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What went wrong with Jason Momoa’s Conan The Barbarian (2011)


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In August of 2011, the Marcus Nispel directed reboot of “Conan the Barbarian” failed with reviewers and at the box office alike. The movie was made by Avi Lerner’s Millennium Pictures, and among its many producers, was Fredrik Malmberg, the keeper of the Conan legend.

In an exclusive long form interview with Midnight’s Edge, Malmberg gave a look into the development of that movie, including the rigorous vetting process behind finding its original director Brett Ratner, why Ratner ultimately left the project; and the challenges the movie faced as production proceeded.

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