Director David Dobkin remembered the story as she was going to film the myths about King Arthur. He was going to adhere to the formula of Christopher Nolan, tried in "Batman: the beginning," - take not the most promoted actor and surround the stars. Studio Warner Bros. Gave the green light to this project. Keith Harington was invited to the role of King Arthur, who by that time had already managed to play in the first season of the Games of Thrones, but was not yet widely known.
When whale reads the script, you immediately understand what the character he plays. He is noble and pure heart, but he is only worse. This is what I needed for the character I described in the scenario,
- told Dobkin.
Merlin in the new film was to be Gary Oldman, Galahad - Liam Nison, and the second major role of Lancelot was to get the Swedish actor Yuell Kinnaman. The film operator was going to become Philippe. When everything was already ready for the top of the filming, the international department of Warner has suspended the work, stating that without stars in the lead roles will not be able to sell the film.
In this difficult situation, Dobkin decided to take a pause and switched to work on the film "Judge" with Robert Downey Jr.. When he returned to his project, he learned that Guy Richie hired to work on the ribbon, and the script was rewritten by Jobi Harold. As a result, it turned out the "sword of King Arthur" 2017. He failed at the box office, thereby buried the hopes of the studio to make it the first franchise film.