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SDCC ’09 (Almost) | Warren Ellis working on King Arthur movie
Warren Ellis reports on his blog that there was one piece of news he was cleared to talk about but didn’t get a chance to in San Diego — a King Arthur movie:
I’m writing a film treatment for Hollywood Gang, who co-produced Frank Miller’s 300. Hollywood Gang have previously optioned my graphic novel (with Chris Sprouse) OCEAN.
On my desk, the treatment is called Untitled Arthurian Project.
On their desk, the project is called EXCALIBUR.
I’m working directly with Gianni Nunnari, Oliver Kramer and Craig Flores (whom I was delighted to bump into on the Warner’s lot the other day) and having a great time.
Ellis was at the con promoting his work on four anime series starring Iron Man, Wolverine, Blade and the X-Men. Check out the teaser trailers for the first two here.
- July 27, 2009 @ 11:12 AM by JK Parkin
3 Comments
Scavenger
July 27, 2009 at 11:57 am
Excalibur. Will the geekarati rend their garments over another remake or will they bow to their Ellesian god and throw pickles at his feet.
Brian
July 27, 2009 at 12:12 pm
pickles
Cheers,
B
Matthew E
July 27, 2009 at 12:15 pm
But is it a remake or does it just have the same title? I hope it would just have the same title; I have yet to see a good King Arthur movie that actually is a King Arthur movie. (By which I mean that Disney and Monty Python have both done perfectly good jobs but you can’t really call either movie a true Arthurian movie.)