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Jude Law Will Be Knights Of The Round Table’s Villain Opposite Charlie Hunnam’s Arthur

November 15, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It appears there’s going to be a bit of a Sherlock Holmes reunion, as Variety reports that Jude Law is likely to reunite with director Guy Ritchie for Knights Of The Round Table: King Arthur. However he won’t be on the good guy side this time, as he’s apparently up to play the villain.

There’s no news on exactly who Law will play. The hope is that this will be the first part of a six-film series, so Law could be in line to play a baddie just in this movie, or a threat that will be present throughout the franchise. If he’s the latter he will presumably be the traitor Mordred.

Charlie Hunnam is set to play Arthur, with Astrid Berges-Frisbey as Guinevere. Sadly while Idris Elba was previously attached to play Arthur’s mentor, he’s apparently no longer involved.

The plan is to shoot early next year, with a July 22nd, 2016 release planned.

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ACTORS: Jude Law, Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Berges-Frisbey DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur

Charlie Hunnam Sought For Title Role In Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur Movie

August 29, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Charlie Hunnam may have had to step away from the lead role in Fifty Shades Of Grey, however he’s now being lined up for another major movie, with Deadline reporting he’s the top choice for the title role in Guy Ritchie’s Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.

Variety adds that Elizabeth Olsen is the frontrunner for the female lead. Idris Elba is already onboard as the knight Bedivere.

Joby Harold (Edge of Tomorrow) wrote the script, which is the first part of a planned six-movie franchise, which presumably will concentrate on different knights surrounding Arthur with each film. There’s still no news on the exact plot and direction the first movie will take.

Warner Bros. has had been trying to make an Arthurian movie for years. Indeed Ritchie was previously attached to a completely different King Arthur movie, which was written by John Hodge (Trainspotting). Another project, Arthur & Lancelot, even got to the point where Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) and Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) had been hired for the lead roles and the sets were ready to be built. However the studio backed out just a few weeks before production was due to begin. Hopefully they won’t get cold feet with this version.

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ACTORS: Charlie Hunnam, Elizabeth Olsen, Idris Elba DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur

Idris Elba Is Up For Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur Movie

July 22, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

For the past few months Guy Ritchie has been hard at work on the film version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which is due in cinemas this winter. However he’s also got a King Arthur movie percolating away, which already has a July 2016 release date set.

With that deadline in place he’s now putting the cast together, as TheWrap reports that Idris Elba is in talks to star in the film, which now has the franchise-ready title, Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.

Assuming he signs on the dotted line, Elba will portray Bedivere, who serves as the right hand man to Arthur’s father, and is tasked with teaching Arthur how to lead an army. The title character is yet to be cast, with Ritchie planning to test for the part next month.

Ritchie is set to direct from a script by Joby Harold (Edge of Tomorrow). It’s not clear when it will shoot, although it’s likely to be before the end of the year.

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ACTORS: Idris Elba DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur

Guy Ritchie Has Ambitious Plans For King Arthur Movies

January 27, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

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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Jared Harris Joins Henry Cavill & Armie Hammer In Man From U.N.C.L.E.

September 3, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

After decades in the making, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is finally making the jump from TV to the big screen, with Guy Ritchie directing and Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill in the lead roles. With just a week to go until it starts shooting they’ve got some new company, as THR reports that Jared Harris has signed on for the movie.

Cavill and Hammer are set to play Napoleon Solo and Illya Kullyakin, agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) who protect the Earth from the evil organization Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesireables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.).

Hugh Grant is also onboard as the head of British Naval Intelligence, with Alicia Vikander as a British agent who has an affinity for cars. There’s no info on what Harris will be doing in the movie. Don’t be surprised if he’s being villainous though, as that’s what he’s normally cast as (not least in Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows.

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ACTORS: Jared Harris, Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Hugh Grant DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Sherlock Holmes’ Guy Ritchie Takes On Empire Rising

August 21, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

guy-ritchie Guy Ritchie is set to start shooting The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in a few weeks time, but he’s already looking to the future. Warner Bros. has snapped up the rights to Thomas Kelly’s 2006 novel Empire Rising, with Ritchie set to produce and possibly directing, according to THR.

The description of the book says, ‘It is 1930, and ground has just been broken for the Empire State Building. One of the thousands of men who will come to work high above the city is Michael Briody, an Irish immigrant torn between his desire to make a new life in America and his pledge to gather money and arms for the Irish republican cause. When he meets Grace Masterson, an alluring artist who is depicting the great skyscraper’s rise from her houseboat on the East River, Briody’s life suddenly turns exhilarating — and dangerous – -for Grace is also a paramour of Johnny Farrell, Mayor Jimmy Walker’s liaison with Tammany Hall and the underworld.’

Author Kelly will also write the screenplay adaptation. Don’t expect it to shoot for a while yet, as not only does Ritchie has Man From U.N.C.L.E., he’s also pondering another Sherlock Holmes and a new take on Treasure Island.

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Hugh Grant Joins Henry Cavill & Armie Hammer In The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

August 9, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

It took over a decade to get the adaptation of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from idea to shoot, but since Warner Bros. gave it the greenlight a couple of months ago it’s been moving fast towards an early September filming start date.

Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer are already set for the lead roles, and now they’ve been joined by Hugh Grant, according to Deadline, who’s signed on for a supporting role in the Guy Ritchie flick.

Alicia Vikander is also on-board to play the female lead, a British agent who has an affinity for cars. The film is, of course, based on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series which ran from 1964 to 1968.

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ACTORS: Hugh Grant, Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Elizabeth Debicki Joins Henry Cavill & Armie Hammer In The Man From U.N.C.L.E

August 1, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Elizabeth-Debicki After impressing as Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, Elizabeth Debicki has booked another high profile role, joining Armie Hammer and Henry Cavill in The Man From U.N.C.L.E, according to Variety.

The film is based on the 1960s The Man from U.N.C.L.E., which followed two agents from United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.), who try to stop the evil-doers from Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.).

Cavill will be Napoleon Solo (played by Robert Vaughn in the TV series), with Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Alicia Vikander is also set to star, with Guy Ritchie directing. There’s no news on exactly who Debicki will play, but she’ll be some sort of femme fatale role.

A film version of the series has been mooted for decades, with just this latest attempt taking over 10 years to get from conception to the point where it’s ready to go in front of the cameras (it’ll shoot in September), with various writer and directors coming and going in that time. Everyone from Steven Soderbergh to George Clooney has been involved, but it’s only now that it’s actually happening.

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ACTORS: Henry Cavill, Elizabeth Debicki, Armie Hammer DIRECTORS: Steven Soderbergh, Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Henry Cavill In Talks To Replace Tom Cruise In The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

May 29, 2013 By Tim Isaac 1 Comment

Over the weekend it was revealed that Tom Cruise had decided not to star in the film version of The Man From U.N.C.L.E. With the film having been in development for years, that might have meant another long delay, but Warner Bros is moving fast to fill the hole, with Variety reporting that Henry Cavill is now in talks to take over for Cruise, although a deal is not yet set.

If he signs on, Cavill will be Napoleon Solo (played by Robert Vaughn in the TV series), with Armie Hammer as Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Alicia Vikander is also set to star, with Guy Ritchie directing.

The hope is to get all the casting and other issues sorted as soon as possible, so that film can kick off later this summer.

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ACTORS: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Tom Cruise DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E

Tom Cruise Bows Out Of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

May 27, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Tom-cruise It finally felt like The Man From U.N.C.L.E. movie was a go. After years in development, Guy Ritchie was set to direct with Tom Cruise and Armie Hammer starring. However reports that just a few months after signing on in March, Tom Cruise has bowed out of the movie.

Cruise apparently want to concentrate on Mission: Impossible 5, which is due to shoot later this year.

Armie Hammer and Alicia Vikander are still locked in to star though, so the project hasn’t completely collapse, and Warner Bros. wants to find a replacement for Tom Cruise very soon, so production can begin this autumn.

The film is based on The Man from U.N.C.L.E. TV series, which followed two agents from United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.), who try to stop the evil-doers from Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (T.H.R.U.S.H.).

While Tom Cruise could have likely shot The Man from U.N.C.L.E. before Mission: Impossible 5 starts at the end of this year, the actor is deeply involved in the production as both a star and producer, so he didn’t want to split his time.

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ACTORS: Tom Cruise, Armie Hammer DIRECTORS: Guy Ritchie FILMS: The Man From U.N.C.L.E