Who's The New Conan? Final Three!

[WyldeMan45]

I really don't like any of these choices. I like Padalecki on Supernatural but not Conan, and a gay sparkling vampire? HELL NO! I have no idea who the third guy is though.

Earlier in the week, word was that the casting for the main role in Marcus Nispel's upcoming new Conan the Barbarian epic was down to just three contenders, the third of whom was a mysteriously unnamed "established" actor. That third man has now been outed, and the shortlist can be (reasonably) safely revealed.

In the blue corner is Jason Momoa: the dreadlocked Hawaiian best known as the badass "melee warrior" Ronan Dex in Stargate Atlantis.

In the red corner is Kellan Lutz, who was most recently seen as the vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight and New Moon.

And in news broken by his own fansite (which we hope is actually accurate and not just wishful thinking), in the I've-worked-with-Marcus-Nispel-before corner is Jared Padelecki, star of TV's Supernatural and last year's Friday 13th.

Clearly the new film is skewing young, which isn't actually necessarily heresy: Robert E. Howard's original stories span Conan's life from when he was a young thief to when he finally wore the jewelled crown of Aquilonia upon a troubled brow. But for anyone (ie most people) for whom Conan is irrevocably Arnie, any of the above three will be a wrench.

Of the three, Momoa is perhaps the one who'd be most at home in a Frank Frazetta painting. And we can just about, if we squint, see Padelecki in the role. - although apparently he may be unavailable, since filming clashes with his wedding. Lutz though? Surely not...

Shooting is scheduled to begin in March in Bulgaria. Source