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1. Star Trek 2 will be in 3D with Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch

(Science fiction films)

... be actor Benedict Cumberbatch, best know for his role in the BBC's modern retelling of the Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes stories, entitled Sherlock. Season 2 of Sherlock is now playing in the ...

Created on 13 January 2012

2. Marcus Nispel’s Conan the Barbarian - a one dimensional movie in 3D

(Fantasy films)

Marcus Nispel’s Conan the Barbarian doesn’t really justify the effort of a review, and the less time I spend thinking about it, the happier I’ll be. But I was outspoken in support of Nispel when he was ...

Created on 24 August 2011

3. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows trailer and plot

(Fantasy films)

... Conan Doyle, and appear in stories and novels by him."  ...

Created on 13 July 2011

4. Stephen Fry joins the cast of The Hobbit

(Fantasy films)

... Nesbitt and Aidan Turner. In his announcement, Jackson also mentions two more cast members in Ryan Gage and Conan Stevens. Here’s what Jackson had to say on his Facebook page: Some more HOBBIT casting ...

Created on 20 May 2011

5. BBC's modern Sherlock with Martin Freeman now on blu-ray: Season 2 2011

(Fantasy TV)

... could be the perfect opportunity. This is an excellent television update on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle frequently adapted tales, with perfect casting and great writing. Una Stubbs appears as their landlady ...

Created on 03 December 2010

6. Stephen Fry joins Downey Jr. In Sherlock Holmes 2

(Fantasy films)

... Fry. Fry is set to play Sherlock Holmes' older brother Mycroft. In the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes novels, Mycroft's deductive powers exceed those of his younger brother, but he is ...

Created on 27 September 2010

7. Solomon Kane: the best fantasy adventure not coming to a cinema near you

(Fantasy films)

...  Although the plot of Bassett’s adaptation bears no relation to any of Conan creator Robert E. Howard's stories, Bassett has captured their spirit remarkably well. What he has crafted is an origin story ...

Created on 14 July 2010

8. Mickey Rourke, John Milius, Genghis Khan and Mr Yunioshi (again!)

(Fantasy films)

... Now and Dirty Harry and, of course, Arnie’s big break, Conan the Barbarian, which Milius not only co-wrote with Oliver Stone but also directed. Rourke, now in his fifties, explains that Milius wrote ...

Created on 25 April 2010

9. Solomon Kane about to unleash bloody mayhem across the UK

(Fantasy films)

... written and directed by Michael J. Bassett (Deathwatch), stars James Purefoy (Rome, Resident Evil) as the implacable title character, plucked from the imagination of Robert E. Howard (Conan The Barbarian), ...

Created on 18 February 2010

10. Solomon Kane, Redemption and White Supremacy

(Fantasy films)

... years ago) when devouring Howard's better known stories about Conan the Cimmerian. Howard's savage tales of Solomon Kane are seriously grim and grimly serious short stories about one man's blood soaked ...

Created on 19 January 2010

11. Solomon Kane: a dark and bloody triumph?

(Fantasy films)

... and gore-splattered quest for redemption. Better known perhaps as the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard wrote the Solomon Kane stories for Weird Tales in the late 1920s and early 1930s, setting them in ...

Created on 22 September 2009

12. In defence of Marcus Nispel, newly crowned director of Conan

(Fantasy films)

Judging by the generally unenthusiastic reaction to last week’s announcement that Marcus Nispel (Pathfinder) has been invited by Nu Image/Millennium Films to direct their Conan reboot, I can’t help but ...

Created on 16 June 2009

13. Barack Obama will be a science fiction and fantasy president

(Science fiction films)

... newspaper, Obama collects Spiderman and Conan the Barbarian comics, and has read all the Harry Potter books. Reportedly he also once greeted Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy the Vulcan with the "Live Long and ...

Created on 08 January 2009

14. By Crom! Brett Ratner to direct new Conan movie?

(Fantasy films)

The winds have carried news to Crom on his mountain, and Crom is pleased! Ok, Crom is probably not whacking heads together with unalloyed joy, but Conan's god may have cracked a grim smile at the news ...

Created on 09 November 2008

15. Trailer for Underworld: Rise of the Lycans now online

(Fantasy films)

... as producer and Danny McBride as writer. McBride is joined by Dirk Blackman, writer and executive producer of Outlander and writer for the forthcoming Conan movie. Bill Nighy as the cruel Viktor, Michael ...

Created on 26 October 2008

16. Best/worst film adaptation of a literary work?

(Science fiction books)

... and Children of Dune by Frank Herbert Conan the Barbarian (John Milius director) based on Robert E. Howard's stories (yes, I'm serious) Excalibur (John Boorman director) based on Le Morte D'Arthur ...

Created on 24 April 2007