Dozens of versions of the King Arthur Legend have been brought to the big screen over the years, so what makes King Arthur: Legend of the Sword different? We first heard about the project in January 2014, when Warner Bros. indicated a desire to transform the legend into a film franchise spanning six installments. Director Guy Ritchie came on board, fresh off the success of two movies that reinvented Sherlock Holmes for modern audiences, in the person of the brawling Robert Downey Jr. Production got underway in March 2015 with Charlie Hunnam as Arthur and Jude Law as the primary villain; the cast also included Eric Bana, Astrid Berges-Frisbey, and Djimon Hounsou. Knights of the Round Table, as it was known at the time, was slated for release on July 22, 2016. By the end of 2015...
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