Meet the new Conan

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Falcon01

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 4:57 PM

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Lionsgate and Nu Image/Millennium, the two companies behind the Conan reboot, might have found their new Conan -- and he bears striking similarities to the old Conan.

The companies are in talks with a 41-year-old Austrian actor named Roland Kickinger to play the title role that Arnold Schwarzenegger made famous in the 1982 classic "Conan the Barbarian."

There are more than a few eerie parallels between the personalities.

Like Schwarzenegger, Kickinger is a bodybuilder- turned-actor from the Central European country.

Like the California governor, he also had a role as a T-800 in the "Terminator" franchise (in Warner Bros.' current "Terminator Salvation").

And in a you-can't-make-this-stuff-up turn, Kickinger actually played a Conan-era version of Schwarzenegger in "See Arnold Run," the 2005 A&E biopic about the actor-turned-politician.

http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/06/new-conan-schwarzenegger.html

ReaggieP

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 7:32 PM

says... is thinking "Brick House"...

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WWE's John Cena in a wig would do... JJ am I close?

[Post edited by ReaggieP on Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 7:34 PM]

csjlong

Jun 19, 2009 - CDT 8:42 PM

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Nobody will ever top this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos

Tim Raynor

Jun 20, 2009 - CDT 12:55 PM

says... It looks fake . . . very fake!

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Why not get this guy, he already has the real name?

I am excited to see what they really turn out. Plus, playing the online game, "Age of Conan" which is a total blast, has certainly helped spark my interest for a new movie.