El Mayimbe On That Brett Ratner Conan Rumor… By El Mayimbe on September 18, 2008 Fire and wind come from the sky, from the gods of the sky. But Crom is your god, Crom and he lives in the earth. Once, giants lived in the Earth, Conan. And in the darkness of chaos, they fooled Crom, and they took from him the enigma of steel. Crom was angered. And the Earth shook. Fire and wind struck down these giants, and they threw their bodies into the waters, but in their rage, the gods forgot the secret of steel and left it on the battlefield. We who found it are just men. Not gods. Not giants. Just men. The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts… …and apparently not bad rumors! El Mayimbe here… First of all, let’s take a chill pill. Brett Ratner was NOT offered the gig on directing Conan. All it was, was a meeting. You see Nu Image is meeting with everyone in town. They took a meeting with Brett Ratner. But guess what? They also met with Neil Marshall, James McTeigue, The Strause Brothers, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Neil Marshall James McTeigue The Strauss Brothers Neveldine and Taylor This I will tell you...You know who else they met with and really want to take the gig? Robert Rodriguez The problem with Rodriguez is a scheduling issue, he’s booked solid. They are also going to meet with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. So don’t go and get excited folks, all Nu Image is doing is taking meetings with directors, hearing different takes, and seeing how things pan out. But as it stands, no one has been offered the job…YET. So there you have it.  I’m off to hear the lamentation of the women. In the meantime, you can follow my updates on TWITTER. Source: Latino Review Comments on 2008-09-19 00:34:16 I know who Conan is, but all I know about him is that he has a comic book, he has something to do with Red Sonja, and I think there was an Arnold Schwarzenegger film about him. Commented By: Finn on 2008-09-19 07:19:20 Conan is a character created by Robert E Howard. Mr Howard wrote many short stories that appeared in pulp magazines at first. If you *really* want to know who Conan is I suggest you look those original stories by Mr Howard up. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. The comics and the movies with Arnold aren't the origin of the character and often strays far from what the character created by Mr Howard was/is. I recommend this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/complete-chronicles-Conan-Centenary/dp/0575077662 In there you'll find everything you need. ;) Commented By: theo on 2008-09-19 07:50:46 Then you know nothing about Conan. Go to the library and check out Robert E. Howard's Conan books and enjoy the real Conan. Commented By: ciNe-taRiuM on 2008-09-20 17:08:15 Are the Strauss Brothers conjoined? Most Imporant Thing Commented By: Sean on 2008-09-20 19:29:24 The big question though is, will there be a Latin meth dealer in the movie? I sure hope so. you suck mayimbe Commented By: zillaman on 2008-09-21 17:26:56 latono review should get rid of you, you are nothing but a joke .