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Kristophe
Obi-Wan Kermobi
Joined: 26 Apr 2004
Posts: 4
Location: The Outer Banks of NC, USA |
| Paradox Entertainment Now Controlls Conan & Gang - News |
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It was actually WorthPlaying's Rainier who gave me the tip on this "nice-to-know" bit of trivia:-)
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<br>It was news to me, but Variety's Gabriel Snyder recently released his
<br>"<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117937521?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0" target="_blank">expose</a>" concerning Paradox Entertainment's acquiring the literary rights to Robert E. Howard's immortal Conan (and all the rest of the Howard characters to boot)...
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<br><blockquote><em>Paradox Entertainment, which owns literary rights to Robert E. Howard's "Conan" character, has purchased the rest of the pulp-fiction scribe's library, some 800 other literary properties.
<br>Among the characters Paradox now controls are Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane and Red Sonya. Howard published most of his stories in pulp mags including Weird Tales, Spicy Adventure and Strange Detective in the 1920s and 1930s.
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<br>Paradox purchased "Conan" in 2002 and bought the rest of the library from the Texas-based Alla Ray Morris Generation Skipping Exemption Trust.
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<br>Paradox hopes to license its new literary properties for film, TV, vidgames, comics, toys and other areas.
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<br>"King Conan: Crown of Iron," a remake of John Millius' 1982 adaptation "Conan the Barbarian," has long been in development at Warner Bros. But the project hit a bump in 2003 when Arnold Schwarzenegger, the breakout star of "Conan," was elected governor of California.
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<br>Was it politics, or Arnold's recent motorcycle accident, that really bumped the project:-) |
Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:06 pm |
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CptStern
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I think this took him out of the running long before politics |
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:08 pm |
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ToddMcF2002
Leader of the Senate
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
Posts: 317
Location: Boston MA |
Wow they have the license for Red Sonja? Must have been buy one get one free day LOL
Anyone remember that turd of a movie? Ha ha ha ha ha
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:19 pm |
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CptStern
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yes but the movie has nothing to do with the character ..read Red Nails |
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Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:10 pm |
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Lucky Day
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Much of Howard's actual stories, including many pulp Conans, are now Public Domain because no one made an effort to renew them in the 60's. |
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Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:08 am |
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