Christopher McQuarrie’s ‘Conan the Barbarian’ Sequel Will Shoot in 2027, Says Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher McQuarrie are planning to bring back the Conan the Barbarian movie. To mark the 44th anniversary of the original 1982 film, Schwarzenegger told TheArnoldFans that a new movie called King Conan is set to start production in 2027. Earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter said that McQuarrie, who directed the last four Mission: Impossible films, is writing and directing the sequel for 20th Century Studios. Schwarzenegger will return as Conan the Barbarian.

In talking about the new movie, Schwarzenegger praised the author Robert E. Howard who created Conan, the artist Frank Frazetta who made the famous Conan artwork, and John Milius, who directed the first Conan film.

Schwarzenegger said, “Next year, we are going to do King Conan.

 So that is a reality now, and I am excited about it. For the last 10 years, I have been saying, ‘We should do King Conan, and we should get a great script written, get someone who really understands Robert E. Howard, that understands the artwork of Frank Frazetta and to continue on.’ I want to have John Milius, the director of Conan 1, to be maybe the producer. So it will be really fantastic.”

The 78-year-old actor said the timing is right for the new movie: “The movie wouldn’t have worked after I did the first Conan because the whole idea of King Conan is that, for 40 years, he has been king.

 He is older now. He is no longer in the shape he was from his heyday, and now people are trying to take him out. He’s the king, and he gets a little bit complacent. He’s tired of the job, and he wants to move on. Look at the movie by Clint Eastwood, Unforgiven. It will be a lot like that, but it will be with extraordinary battles.”

Conan was one of Schwarzenegger’s early big roles.

 He last played the character in the 1984 movie Conan the Destroyer. He wasn’t part of the 2011 film Conan the Barbarian, which starred Jason Momoa and was not well-received.