I don't know if I really think of Conan as a remake. More of a reboot perhaps. I really don't think of this film being related in any way to the Arnold films. The first Conan tried to base itself in reality. The second one was, well, just awful. Word is that this one is trying to be more like the Howard stories so it should have a very different feel from the Original Conan film.
Pathfinder had some cool visuals but overall was a bad movie. I hope the script for this film is tight and that Marcus can bring some of those Frank frazetta paintings to life.