicShock]

“Outlander” Extended Clip

“Outlander” begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world, Kainan (James Caviezel), and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen.

Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors.

Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster before it destroys them all.

Director: Howard McCain
Writers: Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain
Starring: James Caviezel (Kainan) , Sophia Myles (Freya) , Ron Perlman (Gunnar), John Hurt (Rothgar), Jack Huston (Wulfric)

Check out new clip from “Outlander”

Conan Getting a Rewrite for Lionsgate

Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain have been hired to redraft the script for Lionsgate’s barbarian epic Conan, the updated remake of sorts of 1982’s Conan The Barbarian.

The movie is a potential resurrection of the classic warrior created by Robert E. Howard, who has appeared in dozens of pulp stories published in the 1930s. In 1982, Oliver Stone and John Milius wrote a bloody adaptation, which Milius also directed, that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

After finishing a script titled Amazon about female warriors with Scarlett Johansson attached, the two were brought on to work on a Conan script separate from the original two writers Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. Now Lionsgate is anxious to get this into production right away and are trying to launch a franchise by making it a $100 million R-rated origin film. “We all want this movie to go into production as soon as possible. It’s a fast-tracked movie.”

Fredrik Malmberg, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and Avi Lerner will produce the film.

Malmberg told The Hollywood Reporter:

“We all want this movie to go into production as soon as possible. It’s a fast-tracked movie. Lionsgate felt the process was enhanced by having a second team come in and do a script.”

“Fans expect (these types of movies) to be more true to the source material.  There’s no reason there couldn’t be a Conan movie every two years. He’s almost like Batman: He’s a dark hero. He’s a hard hero. He has to be badass, but we also have to like him.”

The film is being fast-tracked, but no production date has been set.

Second “Outlander” Trailer

A few days ago we got to see the first trailer for action fantasy/sci-fi film “Outlander” and today, we have another one with more details and shows more of monster James Caviezel will battle.

Outlander begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world - Kainan - and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen. Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors. Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster - before it destroys them all.

“Outlander” is directed by Howard McCain also boasts production by Barrie Osborne (”The Matrix” and LOTR Trilogies), as well as US distribution through heavyweights The Weinstein Company. Read the rest of this entry

“Outlander” - First Trailer and more…

“Outlander” begins when a space craft crashes into the majestic fjords of ancient Norway and into the time of the Vikings. From the wreckage emerge two bitter enemies: a soldier from another world, Kainan (James Caviezel), and a bloodthirsty creature known as the Moorwen.

Man and monster both seeking revenge for violence committed against them. As the Moorwen ravages the Viking world, killing everything in its path, Kainan forms an unlikely alliance with the primitive but fierce warriors.

Combining his advanced technology with ancient Iron Age weapons, the hero leads a desperate attempt to kill the monster before it destroys them all.

Director: Howard McCain
Writers: Dirk Blackman, Howard McCain
Starring: James Caviezel (Kainan) , Sophia Myles (Freya) , Ron Perlman (Gunnar), John Hurt (Rothgar), Jack Huston (Wulfric)

“Outlander” also boasts production by Barrie Osborne (”The Matrix” and LOTR Trilogies), as well as US distribution through heavyweights The Weinstein Company.