Conan has appeared in a number of TV shows, comics, and games over the years. The character was even included in a remake of Conan the Barbarian starring Jason Momoa in the titular role, although the film received a Conan TV show was also in the works. Now two years later, Schwarzenegger has given fans yet another update.

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Schwarzenegger gave an update on The Legend of Conan when he recently talked with Terminator 6, but he also gave a detailed explanation as to why The Legend of Conan has run into so many problems during development. The Conan star basically chalked it up to an issue with the rights to the character, but his full statement can be read below:

“When it comes to the movie, the sad stuff about all of this is when there’s an estate like this, The Robert E. Howard estate…when someone buys these rights, those people now own the rights and they have their own vision of what they want to do and the guy that has the rights is some young guy and he’s trying to figure out how to get his way through Hollywood and this is not easy to do. So there are people that say to him, 'why don’t you start with a TV series and then he negotiates for a TV series and that falls apart. And then he goes maybe to Netflix and that falls apart. Then he decides to make a movie maybe…but in the meantime, we have been trying to convince him for years now that the way to go is to come back and hire a really great director and to do another Conan movie and have me play King Conan, when Conan is like 70 years old and he's disgusted by sitting on the throne and being the king and then something happens after that.  It’s really not that far from creating a finished script. The only one who really has to pull the trigger there is the people who own the Conan rights to do a movie. Let’s go to Netflix or whoever it is, let’s hire a director who’s very creative and can elevate the project to make it a winning project. I hope it will be done very soon because I think it’s a great idea."

Despite taking a five year break from acting during his time as the Governor of California, Schwarzenegger has continued to act in a handful of projects each year. The actor has starred in several original projects such as Triplets. 

Even though some of Schwarzenegger's popular characters are returning to the big screen, Conan doesn't seem to be one of them. Getting a movie made in Hollywood is by no means an easy feat to accomplish, but many fans would likely pay to see Schwarzenegger return as Conan; given that the character is one of his more popular roles. Since Schwarzenegger made it seem like the Conan TV show might be dead, all fans can do is hope that The Legend of Conan eventually sees the light of day.

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