Schwarzenegger excited about 'Conan the Barbarian' sequel

Los Angeles: Arnold Schwarzenegger will once again play the sword-swinging Conan character in a new film that is not a reboot but a true sequel to the gritty, violent 1982 film "Conan the Barbarian".

The "Terminator" star is excited to dust off that old loincloth once more as this new sequel "The Legend of Conan" comes out 33 years after "Conan the Barbarian" and 31 years since the sequel "Conan the Destroyer" came out, reported People magazine.

Schwarzenegger, 67, said he wanted to make a new Conan sequel for years. "I've tried to convince them now for 20 years to go back and continue with the Conan series and they were not as enthusiastic as I was," he said in the statement. "But then later, new management came in at Universal and they saw it entirely differently. They came to me right away and said they want to pick up the Conan series."

"I'm really excited to be working on this ? to do another Conan movie, and hopefully it will be soon! It is the greatest honor to be 67 years old and to still be asked to come back into all those franchises," he said in a statement.