Jamie Dornan Sought For Guy Ritchie's "King Arthur"

"Fifty Shades of Grey" and "The Fall" star Jamie Dornan is the favorite  to star as King Arthur in director Guy Ritchie's"Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur" for Warner Bros says The Sun.

Dornam's commitment to the 'Fifty Shades' franchise is an issue though.

Their source says: "Jamie is keen on the role, too, and his US agents are keen to work out a deal where he'll be able to do both franchises. They have to convince Universal to allow Jamie to make the film with Warner Brothers, which isn't looking promising."


The film is the first in a proposed 3-movie fantasy re-telling of the King Arthur legend.

"Pacific Rim" star Idris Elba 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.

 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 film is currently slated for a July 22nd 2016 release.