Conan helps the prisoners escape, and Ela-Shan tells Conan he will find him at the City of Thieves, Argalon. Conan escapes imprisonment, kills several of the guards, and confronts Lucius, forcing him to reveal that Zym seeks a girl, the pure-blood descendant of the sorcerers of Acheron sacrificing the descendant and using blood from the girl will unleash the mask's power. Conan allows himself to be captured alongside Ela-Shan. In the city of Messantia, he encounters Ela-Shan, a thief being chased by Lucius, one of Zym's soldiers from years before. He encounters a slave colony and frees it by killing the slave handlers. After locating Corin's piece of the mask and murdering the entire village, Zym leaves. The mask, crafted by a group of sorcerers and used to subjugate the world, was broken into many pieces, scattered among the barbarian tribes. Their village is attacked by Khalar Zym, a warlord who wishes to reunite the pieces of the Mask of Acheron to revive his dead wife and conquer Hyboria. He returns with their heads, proving that he is a skilled but violent warrior, whom his father believes is not ready to wield his own sword. Conan passes the trials to become a warrior whilst also slaying attackers during an ambush. Ĭonan is the son of Corin, barbarian chieftain. The film was a box office bomb and received largely negative reviews. The film was first released on August 17, 2011, in four countries: France, Belgium, Iceland, and the Philippines prior to the North American release on August 19. Filming began on March 15, 2010, and concluded June 5, 2010.

Lionsgate and Sony Pictures entered negotiations for distribution, with the film seeing many directors, prominently Brett Ratner, before settling on Nispel in 2009, and subsequently bringing together a cast and crew. The film had spent several years in development at Warner Bros., before the rights were shifted to Nu Image/Millennium Films in 2007, with a clause wishing for immediate start on production. It stars Jason Momoa in the title role, alongside Rachel Nichols, Rose McGowan, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman, and Bob Sapp with Marcus Nispel directing. The film is a new interpretation of the Conan myth, and is not related to the films featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Conan the Barbarian is a 2011 American sword and sorcery film based on the character of the same name created by Robert E.

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