Back in 2014, when Guy Ritchie‘s King Arthur project, then titled “Knights Of The Round Table,” was announced, it was designed to be the first film in a lengthy series (early trade coverage suggested there could be as many as six movies in total). With a prime summer 2016 release slot, some heavyweight talent in front of the camera (including Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, Eric Bana as his father Uther, and Jude Law as Arthur’s scheming uncle), and a gritty “Batman Begins“-like take on the material, it seemed at the time like this could be Hollywood’s next big franchise.

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Last summer, “The Legend Of Tarzan” looked like it was going to be something of a disaster for Warner Bros. The star was untested, the subject matter old-fashioned, the trailers unappealing, the movie wildly expensive, and the project had been delayed for over a year. But in the end, David Yates’ revival of the vine-swinger starring Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie did ok: not a hit, or even profitable, really, but taking back $356 million on a $180 million budget counts as, if not a victory, at least an honorable defeat.

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Guy Ritchie’s speed-ramping, slow-motion hyper kinetic filmmaking served him well for “Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels,” and “Snatch,” but maybe he needs to ease off it for period piece films. Both the “Sherlock Holmes” films and “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” suffered from stylistic overkill, and his latest, “King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword,” looks much the same.

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Casting: Seth Rogen & Adam McKay Team For New Comedy, Toby Kebell Is 'Ben-Hur' Baddie And More

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