Rumors of Conan's return to the big screen had been swirling for years. At one point, it even seemed like a certain Austrian bodybuilder would once again wield the sword of the character that made him a star in the tentatively titled King Conan: Crown of Iron. But then that guy opted to go into politics instead and the barbarian remained lost in the Hollywood wilderness.

Tags: Conan The Barbarian, Trailers Without Pity

Wasn't Lionsgate supposed to be revamping their image to be more Universal Pictures and less Dimension Films? Isn't that why they risked a visit from the Cenobites by mutilating the release of Clive Barker's Midnight Meat Train? If so, then Lionsgate has a warped idea of what constitutes classy movies. They are currently in the process of dropping $100 million on a remake of Ah-nuld's gory 1982 showdown with a Darth Vader voice, Conan the Barbarian. The John Milius and Sandahl Bergman epic, written by Ollie Stone, was originally rewritten by the folks who did Sahara. That script was tossed, presumably because nobody would believe Matthew McConaughey was barbaric. At least not the way Conan is.

Tags: Andy Serkis, Arnold Schwarzeneggar, Conan the Barbarian, Grace Jones, Lionsgate, Matthew McConaughey, Sahara, Wilt Chamberlin

It's hard to imagine that anything can beat the awesomeness that is the original Red Dawn. After all, it had Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen and Jennifer Grey as teenagers fighting (and slaughtering) invading Cubans and Soviets. Plus, Harry Dean Stanton screamed "Avenge me!" from behind a chain-link fence. But they're remaking it all the same, and the writer and director attached to the project may actually be just what the film needs to become even more kick-ass than the original.

Tags: Carl Ellsworth, Conan the Barbarian, Dan Bradley, Darren Aronofsky, Quantum of Solace, Red Dawn, Robocop, Y the Last Man