Conan the Barbarian series in production at Netflix

Netflix is working on a series that is based on Conan, the iconic character that was created by writer Robert E. Howard back in 1932. The project supposedly comes from Fredrik Malmberg (Blood Drive) and Mark Wheeler's Pathfinder Media and will be the first series that is part of a deal the streaming service made with Conan Properties International. Due to the deal, Netflix has the exclusive rights to the literary library of Conan and to adapt its stories into series or movies. Supposedly, a writer is yet to be found. It also isn't known who's going to direct the series and who's going to be part of the cast.

The Conan fantasy stories inspired quite a few series, movies and even video games over the years. Between 1992 and 1994, the animated series Conan the Adventurer and its spin-off Conan and the Young Warriors were released. The character was also portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Conan the Barbarian, which released in 1982.


Fredrik Malmberg