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.
Great – me and other original Conan fans have been waiting damn well near a quarter century for “King Conan”, and Ratt’s gonna remake the classic, thinking it’s better because of all the groovy CGI.
“You, Ratt, are a wuss. Half wimp, half pussy.”