Idris Elba Tipped For Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur" Film Series

Idris Elba is in talks to reunite with his "RocknRolla" director Guy Ritchie on "Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur" for Warner Bros says The Wrap.

The film is the first in a proposed six-movie fantasy re-telling of the King Arthur legend.

The "Pacific Rim" star would portray Bedivere, who serves as the right hand man to Arthur's father, and is tasked with teaching Arthur how to lead an army.

Testing for the role of Arthur will begin in August.

 Joby Harold penned the script for the first part.

 Akiva Goldsman, Lionel Wigram Harold and Tory Tunnell will produce.

Ritchie and Wigram developed a version that fell apart when David Dobkin's "Arthur & Lancelot" got much closer to production. Ultimately that project never came to be either due to budget issues.

The "Knights" will open in July of 2016.