10 Scrapped Movie Sequels That Would Have Been Amazing

2. King Conan: Crown Of Iron

John Milius was a brilliant, often mythical screenwriter who was responsible for Apocalypse Now, Red Dawn, and the Dirty Harry films. He was also the guy who turned Arnold Schwarzenegger into a huge movie star with the lead role in Conan the Barbarian. After Arnie had skyrocketed to the very peak of superstardom (and after an underwhelming sequel that Milius wasn't asked to write), the screenwriter came up with a follow-up which saw Conan as the older, wiser conquerer of Aquilonia. Around the turn of the millennium, everything seemed to be in order for King Conan to come to the big screen, with a fully finished script, The Wachowskis (hot off the success of the first Matrix) brought on to produce, and Arnie ready to assume the role again. But then Schwarzenegger got elected as the Governor of California, which shocked everyone (even Arnold) and fully threw King Conan off course. Since then, the rights to the property have been tossed back and forth, and various actors have been tapped to take over the role (including professional wrestler Triple H), but so far nothing has come of it besides a whole bunch of rumours.