Brett Ratner Off "CONAN"

Empire magazine spoke to "CONAN" and "RED SONJA" producer Joe Gatta, who said that Brett Ratner is not attached to direct the former anymore:

"We're currently in the process of hiring a director," he told us. "For the past six months we were discussing the movie with Brett Ratner, and for more timing issues than anything else we had to part ways with Brett. We all wanted him to do it, believe me; just the timing didn't work. But you never know what can happen."

Gatta added that they are hoping to start production on "CONAN" on August 24 in Bulgaria, while "RED SONJA" would start sometime next year.