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    Conan - Starring: Jason Momoa News/Speculation/Discussion/SPOILERS

    It’s official. Momoa is the new Conan!

    Last week Michael Fleming on Deadline Hollywood reported that Jason Momoa and Kellan Lutz along with a third more well known name were contenders to topline CONAN for Lionsgate.

    Who was the 3rd well known name which Michael Fleming didn’t mention?

    It was Supernatural’s JARED PADALECKI.

    Padalecki worked with Marcus Nispel recently on the Friday the 13th reboot.

    Prior to Padalecki auditioning, Momoa, Lutz, and another unknown actor named John Brotherton went through a series of rigorous screen tests.

    From those original three, it was Momoa who emerged early on as Marcus Nispel’s top choice with Kellan Lutz a distant second.

    The folks at Lionsgate wanted to be extra sure, hence why they held off offering the part to Momoa and auditioning Jared Padalecki which took place this week.

    What was the game changer?

    Why the change of heart for the studio?

    Momoa came into Lionsgate late last week after the Fleming story broke and met with everyone at the studio and charmed the pants off the executives.

    Apparently, Momoa is good in the room.

    Momoa also screen tested yet again this week.

    So there you have it folks, Jason Momoa is your new Conan.

    Momoa has starred in Stargate Atlantis, Baywatch Hawaii, and a couple of episodes of CW’s The Game.

    With less than eight weeks to go before production starts, Momoa starts training rigorously for the part on Monday.

    In other Conan news, after an early draft the script leaked online last year, Andrew Lobel as recently as December did revisions on the script originally penned by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. From what I was told, Lobel knocked the rewrite out of the park.

    Formal announcements in the trades should be imminent.

    But that's not all.

    *UPDATE*

    I just found out that the offer has gone out to Mickey Rourke to play Conan's dad, CORIN!

    http://www.latinoreview.com/news/con...-wrestler-9032
    Last edited by TheRandomOne; 21 January 2010, 05:20 PM. Reason: Conan - Starring: Jason Momoa

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    Ahem. HEX YEAH!

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      #3
      Excellent news indeed. I am a bit worried that as Conan, he'll be a bit too much like Ronan. If they can at least make him talk more, I'll be happy.

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        #4
        Originally posted by SaberBlade View Post
        Excellent news indeed. I am a bit worried that as Conan, he'll be a bit too much like Ronan. If they can at least make him talk more, I'll be happy.
        I agree, and not sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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          Originally posted by SaberBlade View Post
          Excellent news indeed. I am a bit worried that as Conan, he'll be a bit too much like Ronan. If they can at least make him talk more, I'll be happy.
          I can just picture Jason going in to try out & they ask for some kind of tape or DVD of his past work & he hands them an Epic Video of him as Ronon in action & that was all that they needed

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            #6
            I wonder what kind of hair he'll have?
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              Originally posted by Replicator Todd View Post
              I agree, and not sound like Arnold Schwarzenegger.
              Unfortunately the acting it's the same...
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                #8
                Good for him. I really hope this role is good for Jason.
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                  Originally posted by SaberBlade View Post
                  Excellent news indeed. I am a bit worried that as Conan, he'll be a bit too much like Ronan. If they can at least make him talk more, I'll be happy.
                  "conan the conversationalist"?

                  he was a barbarian you know!!
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                    #10
                    It shouldn't be too hard for him to pull off, it's only a one letter diference from Ronan.
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                      #11
                      Awesome, Good thing he got the job; he deserves it.
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                        #12
                        only thing i like about the remake so far is this news...jason should do very well.

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                          #13
                          Well....even though I didn't like SGA, or Ronon, and don't feel that Conan demands a remake....

                          I think he's the perfect choice to cast in the role.
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by jds1982 View Post
                            It shouldn't be too hard for him to pull off, it's only a one letter diference from Ronan.
                            So we will rename the movie "Ronan the Barbarian"!?!......

                            In all seriousness, a HUGE congrats to Jason!!!!!
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                              #15
                              I guess this means Stargate can no longer afford him. You go, Jason! Byebye, Ronon.
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