Acclaimed filmmaker Guy Ritchie brings his dynamic style to the epic fantasy action adventure King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, from Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures. Starring Charlie Hunnam in the title role, the film is an iconoclastic take on the classic Excalibur myth, tracing Arthur’s journey from the streets to the throne.
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern (Jude Law), Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy…whether he likes it or not.
Starring with Hunnam (FX’s Sons of Anarchy) and Oscar nominee Law (Cold Mountain, The Talented Mr. Ripley) are Astrid Bergès-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides) as Mage; Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, In America) as Bedivere; Aidan Gillen (HBO’s Game of Thrones) as Goose-Fat Bill; and Eric Bana (Star Trek) as Arthur’s father, King Uther Pendragon.
Guy Ritchie (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the Sherlock Holmes films) directed the film from a screenplay by Joby Harold (Awake) and Guy Ritchie & Lionel Wigram, story by David Dobkin (The Judge) and Joby Harold. The film is produced by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend), Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell (Awake, Holy Rollers), and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Sherlock Holmes producers Steve Clark-Hall, Guy Ritchie and Lionel Wigram. David Dobkin and Bruce Berman are executive producers.
Ritchie’s behind-the-scenes creative team included two-time Oscar-nominated director of photography John Mathieson (Gladiator, The Phantom of the Opera), Oscar-nominated production designer Gemma Jackson (Finding Neverland), editor James Herbert (The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Edge of Tomorrow), costume designer Annie Symons (Masterpiece Theater’s Great Expectations), makeup and hair designer Christine Blundell (Mr. Turner, the Sherlock Holmes films), and Oscar-nominated VFX Supervisor Nick Davis (The Dark Knight). The music is by Daniel Pemberton (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword opens Friday, May 12, 2017.
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Press Conference Audio with Charlie Hunnam, Guy Ritchie and Djimon Hounsou.
