Could a new Beastmaster movie be on the way? If Don Coscarelli gets his way, yes!

While Coscarelli is best known for the Phantasm series and likely Bubba Ho-Tep, 1982 saw the filmmaker teaming with Paul Pepperman to serve up The Beastmaster. And now, in a story first picked up by Bloody Disgusting, Coscarelli and Pepperman have managed to reclaim the rights to the Beastmaster property.

BD picked up on this news after a website – WhereIsTheBeastmaster.com – detailed plans to reboot The Beastmaster for the silver screen.

That site has been set up to locate the original camera negative for The Beastmaster, but the most notable detail that many will take from the website is this little nugget:

There is a generation of fans of the original film who would welcome a big-screen reboot of the original sword & sorcery classic and Coscarelli and Pepperman are determined to make that happen. The bronze-age hero and his furry fighting force may be coming soon to a theater near you.

In 1982’s The Beastmaster, Marc Singer starred as the titular hero of the fantasy picture. Loosely based on Andre Norton’s 1959 The Beast Master novel, the film saw Singer’s Dar utilise his ability to communicate with animals to help in his own personal mission of revenge.

Like certain other films, The Beastmaster was deemed a flop upon its initial release, yet has gone on to be quite the cult classic. The picture was followed up in 1991 with Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, then in 1996 with the made-for-TV Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus, and 1999 saw Daniel Goddard take over from Marc Singer in the Dar role for a three-season Beastmaster TV series.

As ever, expect more on any reboot for The Beastmaster as and when we get it.