Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a cautious update on prospects for Conan the Barbarian 3 still happening. Having established his fame as a bodybuilder, Schwarzenegger made an early play for movie stardom when he appeared as the titular Conan the Barbarian in a 1982 film based on a series of fantasy-themed short stories by author Robert E. Howard. Directed by John Milius, the film succeeded in helping catapult Schwarzenegger to movie star status, and was followed up with a 1984 sequel entitled Conan the Destroyer.

A Conan the Barbarian remake made it to screens in 2011 with Jason Momoa in the lead, but as for the long-discussed Schwarzenegger-led sequel The Legend of Conan, there has been a lot of speculation over the years but little action. Schwarzenegger himself has now offered an update on a potential third Conan film, indicating to THR that he still wants to do it, but explaining that rights issues are a...