Conan: Red Nails

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Ron Perlman will provide the voice of Conan of Cimmeria for Swordplay Entertainment's "Conan: Red Nails," the first animated film featuring the mythic barbarian.
Marg Helgenberger, who stars on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," and James Marsden, best known for playing Cyclops in the "X-Men" films, also are joining the voice cast, which includes Clancy Brown, Cree Summer and Mark Hamill.
The film will be directed by Victor Dal Chele, with a screenplay by Steve Gold and Timothy Dolan.
"Conan: Red Nails" is part of a franchise revival, which also includes a major live-action feature from Warner Bros. Pictures that the studio is committed to producing within the next year.
Principal animation is about to begin on the $4.5 million 2-D/3-D project, which is based on one of Robert E. Howard's most popular stories. "Conan: Red Nails" is set for a summer release by New Line Home Entertainment.
"Being the first full-length animated movie about Conan, we see this as a critical production in our quest to bring the barbarian to new audiences," said Malmberg, head of licensing and creative affairs at Paradox Entertainment, which owns the Conan property.