The film is the first in a proposed 3-movie fantasy re-telling of the King Arthur legend--with Sons of Anarchy and Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam in the title role.
The sports star is said to show up during the key scene of Excalibur getting drawn from the stone by Arthur. In the film, his character is a disgruntled knight who "gets a little ticked off when this other fellow, this upstart, is the one who can free the sword." The site claims that that the scene even features some football/soccer jokes which suggests the film will boast a pop culture-vibe for this version of the Arthurian legend absent in the other film adaptations.
In the classic tale, Guinevere (“I Origins” actress Astrid Berges-Frisbey) is the young lover of King Arthur before she later betrays him for the knight Lancelot. Ritchie’s film is expected to focus on Arthur’s earliest days. Jude Law is in tipped to play the villain in the project.
Eric Bana is set to play Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur, Bana's role ''isn't the biggest'' but the director and studio suits wanted to get a big name for the part and initially went after Liam Neeson for the role but he passed on it.
Djimon Hounsou's role of Bedivere is described as a "Merlin-esque figure" who trains and mentors Arthur in the film. Hounsou takes over for Ritchie's "RocknRolla" star Idris Elba who was also reportedly up for the role but couldn't do it due to scheduling issues.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" and "The Fall" star Jamie Dornan was previously suggested as a potential candidate, but his commitment to the steamy sex franchise may have blocked him from doing the role There's bit of irony here considering Dornan replaced Hunnam in the lead role in Grey after he suddenly left the film.
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.
Production is underway. The film is currently slated for a July 22nd 2016 release.
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