DeKnight Shares Pain Over Conan Series That Could've Been

[hun]

Words by Steven DeKnight & art by Jesús Saiz (KING-SIZE CONAN #1, 2020)

I know the series is longer happening at Netflix, nevertheless, I guess, this can be considered an interesting article/post from BleedingCool. According to Steven DeKnight it looks like we missed out on episodes with Belit in the Netflix series

bleedingcool.com/tv/spartacus-creator-shares-pain-over-conan-series-that-couldve-been/

[Von K]

Oct 6, 2023 13:34:37 GMT -5 hun said:

Words by Steven DeKnight & art by Jesús Saiz (KING-SIZE CONAN #1, 2020)

I know the series is longer happening at Netflix, nevertheless, I guess, this can be considered an interesting article/post from BleedingCool. According to Steven DeKnight it looks like we missed out on episodes with Belit in the Netflix series

bleedingcool.com/tv/spartacus-creator-shares-pain-over-conan-series-that-couldve-been/

Thanks for the update Hun.

According to Andre at Midnight's Edge De Knight was one of the two top guys behind Conan at Netflix, but they both had a falling out with Netflix. Netflix then wanted Ted Biaselli (the activist who trashed the He Man franchise) to take over Conan and Fredrik Malmberg very wisely stepped in and put a stop to it at that stage.

Here's Andre's take on what happened. The relevant bit is from 22.10 to 25.30 (or a bit earlier if you want the backstory for how Ted Buselli literally back-stabbed He Man):

@evilsohn
4 months ago (edited)
If this rumor about how things went down with Netflix are true, then I think we all need to thank Frederic Malmberg for saving Conan. I remember him saying in an interview with You that he would make sure that Conan on Netflix will stay true to the source and it looks like he kept his word. Bravo 👏🏼
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@superendiku
4 months ago
In a way, He-Man took the bullet to save Conan, so one barbarian saved another.

[johnnypt]

Depressing, but have to give Fred a thumbs up on pulling the plug on it before it got too far. Unfortunately both Amazon and Netflix came right in the teeth of the woke stuff, I think these days it’d have a slightly better shot since everyone seems to be pulling back from that (even And Just Like That toned it down a bit). Sadly those bridges are burned now. There has to be some place to do a Conan series. Max, Peacock and Paramount+ should be on the table as a more viable option than a film. It’ll depend on the budget.

[Von K]

Oct 6, 2023 18:26:31 GMT -5 johnnypt said:

Depressing, but have to give Fred a thumbs up on pulling the plug on it before it got too far. Unfortunately both Amazon and Netflix came right in the teeth of the woke stuff, I think these days it’d have a slightly better shot since everyone seems to be pulling back from that (even And Just Like That toned it down a bit). Sadly those bridges are burned now. There has to be some place to do a Conan series. Max, Peacock and Paramount+ should be on the table as a more viable option than a film. It’ll depend on the budget.

I agree Paramount+ and HBO Max could be good choices, would probably give Starz a shot as well.