Warner Bros. needs to make up its mind. In December 2011 it cancelled the movie Arthur & Lancelot shortly before it was due to shooting over budget concerns – and as a result the likes of Kit Harington and Joel Kinnaman were out of a job. However now it’s planning not just one Arthurian movie, but potentially six of them.
Deadline reports that Guy Ritchie, who’s been a Warner fave ever since Sherlock Holmes hit it big, has signed up to help develop and direct at least the first of the films.
Joby Harold came up with the idea for a series of fantasy Arthurian movie, which Warner is now running with – although presumably they’ll leave themselves with an out in case the first film doesn’t succeed. There’s no news on exactly which direction it’ll take the legendary tales of Arthur and his Round Table, although there’s plenty of material to work with.
It’s not the first time Ritchie has worked with Warner on the idea of a King Arthur movie. Last time was a film which Trainspotting’s John Hodge was writing. However that never got past the relatively early development stage. As Warner seems to love the idea of an Arthur movie but have had real trouble actually getting one into production, there’s absolutely no guarantee we’ll get to see this one. Hopefully it’ll have more luck than previous efforts though.
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