8. Charlie Hunnam And Elizabeth Olsen Join Guy Ritchie's King Arthur
Guy Ritchie and Warner Brothers' ambitious 6-film King Arthur project may have found its two leads, as multiple reports came in this week that Sons of Anarchy and Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam was in talks for the title role, while Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Elizabeth Olsen was circling the role of Guinevere. The news of Hunnam's casting comes from
Deadline, while
Variety reports Olsen's involvement.They join Idris Elba, who's been cast as Arthur's Merlin-like mentor. Titled Kings of the Roundtable: King Arthur, the film will tell the classic Sir Lancelot story, and be part of a sweeping epic that Warner Bros. plans to tell through six films. Ritchie's film was written by Awake scribe Joby Harold, and is slated to hit theaters on July 22, 2016.