Zwick Leaves "Great Wall"

"Blood Diamond" and "The Last Samurai" director Edward Zwick will NO LONGER be at the helm of the already postponed "The Great Wall" film reports Deadline.

Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz wrote the script, from a story by Thomas Tull and Max Brooks, which looks at the mystery behind the construction of the Great Wall of China. The story follows a group of British warriors traveling through 15th Century China and come upon the hurried construction As night falls, the warriors realize that the haste in building the wall isn’t just to keep out the Mongols. There is something inhuman and more dangerous.

Henry Cavill Alexander Skarsgård Zhang Ziyi and Benjamin Walker were poised to star in the film along with other Chinese talent before it was postponed back in June due to climate and financial issues.

Zwick, Tull, Herskovitz, Jon Jashni, Alex Gartner and Charles Roven were going to produce.

Despite Zwick's departure, production is still hoped to take place next year.