Comicbookmovie did an interview with Daniel Cudmore at a Twilight Convention (Mr. Cudmore plays Felix in New Moon) and the actor said that he is a major contender for the role of Conan.

It’s interesting to see who else is “going to play Conan” these days, as there surely is no shortage of wannabe Cimmerians on the market.

Cudmore himself states that Kickinger is supposedly a major contender, which was debunked by Paradox, so it’s questionable if his self-nomination is worth the air ripple they produced, but we wanted to keep you in the loop and on top of the latest rumour.

UPDATE

Daniel Cudmore has posted on his twitter, that he just auditioned for the role, but nothing has come out of it yet.

The Boyana Movie Center wrote a letter to the Mayor of Pernik, to ask him for the permission to use the underground mine museum of Pernik as a movie set piece for the upcoming Conan Movie. In said letter they also mention to the mayor, that Arnold Schwarzenegger, the present mayor of California, would play a main part in the movie.

Since Avi Lerner stated a while ago, that he would try to get Arnold to play a cameo or a part in the movie, it doesn’t sound that implausible that this rumour can turn out to be true in the end. Arnold’s political term ends in 2009, so he would have the time to join the film production in 2010. As recent paparazzi photographs have shown Arnold would clearly not be in the shape to play a bare chested Conan, but maybe they are aiming for the part of his father, to literally “hand over the torch” to a younger actor portraying Conan.

I am not quite sure if this would be a good thing or a bad thing. It certainly would pull attention to the project, that is absolutely worth the “million” that Lerner wanted to offer Arnold to get him on board, but it would also mean the producers really aim to make a bond between Conan the Barbarian and the reboot of the franchise in this project.

UPDATE

As Gonar in the comments pointed out, Schwarzeneggers term as governator will not expire until 2011, so it’s less likely he will play a main part in the movie, because his everyday job clearly does not allow him to be away for several weeks of shooting a movie.

Paradox Entertainment sweeped their forums in an attempt to clear out some quotes and links to the October 09 version of the Doppenheimer Conan Movie screenplay. Together with the cleanup, they also posted a statement in which they tell us that a rewrite with “quite a few changes” is currently under way. Most importantly though the rumours of a Conan actor being chosen already, have been debunked.

Jay from Paradox wrote that they are even extending the casting call to the UK, to find the perfect guy for our favourite Cimmerian and there is no actor chosen yet, nor anyone they have as a clear front runner. The search continues in the US and Europe and we will see what comes off it.

Paradox is doing damage control, which is a good thing in my opinion IF it’s not just a cover up, but an honest attempt to rewrite the script to make any Howardian sense.