is in talks to direct an untitled
pic for Warner Bros.
Joby Harold will pen the script with Akiva Goldsman producing along with Ritchie and his producing partner Lionel Wigram.
Plot details are being kept under wraps.
Warners had previously tried getting an Arthur project off the ground titled “Arthur and Lancelot” with Kit Harington and Joel Kinniman to play Arthur and Lancelot but the plug was pulled when the budget could not be trimmed.
The CAA and Anonymous Content-repped Ritchie just wrapped production on “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” starring Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer.
Deadline Hollywood first reported the news.
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