Barbaric Stuff

Will the upcoming reboot of Conan the Barbarian be edited down to PG-13 in post-production or will it keep the R-rated violence and sex as originally intended?

A new theatrical trailer for the film dropped today..Prompting co-writer Sean Hood to answer that question...in a post on Quora:

"The world of Hyboria, as Robert E. Howard  described it, is fleshy and brutal. Bloody beheadings and bare-chested slave girls abound. However, while the movie is unflinching in its depiction of barbarism, slavery and warfare, the violence and nudity emerge from the fabric of the story. It isn't gratuitous.

Robert E. Howard's stories, although violent and perverse for their time, were not intrusively graphic either. So this is ultimately a movie about the character Conan, a character that will hopefully launch a healthy franchise of movies with stories and characters that celebrate Robert E. Howard's work. Yes, you'll see blood and boobs, but this isn't a Cinemax movie; it's epic action/fantasy.

And yes, it's rated R."

Here's the fresh peek...



Kinda has a Game of Thrones feel to it...also starring the new Barbarian Jason Momoa Jury's still out on this folks.

The new Conan hits theaters on August 19th