CONAN!

Randy's not that bad, really...I think that it was a direct-to-DVD release is what ultimately hurt that movie as far as the critics were concerned; I liked it. It was an action flick, and it delivered on that very well. The guy who played young Matthias (Rock's character in the previous one) was almost dead-on in his delivery...if it weren't for the fact that you already know Dwayne Johnson was huge by 18, you could believe this kid coulda been him, or his kid brother. Having said that, I don't see Randy as Conan...his voice is too soft spoken for it.

I disagree on Karl Urban or Jason Statham...ok, MAYBE Karl Urban, but he'll have to muscle up better than Kevin Sorbo did for Hercules in order to be believable. He can handle a sword and he's reasonably tall; but definitely not for Jason Statham. Not only is he too short, but he can't seem to drop the Cockney accent, no matter what movie he's in. That wouldn't gibe well with a pre-Hyperborean age Cimmerian...as far as I think.

I agree with pogo, tho...it should be an actor who muscles up rather than a musclehead trying to act, a la Ralph Moeller, who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. He's good in the supporting roles he's done (thinking Gladiator) but definitely not leading man material.

Besides, let's not forget, Conan's description is as a black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, thief, reaver, slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, come to tread the jeweled thrones o the earth beneath his sandalled feet.

I just want him to be believable, that's all.

If Tom Cruise or Angelina Jolie had have been in LOTR, it would not have been nearly as good as it was.

I'm not making any judgments about Tom Cruise or Angelina Jolie as actors. Only that a well known face in a fantasy role can take away from the fantasy and make the movie significantly less likable.

IMDB has Roland Kickinger rumored to be in the role. He was the Terminator robot in Terminator Salvation.

As for Arnie being believable as Conan--I didn't find him that believable--he was okay but frankly I think we got lucky that he made that at the beginning of his career, before he became a cartoon character. The role was written to minimize the need for him to do much "acting". Conan is supposed to be way smarter than he came across in that film. I still cringe a little whenever he delivers a line in any movie.

I've been hoping they wouldn't go body builder for the role--body builders just don't look warrior-ish to me. Football players look more like warriors their muscle is fully useable and they can move well--body builders tend to look kinda clumsy. Terel Owens has the build I'd like to see on Conan. There's a thought--would people accept a Conan who wasn't caucasian? Imagine a young Michael Clarke Duncan as Conan.

T.O. is still cut to the exteme, the kinda build you get from lots of carefully planned body building, you can see every single muscle on the guy.

I would find the type of build you see on the 'Worlds Strongest Man' type contests to be more approprate to old school warriors. Take my man Magnus for example: magnusvermagnusson.com/about/

I just looked this up at IMDB. It seems the directer (Marcus Nispel) that has been picked for this movie has mostly done videos. He also did the iffy Pathfinder movie and a pair of horror movies.

Might as well scrap this project now before it gets any worse

I don't think the comical muscles rippling thing works. If i were going to cast conan it would be someone like the guy who played Bulliwyf in 13th warrior, I think he is one of the most believable warriors I have seen in a movie.

i think arnold shoud do it again.

no matter who plays the part, conan is arnold in my mind.
its like the terminator movies, same thing goes.

That is pure awesome...