Now this is definitely a bit of trailer news that I have been looking forward to reporting: Lionsgate has finally released a theatrical trailer for their upcoming swords and sorcery epic, Conan The Barbarian, and doesn’t it just look like a bundle of bad ass fun. This interpretation of Robert E. Howard’s 1930’s barbarian will stay faithful to the original pulp magazines rather than be a direct remake of the 80s Schwarzenegger films: Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer. This rendition boasts Jason Momoa (Stargate: Atlantis) as Conan himself, I have recently been very impressed with his work as a similar kind of Barbarian king character in the HBO series Game of Thrones, which I highly recommend. As of yet, he hasn’t had too much to do except scowl and have sex but he has an extraordinary demi god-like presence which I feel translates well into the slightly more action hero type character we see here. Just as a side note, I was not aware Rose McGowan (Jawbreaker, Planet Terror), who is playing Marique the witch in CTB, had anything to do with this project but it seems someone felt they owed her one after production of Robert Rodriguez’s Red Sonja – another Conan spin off/remake – fell through.

Check out the trailer: