Legend of the sword, wants a redo this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Plans for guy ritchies king arthur franchise are dead. The synopsis for guy ritchies king arthur movie, starring charlie hunnam and jude law, reveals a streetwise arthur in the sweeping fantasy adventure epic. Legend of the sword, expecting a couple of hours of stupid entertainment. Sequel mike ryan twitter senior entertainment writer may 10, 2017. How charlie hunnam charmed guy ritchie into casting him as. Why guy ritchies latest was a royal miss by seth kelley. Guy ritchie talks king arthur and why hes surprised to learn people want a man from u. Joby harold screenplay by, guy ritchie screenplay by 3 more credits. Hunnam is director guy ritchies choice to play king arthur in the epic warner bros project hatched by joby harold and intended to span six films. As insane as the proceedings become, theres not a lick of shame or. Guy ritchie celebrity profile check out the latest guy ritchie photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. King arthur title, if all goes according to plan a. And plans for further sequels to guy ritchies king arthur.
Also in the mix at the studio during the summer 2011 was a ritchie version of king arthur with trainspottings john hodge writing. Guy ritchie is that fun friend whose texts you dont always return because his energy level is always cranked up to 10, and even when youre in the mood for him, he still wears you out. We are still waiting for the rest of those narnia films, by the way. How charlie hunnam horrified guy ritchie in early days.
Legend of the sword, directed by guy ritchie, starring charlie hunnam, astrid bergesfrisbey, djimon hounsou, jude law, eric bana, aidan gillen. The candid 37yearold says when it came to selling the guy ritchie film, i was going to be a pro, and i. Overall, if you want to vicariously kick some ass, this is the movie for you. Next summer will see the first installment of knights of the roundtable. The mythology of king arthur has all the ingredients for a hit blockbuster movie magic, romance, shirtless guys with muscles swinging swords. Guy ritchie on king arthur, aladdin, and the man from. Sons of anarchys charlie hunnam is guy ritchies choice. One day arthur will begin to have strange visions in which he fights for the throne with monsters and wizards.
He must then learn to harness the swords power in order to lead a rebellion against the tyrannical vortigern and reclaim his birthright. Legend of the sword guy ritchie s take on a medieval myth. Charlie hunnam knows what was wrong with king arthur. Some of his work include his british gangster films and sherlock holmes franchise ritchie left school at age 15 and worked entrylevel jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. His best entertainments are 1990s lad mag confections, chock full of funny, welldressed, hardboiled men and a couple of women who bust each others chops when they arent joining forces to steal. The king arthur legend has almost everything a story needs to tempt us out to the theater, but it might take more than the whizbang theatrics of guy ritchie to actually get us there. Heres charlie hunnam as guy ritchies streetwise king arthur. Legend of the sword 2017 guy ritchie on allmovie when you put the medieval tale of king arthur and. Director, screenwriter and producer, guy ritchie with charlie hunnam on the set of king arthur. He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and unwatchable. Reviews of guy ritchies king arthur movie the mary sue. Legend of the sword just doesnt work plot defies logic, performances are below par and several bad directorial decisions sink the period drama so deep. Legend of the sword 2017 charlie hunnam in king arthur.
Guy ritchies 2017 beautiful disaster of a fantasy, king arthur. Starring charlie hunnam in the title role, the film is an. How king arthur was killed by a wouldbe franchise may 14, 2017 10. Giving movies an evilfantasy twist, isnt working anymore. It seems to be a hero of absurdity, but it helps to decipher the visions of a guy named bill wilson, the leader of resistance whose members want to. In a recent interview with siriusxm to promote guy ritchies upcoming action movie the gentlemen. Now word of a new king arthur film adaptation has sprung up, and it is an ambitious vision, to say the least. Synopsis revealed for guy ritchies king arthur movie. Legend of the sword lock, stock and two smoking barrels director guy ritchie treats the arthurian legend as opportunity for another rowdy chase after an elusive. Acclaimed filmmaker guy ritchie brings his dynamic style to the epic fantasy action adventure king arthur. After watching butch cassidy and the sundance kid 1969 as a child, guy realized that what he wanted to do was make films. Legend of the sword is a 2017 epic fantasy action adventure film.
All 11 guy ritchie films, ranked worst to best photos. Who had a more explosive directorial debut in the rollicking, postpulp fiction 90s than guy ritchie and his lock, stock, and two smoking barrels. How david beckham ended up in guy ritchies king arthur. Theres a battle of the brands out there, he says, but in that. Legend of the sword was a nobrainer for director guy ritchie, who has more in common with the soccer superstar than just fairhaired good looks. Legend of the sword is a 2017 epic fantasy action adventure film directed by guy ritchie who cowrote the film with joby harold and lionel wigram from a story by harold and david dobkin, inspired by arthurian legends. Legend of the sword subtitles srt file is movie with the following synopsis robbed of his birthright, arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But today, today were going to talk about a little movie that is made up entirely of potential chosen ones of the day. Legend of the sword is projected to make a loss of up. What we do have is the mage, in the form of astrid bergesfrisbey, a person of. Presumably the famous wizard is being saved up for one of the many. In sherlock holmes the movie was ok despite the cgi, but in king arthur its. Legend of the sword is the first entry in guy ritchies sixpart epic that will sadly and more likely not see the light of day because of people letting critics judge a film for them instead of seeing it themselves, on top of releasing it right after guardians of the galaxy vol.
But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy whether he likes it or not. Guy ritchie was born in hatfield, hertfordshire, uk on september 10, 1968. T he new guy ritchie film about king arthur king arthur. The film stars charlie hunnam as the title character and jude law as the tyrannical king vortigern who is attempting to kill him, with astrid bergesfrisbey, djimon. Ritchie blames the push on other tentpole films continually moving in on king arthurs original 2016 release date. Legend of the sword, which opens in british cinemas this week, showcases some of. Kelley points to sword and sandals movies like benhur as one. Guy stuart ritchie born 10 september 1968 is an english film director, producer, writer, and businessman. His hypermasculine take on the titular character is an exceedingly overwrought blend of his signature scenes of supercut, quiploaded dialogue thats so oldfashioned and ancient for this type of setting conflicting against scenes of.
Legend of the sword shares its dna with the big action movies of the late 90searly 2000s. So declares the poster for director guy ritchies soccer hooligan edition of king arthur. Robbed of his royal lineage as a child when his uncle usurped the throne, arthur charlie hunnam returns to the kingdom once ruled by his father and draws the legendary sword excalibur from the stone. Guy ritchies film suffers from the universebuilding syndrome thats hit projects like amazing spiderman 2 and suicide squad. Guy ritchie directed this stylized retelling of the story. The stylish, gritty descent into the criminal underworld rocked both sides of the atlantic, which then gave ritchie the opportunity to give his style an even slicker, international sheen with snatch.
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