Two stars have been circling different villains for some upcoming blockbusters. First, Avatar’s main baddie Stephen Lang has been offered the role of Khalar Singh, the main villain in Marcus Nispel’s Conan, LatinoReview reports. The casting breakdown that leaked last fall has a synopsis of the villain: Read the full story

Stargate: Atlantis star Jason Momoa has been cast as Conan the Barbarian in the aptly titled reboot, Conan (via Deadline). The film is being directed by Marcus Nispel, who is no stranger to franchise reboots/remakes with his work on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and Friday the 13th (2009). The more exciting news is that Mickey Rourke is  in talks to play Conan’s father (via Latino Review).

Conan will start shooting in eight weeks for an expected summer 2011 release date.

Are you looking forward to the Conan reboot or are you just satisfied with the Schwarzenegger films?

Last June we reported that a film adaptation of the popular PS3 videogame Uncharted is being made with Hitman screenwriter Kyle Ward attached. Latino Review is reporting that that deal has since fallen through and that Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, the less-than-stellar team behind Sahara, but they can prove themselves with the upcoming Marcus Nispel remake of Conan.

I just recently finished playing through Uncharted 2 and it by far one of the best videogames I’ve ever played. As many have said before it is what Indy 4 should have been. The story is extremely engaging and the environments are breathtaking. Based on the title of the film adaptation it looks like they are writing the script based off the first Uncharted game, but I hope they include some elements of the new one, as I thought it was a better story.

Are you a fan of Uncharted? Who should play Nathan Drake?