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WB, Singer to remake 'Excalibur'

By Adnan Tezer Aug 21, 2009, 18:17 GMT

Warner Bros. has closed a deal to remake the 1981 John Boorman-directed "Excalibur," with Bryan Singer producing and developing the picture as a potential directing vehicle.Inspired by Thomas Malory's 15th century work, and scripted by Rospo Pallenberg and Boorman, "Excalibur" explores the myth of King Arthur, complete with the Knights of the Round Table, Merlin the wizard and the quest for the Holy Grail to save Arthur's life. The original 1981 picture boasted such up-and-coming acting talent as Helen Mirren (who played the evil Morgana), Liam Neeson (Sir Gawain), Gabriel Byrne, Patrick Stewart and Ciaran Hinds. WB and Legendary Pictures have labored for months to pull together the rights to “Excalibur”, which Singer will produce with Julie Yorn. Also a producer is Polly Johnsen, who was Polly Cohen when she was the WB executive who presided over the Singer-directed WB/Legendary collaboration "Superman Returns."

According to Variety, the deal comes as Singer gets serious about making the New Line-Legendary co-production "Jack the Giant Killer" his next directing effort.

Singer recently signed on to develop to direct and produce "Battlestar Galactica" at Universal.

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