{"id":5834,"date":"2009-12-26T18:16:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T07:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=5834"},"modified":"2009-12-27T08:47:41","modified_gmt":"2009-12-26T21:47:41","slug":"solomon-kane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/26\/solomon-kane\/","title":{"rendered":"Solomon Kane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5879\" title=\"200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit.jpg\" alt=\"200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about time that Hollywood really began to exploit the legacy of <em>Weird Tales<\/em> alumni and creator of Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard, who wrote much more than just the Conan stories. With a new Conan film on the way, it seems that one of Howard&#8217;s other &#8220;heroes&#8221; is about to hit the big screen:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solomon Kane<\/strong> (US-2010; dir. Michael J. Bassett)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5869\" title=\"solomonkane-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane-poster\" width=\"389\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster.jpg 389w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The first part in a trilogy series, <em>Solomon Kane<\/em> is an epic adventure adapted from the classic pulp stories by Robert E. Howard, creator of &#8220;Conan the Barbarian.&#8221; Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) is a 16th Century Puritan soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him. Determined to redeem himself, Kane swears to live a life of peace and goodness but is forced to fight once more when a dark power threatens the land. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/news\/35110\/solomon-kane-assault-castle-clip-and-behind-scenes-creature-feature\" target=\"_blank\">DreadCentral<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5872 aligncenter\" title=\"solomonkane03\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane03\" width=\"481\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03.jpg 618w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5873\" title=\"solomonkane04\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane04\" width=\"480\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04.jpg 618w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trailer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lalm_kkczVM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lalm_kkczVM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5877\" title=\"solomonkane08\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane08\" width=\"480\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08.jpg 617w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5871\" title=\"solomonkane02\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane02\" width=\"479\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02.jpg 616w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clip 1: Assault on the Castle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"275\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xbmlak&amp;related=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"275\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xbmlak&amp;related=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xbmlak_solomon-kane-clip-final-assault-on_shortfilms\">Solomon Kane Clip: Final Assault on the Castle<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/dreadcentral\">dreadcentral<\/a>. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/en\/channel\/shortfilms\">Watch feature films and entire TV shows.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5870\" title=\"solomonkane01\" src=\"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01.jpg\" alt=\"solomonkane01\" width=\"480\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01.jpg 618w, https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clip 2: The Making of the Monsters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"420\" height=\"339\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xbmlcl\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"339\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xbmlcl\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/swf\/xbmlcl\">Solomon Kane: Behind-the-Scenes Making of the Creatures<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<em>by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/dreadcentral\">dreadcentral<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looks good to me!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gallery<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5834 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane-poster-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane05.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane06.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane07.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane08-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane09.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/solomonkane09-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit.jpg'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/200px-Robert_E_Howard_suit-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sources<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreadcentral.com\/news\/35110\/solomon-kane-assault-castle-clip-and-behind-scenes-creature-feature\" target=\"_blank\">DreadCentral<\/a>; via Avery. <a href=\"http:\/\/solomonkanethemovie.com\" target=\"_blank\">Official website<\/a>. Wikipedia entry on: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_Kane\" target=\"_blank\">Solomon Kane<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_E._Howard\" target=\"_blank\">Robert E. Howard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s about time that Hollywood really began to exploit the legacy of Weird Tales alumni and creator of Conan the Barbarian, Robert E. Howard, who wrote much more than just the Conan stories. With a new Conan film on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/12\/26\/solomon-kane\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[126,4,26,3,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5834"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5902,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5834\/revisions\/5902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}