In a turn of events, apparently Brett Ratner is now NOT directing Conan at this time and now it’s not even definite that he’ll be doing it at all.
Ratner spoke out recently after reports that he was in final negotiations direct the new version of Conan for Nu-Image, Millennium Films, and Lionsgate.
Now, Ratner says the announcement was premature.
Let me make this very clear, I am not doing Conan now. This is totally premature. For now, Conan is only a development deal. I have a deal at Paramount and I’m doing Beverly Hills Cop first, no matter what. Avi [Lerner] shouldn’t be telling you or anyone else in the press what I’m doing.
Seriously, I can’t be any more sick of all this Ratner stuff. He’s either directing Conan, God of War, the Guitar Hero movie (which may or maybe not have been those recently aired GH commercials), and the Hugh Hefner biopic or he’s not at all. Maybe he’ll just do Hef and Beverly Hills Cop 4 and then go on a life voyage to Africa to “find himself” or something.
I just don’t know anymore, but he sure knows how to keep his name in the media.
[Source: LA Times]
