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Legends of Conan Podcast — Fred Malmberg Interview: Chapters

0:00 – Cold open
0:19 – Merch plug
0:26 – Welcome Fred
0:50 – King Conan movie announced
1:13 – Project status
1:57 – Howard vs. Arnold versions
2:05 – 2012 Universal deal fell through
3:00 – How the new deal happened
3:37 – 20th Century talks
4:17 – Handshake deal with Arnold
5:01 – Tone comparisons (Logan, Unforgiven)
5:57 – No script yet
6:22 – Reissuing the soundtrack
7:31 – Genndy Tartakovsky Conan intro
7:47 – Pitch dates back to 2008
8:23 – Early budget struggles
9:06 – Streaming opens the door
9:39 – Warner Bros. partnership begins
11:01 – Amazon's pitch
12:15 – Genndy's growth since Primal
12:53 – Queen of the Black Coast pick
14:30 – Why that story works
16:02 – Fred discovers Conan
17:08 – Translating Conan to Swedish
18:52 – First book series
19:19 – Buying the Conan IP
19:42 – Conan licensing was dead
20:56 – Pivot back to IP
22:09 – Convincing the board
23:44 – Restoring Howard's original prose
26:37 – Rebuilding the comics team
27:28 – Age of Conan MMO
28:07 – Leads to Conan Exiles
29:29 – Exiles early access hit
30:12 – Forming Heroic Signatures
30:40 – Casting Jason Momoa
31:41 – Studio shakeup
33:06 – On the film's tone
34:14 – Filming in Bulgaria
34:56 – Protecting the IP
35:42 – Hollywood deal challenges
38:31 – Why now is the time
40:42 – Heroic Signatures becomes a company
41:52 – COVID-era buyout offers
43:03 – Building the creative team
44:39 – Hiring Marcos
46:33 – Hiring Chris Cooke
46:56 – Fantasy should feel real
48:38 – Robert E. Howard Foundation
50:19 – Foundation vs. business
50:44 – Saving Howard's house
51:12 – Other IPs at Heroic
52:42 – Early tabletop gaming days
54:45 – Bay Area years
55:44 – Childhood influences
57:17 – Origins of Mutant
1:00:02 – Mutant: Year Zero movie
1:02:52 – Made in Unreal Engine
1:04:38 – New Mutant comic teased
1:04:55 – Chronopia, Mutant Chronicles, Cult
1:07:42 – Banned by the Pope
1:09:20 – Mutant Chronicles origins
1:10:07 – Siege of the Citadel
1:12:04 – "Biker Jesus"
1:13:33 – Fred's favorite Howard stories
1:15:34 – Advice for Marcos
1:16:06 – Outro