Nu Image/ Millenium Films has announced that casting for ‘Conan’ in its current titular form is completed, with the addition of Rose McGowan. As shooting began in Bulgaria on Monday, the final pieces were pulled together, with variety reporting that McGowan has been brought in to play ‘an evil half-human/ half-witch’. But, the arrival of McGowan puts the ever-delayed Robert Rodriguez incarnation of Red Sonja in serious doubt.
After all, since the story exists in the same lore as Conan, it would be a strange decision to cast McGowan as a different character, if she was set to play Red Sonja in a later film.
Speculation that production has indeed halted has stirred ever since McGowan, who was set to star as the lead, and Rodriguez separated.
McGowan has held out in hope that she would indeed star as the female warrior, but it seems for now that she must be content with a role the Marcus Nispel reboot of ‘Conan The Barbarian’ due out 2011.
MATT RICHARDSON
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