The digital rental deal of the day over at Amazon today is Conan The Barbarian (2011) for only $.99.

This deal is valid only for today, Wednesday, January 10, 2012, until 11:59pm PST. Once you activate the rental through Amazon’s Instant Video on demand service, you’ll have access to the movie for 24 hours. If you’re interested in purchasing the digital version, the cost is $14.99.

Also, if you’d like to own a physical copy of Conan The Barbarian, the 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack is available for $23.49 while the DVD is $16.99. The Blu-ray edition is part of Amazon’s “Buy This DVD and Watch it Instantly” program “” you get the film as a FREE digital rental you can watch immediately when your purchase the physical copy.

Conan The Barbarian
Directed by Marcus Nispel
Starring: Jason Momoa, Leo Howard, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Ron Perlman
Release Date: August 19, 2011

Director Marcus Nispel has most undoubtedly taken on quite the challenge in the new Conan The Barbarian film. Consider to begin with, the original Robert E. Howard stories, followed by the additional work by subsequent authors over the years. Moreover, there’s the legend of Conan depicted in comics, perhaps most memorably in The Savage Sword Of Conan. But the biggest challenge facing Nispel is probably the unforgettable film version portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by John Milius. The 1980’s Conan pervaded mainstream pop culture and left quite an impact, and the original film is still considered by some fans with reverence.

Having said all that, Nispel along with the writers of the latest Conan The Barbarian have released a film that will most likely please the fans of the Conan books and comics, but may disappoint those whose only experience with the Cimmerian warrior has been through Schwarzenegger’s depiction. The new movie, for all intents and purposes, is an origin tale and begins with narration from (believe it or not) Morgan Freeman. Conan is born on the battlefield, in a gruesome birth sequence that would easily be the fastest Caesarian procedure by sword captured on film. He is raised under the watchful eye of his father, Corin (Ron Perlman), learning the ways of the warrior and the tradition of the Cimmerian Barbarians.

George R. R. Martin, author of the books the hit HBO TV series Game of Thrones is based on, expressed his praise of the show while moderating a cast panel on Thursday at San Diego Comic-Con 2011.

During the panel, Martin alluded to the possibility of bringing back one of the actors whose character had been killed off in the first season. (This character originally was killed off in Martin’s novel, A Game of Thrones, which is the first title in A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series on which the HBO series is based.)

Note: If you haven’t seen the Game of Thrones television series or haven’t read the first book, then be warned, the rest of this article is SPOILER-filled.

That title might be a bit misleading so let me clear it up right off the bat: the actual poster is not in 3D.

Got that? Okay then.

Back to what I was originally going to say. Lionsgate has released the latest poster for their 3D Conan the Barbarian movie, and while it looks very nice it’s pretty standard as far as movie posters go. Check out the poster here below (click on the thumbnail for larger, full version).

A brand new poster for the Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) remake of the 1982 Arnold Schwarzenegger title, Conan the Barbarian, has been released online.

The movie stars Jason Momoa (Game of Thrones) as the barbarian hero, as well as Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra), Stephen Lang (Avatar), Rose McGowan (Scream), Saïd Taghmaoui (Vantage Point), and Ron Perlman (Hellboy).

If you haven’t seen the trailer for Conan the Barbarian yet, you can see it right here at Geeks of Doom, and you can click on over to the other side now to check out the new poster.