Pressed to name a Robert E. Howard character, some people might be able to come up with Conan the Barbarian; ask for two, and they might mention Red Sonja (although that’s only half-right). If you’ve got a hardcore Howard fan, though, he might mention Solomon Kane, the protagonist of a series of stories written for Weird Tales in which a 16th-century Puritan wanders the earth, like Cain in Kung Fu, fighting evil with his sword and pistols. After Paradox Entertainment bought the rights to the Howard catalog a few years back, a film starring the character was one of the first projects anticipated, then announced, and here’s the first poster of the summer 2008 release, starring James Purefoy and written and directed by Michael J. Bassett, director of Wilderness and Deathwatch.
I am so there, although I’ll be praying between now and then that it doesn’t turn out like Hugh Jackman’s Van Helsing.