Conan the Barbarian (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Marcus Nispel |
| Produced by | Fredrik Malmberg Avi Lerner Boaz Davidson Joe Gatta George Furla John Baldecchi Les Weldon |
| Written by |
Thomas Dean Donnelly Joshua Oppenheimer Sean Hood |
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Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard |
| Starring |
Jason Momoa Rachel Nichols Stephen Lang Rose McGowan Saïd Taghmaoui Leo Howard Bob Sapp Ron Perlman |
| Narrated by | Morgan Freeman |
| Music by | Tyler Bates |
| Cinematography | Thomas Kloss |
| Edited by | Ken Blackwell |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $90 million |
| Box office | $48.8 million |
Conan the Barbarian is a 2011 American sword and sorcery film based on the character Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan mythology, and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It stars Jason Momoa in the title role, alongside Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, and Bob Sapp with Marcus Nispel directing.
The film had spent seven years in development at Warner Bros. before the rights were shifted to Nu Image/Millennium Films in 2007, with a clause wishing for immediate start on production. Lionsgate and Sony Pictures entered negotiations for distribution, with the film seeing many directors, prominently Brett Ratner, before settling on Nispel in 2009 and subsequently bringing together a cast and crew. Filming began on March 15, 2010, and concluded June 5, 2010. The film was first released on August 17, 2011, in four countries: France, Belgium, Iceland, and the Philippines prior to the North American release on August 19. The film was a box office bomb and received largely negative reviews.
Conan is the son of Corin, chief of a barbarian tribe. The youth is a skilled but violent warrior, who his father believes is not ready to wield his own sword. Their village is attacked by Khalar Zym, a warlord who wishes to reunite the pieces of the Mask of Acheron to revive his dead wife and conquer Hyboria. The Mask, crafted by a group of sorcerers and used to subjugate the world, was broken into many pieces, scattered among the barbarian tribes. After locating Corin's piece of the mask, and murdering the entire village, Zym leaves. Conan, the only survivor, swears revenge.
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