Most actors today would love to get their names attached to a franchise. After all, someone like Hugh Jackman can do as many Broadway shows and indie films as he wants as long as he has Wolverine money coming in. But you don’t see many actors who are willing to keep a franchise going by writing a sequel on his or her own. That’s just what Jason Momoa, star of the upcoming Conan the Barbarian, is up to.
In an interview with Crave Online, Momoa was asked about the potential of a Conan sequel. While it all depends on box office performance (or maybe not, since even Ghost Rider is getting a sequel), Momoa responded that not only is a sequel planned, but he’s actually writing one himself! Here’s what the big man had to say:
CRAVE Online: Are you signed on to do another [Conan]?
Jason Momoa: I am, as long as people go out and watch [the first one], you know what I mean?
CRAVE Online: Yeah. Is there a story you’d like to do for the next movie?
Jason Momoa: I wrote it.
CRAVE Online: Did you really?
Jason Momoa: Yeah, so we’re waiting to see if they’ll accept it.
CRAVE Online: Is it original or did you adapt it from something?
Jason Momoa: It will mostly be… It’s character-adapted, because I really want to get into more of the mythical creatures, you know?
CRAVE Online: Oh yeah.
Jason Momoa: We wanted to go there [in the first one], but having Clash of the Titans, and coming out against that, we wanted to put the budget into some other things. We just couldn’t hit… We couldn’t get to that level with […] the visual effects and stuff. […] I don’t want to give anything away, but we already have our Conan, really it’s about the villain, what that villain is going to extract from Conan, and where as an actor I want to go with Conan. You know, no one’s going to know what I want to do better than me.
CRAVE Online: Touche!
Jason Momoa: Exactly. […] We want to incorporate three different things, because obviously you don’t just want to do the [existing] story, because the fans already know it. You want to keep them on their toes. So, I think we have a good lock on it. Also, I feel it’s beautiful… How many actors get to go in there and go, “I’m part of the writing process?” and care that much about the character, because he is a fan himself? It’s great. You know some people go like, “It’s great, I’m going to be in my trailer.” I want to @#$%ing make a great Conan movie.
You have to give the man credit, especially with the last bit about not wanting to just sit in his trailer. It’s also great news that he wants to take the sequel in a different direction so it’s not just more of the same. I certainly hope audiences give Conan the Barbarian a fair shake when the film comes out on August 19. Along with Momoa, the movie also stars and also stars Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Bob Sapp, and Leo Howard.
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