There is a steady list of 2011 Sword and Sorcery films in queue:
Released globally, but not in US
•Solomon Kane , a well received depiction of R.E.Howard's doomed, religious hero. Click here to request it to come state-side by "Demanding" it.
Out now or soon in the US
•Season of the Witch Feb-011
•Sinbad 2011 The Fifth Voyage July 2011
•Conan The Barbarian Aug 2011 - this movie is finally close to release, after transforming from a third installment in the Arnold Schwarzenegger series (delayed due to his becoming governor) and seems to have become a re-branding of Conan (a new series).
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| Jason Momoa as Conan |
In queue or on-hold
•The Hobbit (~2012); stymied by a writer's strike and a legal tangle with the Tolkien estate, the prequel(s) to the Lord of the Rings trilogy promises to be great whenever it is finished.
•Bran Mak Morn
•Red Sonja: Let's hope it is better than the 1985 version...
•Castlevania: Based on Konami's popular vampire games
•Elric movie: Check out Michael Moorcock's blog for details.
•Red Nails (Since 2006) this endeavor has struggled; based on REH's only full length Conan novel...see some pre-production animations that surfaced.
•The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011??) Announced in 2005, this sequel to the Dark Crystal (1982) has stumbled, always making some forward progress.
•Pixar and Disney's Brave (2012) - Disney tries out Heroic Fantasy
•Elric movie: Check out Michael Moorcock's blog for details.
•Red Nails (Since 2006) this endeavor has struggled; based on REH's only full length Conan novel...see some pre-production animations that surfaced.
•The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011??) Announced in 2005, this sequel to the Dark Crystal (1982) has stumbled, always making some forward progress.
•Pixar and Disney's Brave (2012) - Disney tries out Heroic Fantasy
•Underworld 4 (2012)
•John Carter of Mars (2012)
•Narnia 4 The Silver Chair (2012)
•Silent Hill Revelation (sequel): Okay, not 100% Sword and Sorcery, but it is a mix of Horror-Fantasy and Pyramid Head does have a large sword and Michael Basset (who just delivered Solomon Kane) is leading the effort.
•At the Mountains of Madness (2013): More weird horror/fantasy than Sword and Sorcery, but it is Lovecraft...and Guillermo del Toro is involved.
•John Carter of Mars (2012)
•Narnia 4 The Silver Chair (2012)
•Silent Hill Revelation (sequel): Okay, not 100% Sword and Sorcery, but it is a mix of Horror-Fantasy and Pyramid Head does have a large sword and Michael Basset (who just delivered Solomon Kane) is leading the effort.
•At the Mountains of Madness (2013): More weird horror/fantasy than Sword and Sorcery, but it is Lovecraft...and Guillermo del Toro is involved.
