MORE possibilities have emerged in the search for a director to take on the new Conan movie.

Brett Ratner parted ways with the project and it was rumoured that James McTeigue was in talks to replace him.

But, as I reported later, McTeigue is also in talks to helm Fox’s X-Men Origins: Magneto movie.

Movie site CHUD claims that while producers Nu-Image/Millennium want McTeigue, the distributors Lionsgate are interested in Christophe Gans and Neil Marshall, while Marcus Nispel is also in the running.

Gans directed 1983 anthology horror film Necronomicon, 2001’s atmospheric historical fantasy Brotherhood of the Wolf and video game adaptation Silent Hill.

Marshall directed Dog Soldiers, The Descent, the post-apocalyptic Doomsday and the upcoming historical project Centurion starring Quantum of Solace Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.

Nispel’s directing credits including 2003’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2004 TV movie Frankenstein, 2007’s Viking adventure Pathfinder, this year’s remake of Friday the 13th and the planned Dracula-inspired film The Last Voyage of Demeter about the ship that brought the vampiric count to England.

There has not been any official confirmation of the above names being on a studio wishlist.

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