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‘Conan’ Director Marcus Nispel Creates Comic Book Series ‘The Chosen’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday August 19, 2011 @ 8:13am PDTTags: Conan the Barbarian, Gotham Chopra, Liquid Comics, Marcus Nispel, Sharad Devarajan
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Marcus Nispel, whose Conan the Barbarian reboot opens today, has made a deal with Liquid Comics to launch the comic book series The Chosen. The plotline involves a Detroit kid who seems an unlikely candidate but who is the latest incarnate of an Eastern spiritual master whose tradition goes back generations.  The teen’s awakening to these asweom powers that have been refined over a century’s worth of incarnations, begin to manifest themselves and take him on a journey from the Detroit streets to the underground gangland of Mumbai. Nispel created the storyling with Liquid co-founders Gotham Chopra and Sharad Devarajan. It’s based on an original movie treatment that Nispel has been developing to direct. The three-issue comic series will launch in February.

“I like movies that turn into graphic novels and graphic novels that turn into movies,” Nispel said in a statement. “Everything I direct starts with illustrations, and the pictures tell the story.”

Said Chopra: “Marcus’ vision of a muscled up Kung Fu has been something I’ve loved since the moment he first told me the story. The Master-Apprentice narrative from King Arthur to John Connor is a formula that works and with Marcus onboard something wildly creative is emerging.”

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‘Conan The Barbarian’ Helmer Marcus Nispel To Next Direct ‘Backmask’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday May 9, 2011 @ 9:11am PDTTags: Barry Levinson, Cannes, Graham Taylor, Marcus Nispel, Nicolas Chartier, Steven Schneider
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Conan the Barbarian helmer Marcus Nispel will next direct Backmask, a $10 million film that will begin shooting this summer. It’s based on an idea by Nispel, whose recent films include The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th. Kirsten Elms is writing the script. Nispel is keeping the … Read More »

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WME Signs ‘Conan’ Director Marcus Nispel

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday March 18, 2011 @ 5:20pm PDTTags: Marcus Nispel, WME
Mike Fleming

Director Marcus Nispel has signed with WME. He had been with CAA. Nispel most recently directed Conan the Barbarian, the reboot of the Robert E. Howard-created character that will be distributed by Lionsgate with Jason Momoa playing the title character. … Read More »

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Will Dr. Strange Be Marvel’s First Superhero To Fly Under the Disney Banner?

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday June 21, 2010 @ 6:41pm PDTTags: Dr. Strange, Jason Momoa, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lionsgate, Marcus Nispel, Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Marvel Studios & Disney, Thomas Donnelly
Mike Fleming

dr20strangeEXCLUSIVE: Marvel Studios has hired Conan scribes Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to write Dr. Strange, marking forward progress on a long-gestating superhero property which will likely be among the first Marvel films generated under the Disney banner.  Aside from Conan–the … Read More »

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