In "Barbarians" the true story of this epic battle is told primarily from the perspective of the series' main character Arminius, a Roman officer with Germanic origins who ultimately must decide where his loyalty lies. "Barbarians" is based on ancient German history, specifically the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, in which disparate Germanic tribes united to prevent the Roman Empire from spreading further north in 9 AD. Despite being rooted in fantasy, the juggernaut television series has inspired a whole host of historical dramas including the History Channel's "Vikings" and the BBC's "The Last Kingdom."īut one important detail separates "Barbarians" from "Game of Thrones" and the historical dramas it inspired: the actors in "Barbarians" are all uber German, and their origins give the show a sense of captivating authenticity.
The guts and gore the moody lighting the vaguely European forest where it always seems to have just stopped raining the prostitutes the witches those darn beheadings and the endless parade of bloody battle scenes-it's all very "Game of Thrones"-y.
However, it seems now that it will never see the light of day.īased on this, it is unlikely that the showrunners have a good enough relationship with the actor to invite him on for a cameo, when all he wanted was a chance to return in a starring role to the franchise that launched his career.There's something about the show "Barbarians" that feels eerily familiar. He claimed that the script is not far from being finished, and that the only thing standing in the way of it happening was the rights holders pulling the trigger.Īquaman writer Will Beall and Fast & Furious writer Chris Morgan reportedly wrote this script as a direct sequel to 1982's Conan the Barbarian.
In an interview with The Arnold Fans, which we found via Looper, the actor said that the owner of the rights is "some young guy" who was convinced by others into turning Conan into a series, while Schwarzenegger claims that "we have been trying to convince him for years" to "do another Conan movie".Īrnold's idea is that a new Conan film would "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". (Image credit: Universal) Schwarzenegger's lost "King Conan" filmĪrnold Schwarzenegger would love to return to Conan, but stated that Cabinet Entertainment, which owns the rights and sold them to Netflix, hasn't taken him up on the offer.
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