We still don’t know if that long rumored new Conan the Barbarian movie will ever happen, but one of the side characters from his universe is getting his own flick. Variety says Djimon Honsou is producing and starring in a movie based on the immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom. Who the heck is Thulsa Doom?
In the original Conan the Barbarian movie, Thulsa is played by James Earl Jones. In Honsou’s spinoff feature, it sounds like they’re planning to use the character as he appears in the comics as a template. The movie will be an origin story about a flawed hero whose good intentions pave the road to hell.
I’m not sure why a secondary Conan character deserves a movie, but if you ignore the Conan connection… it’s about damn time someone got Djimon Honsou in some sort of barbarian warrior movie. He’s usually shirtless anyway, might as well give him a sword and some magical powers too.
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Could be cool... That character did become pretty ruthless and evil though. I just hope they dont take it and turn it into another "Scorpion King" (Where Mummy Returns establishes him as a bad guy but in the standalone they make him out as a hero.)
Thulsa Doom is not a character from the Conan-stories, but from the Kull-stories. They were both written by Robert E Howard, but the only connection between the characters is in Milius' movie from 1982, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Why Milius decided to use the bad guy from the Kull stories instead of picking any of the villains in the Conan stories beats me.
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We still don’t know if that long rumored new Conan the Barbarian movie will ever happen, but one of the side characters from his universe is getting his own flick. Variety says Djimon Honsou is producing and starring in a movie based on the immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom. Who the heck is Thulsa Doom?
July 21st, 2008 at 15:07
Could be cool... That character did become pretty ruthless and evil though. I just hope they dont take it and turn it into another "Scorpion King" (Where Mummy Returns establishes him as a bad guy but in the standalone they make him out as a hero.)