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Boaz Yakin to write new "Conan the Barbarian" movie
POSTED ON 06/15/06 AT 2:00 P.M.
BY ETHAN AAMES

Variety reports Warner Bros. has commissioned Boaz Yakin ("Remember the Titans") to write and possibly direct "Conan the Barbarian." Yakin is a fan of the series and developed his own pitch to the studio.

The project is described as a new take on the character created by Robert E. Howard and will be more faithful to the concept than the Arnold Schwarzenegger films in the 1980s.

Warner Bros. hopes the picture will begin production in early 2007 and will be under the supervision of Irving Azoff, Jon Jashni, Richard Alexander and Akiva Goldsman.