"Conan the Barbarian" Japanese Theatrical Poster
There’s nothing wrong with a little bit of competition, right? Much like the two Kickboxer films currently facing off in production (Kickboxer: City of Blood and Kickboxer: Vengeance), there are two Conan movies that may also clash – or not. One has practically completed filming.
Everyone already knows about Legend of Conan (aka King Conan), which has been on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s to-do list for about 2 years. The other called Iron Shadows – a Thailand-produced film by renowned Bruce Lee historian, George Tan (Cinema of Vengeance) – is apparently in post-production phase and set for a 2015 release.
Iron Shadows is helmed by Kit Mallet (known for his stunt work in films like Man of Steel and I, Robot) and stars actor/bodybuilder Pasi Schalin (Trainers TV series) as Conan the Cimmerian. The film also stars Andrea Stefancikova (Dark Harvest), Ron Smoorenburg (Jackie Chan’s Who Am I?), Esteban Cueto (Supah Ninjas) and Toby Russell (White Tiger, Top Fighter).
With a $2 million budget, which can go a long way in Thailand, it’s obvious Iron Shadows – a title taken from one of Robert E. Howard’s Conan short stories – will be a straight-to-video release. It’s actually pretty surprising that the producers were able to secure rights to Howard’s creation, but more power to them.
We expect a trailer to be hitting soon. Until then, here’s some promotional images ( 1 | 2 ) for Iron Shadows. Enjoy!
hmmm is this the same George Tan who presold all the Bruce Lee books that never came out, hmmm i like idea behind Kill Em All, but Trinity Goes East, Fists of legends and then the White Tiger lawsuits, i hope this actually comes out as he and Toby Russell’s style could work on a sword and sorcery tale
Yep, that’s him. You’e right. Something tells me this will be a clash of martial arts meets sword and sorcery!
I don’t know how these guys got the Conan rights but I don’t want to see some low budget tarnishing of the Conan franchise. I’ll wait for the proper Conan sequel Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger which starts filming this year.
lol But dude, it’s George Tan and Toby Russell! 🙂 This isn’t your average Asylum Entertainment movie.
The film is never going to be released. Tan never got permission from Robert E. Howard’s estate and they threatened to sue. There’s a video about the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bah_uiL1NE
a project that George Tan & Toby Russell are involved with and its got some ‘legal’ issues tell me its not true! Copyright and clearences always seem to have been an issue for those guys
Its a pity as i still think that CONAN is waiting for that real adaptation, the John Milius version is such an epic but……