Tag: Robert E. Howard
Solomon Kane Clip: Hall of Mirrors
Check out the first clip for Michael J. Bassett‘s adaption of Robert E. Howard’s “Solomon Kane.” Several grave-robbers find a brutal death in this clip, as a cursed barrow comes to life!
Armed with a rapier and flintlock pistols, Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) dresses in black, his pale face and cold eyes shadowed by a hat. He is a true rogue, blasting and slashing forward on a mission of pillage and plunder in war-torn North Africa in the late 1500s. When the devil lays claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul, Kane escapes only to face the sobering truth: in order to seek redemption, he must renounce his wicked ways and devote himself wholly to a pious life. His newfound piety is put to the test when he is forced to return to his murderous ways to save England from the grasp of evil.
14 New Solomon Kane Photos
Today we have 14 new hi-res photos from the upcoming “Solomon Kane” movie.
It tells the heroic story of a savage warrior in 16th Century England who seeks redemption for a lifetime of sins by renouncing violence to live a life of purity, only to find himself compelled to pick up his sword once again to vanquish a growing evil.
James Purefoy has been cast as puritan swordsman Solomon Kane in a movie of the same name to be made from the stories of “Conan the Barbarian” creator Robert E. Howard. Kane is a 16th century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him but is determined to redeem himself by living peaceably. But he finds himself dragged out of retirement for a fight against evil.
Brand New Solomon Kane Poster
Here’s brand new poster for the upcoming film “Solomon Kane” based on a story by Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian) in 1928.
Synopsis: A 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. His adventures, published mostly in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, often take him from Europe to the jungles of Africa and back.
Deathwatch’s Michael J. Bassett directs from his own script, with Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige and Mackenzie Crook co-starring.
Brand New Solomon Kane Photos
Earlier we posted trailer for the upcoming Solomon Kane movie and today we have a brand new photos.
The movie tells the origins of Solomon Kane and is hoped to be the first of a trilogy of movies. When the story opens Kane is a mercenary of Queen Elizabeth I fighting in Africa, but after an encounter with a demon, The Reaper, he realizes he must seek redemption or have his soul damned to Hell. He returns to Engand and lives a life of peace, converting to puritanism, but soon the doings of an evil sorceror upset his plans and he must take up arms again.
Solomon Kane Trailer From Comic Con ’09
Here’s brand new Comic Con clip from the upcoming “Solomon Kane” movie, which is based on a character created by Robert E Howard, the legendary writer behind stories of “Conan the Barbarian” and “Red Sonja.
Conan Teaser Poster No2
After the first teaser poster for upcoming Lionsgate’s barbarian epic “Conan,” we’ve got today new one.
Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain (Outlander) have been hired to redraft the script, the updated remake of sorts of 1982′s Conan The Barbarian.
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.”
