Historical Documentarian Zack Snyder Wants To Make A "Faithful" Retelling Of King Arthur

[DrForester]

Zack Snyder Developing 'Faithful' Retelling of King Arthur's Legend

Director Zack Snyder confirmed he's working on a "faithful" retelling of the King Arthur legend and hopes to make it at some point in the future.

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Director Zack Snyder confirmed he's developing a retelling of the King Arthur legend.


"I'm working on something but we'll see," Snyder said in an interview with Minutemen. "I've been thinking about some kind of retelling, like, [a] real sort of faithful retelling of that Arthurian mythological concept. We'll see. Maybe that will come at some point."

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We will finally see the moment when King Arthur composed "Hallelujah"

 

[Sordid Plebeian]

It turns out he was just like jesus

 

[Lunar Wolf]

Honestly, why not?

I'm down for that.

There hasn't been an interesting King Arthur story since "Merlin".

 

[gforguava]

Antoine Fuqua already beat ya to the punch, Zacky.

 

[Kazoku_]

On behalf of everyone: WHAT?!

EDIT: Right, my kneejerk reaction lets me know I don't like this man's work at all. His deconstruction of my favorite properties has been detrimental to my opinion of him. Just stating this outright for the record.

 

[HStallion]

Let someone else write the script and I'd be a lot more interested.

 

[Randomly Generated]

Arthur Shrugged

 

[Perturabo]

How about no.

 

[Deleted member 26156]

Zach Snyder has a great track record of interpretations that understand the characters they're based on so I can't see how this could possibly go wrong

 

[Chrome Hyena]

Wow, first images of Guinevere in action!

 

[modoversus]

Hopefully there will be some slow motion shots.

 

[FormatCompatible]

#ReleaseTheMerlinCut #Zackxcalibur

 

[HStallion]

Arthur Shrugged

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A Ayn Randian take on King Arthur would be incredibly hilarious if you think about it.

 

[Human Resources]

you all know he can't wait to shoot hell of grey dreary scenery

 

[T'Chakku]

Let someone else write the script and I'd be a lot more interested.

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It seems like I see these posts in every Snyder thread (along with, "he should have been a cinematographer!"). Makes it look like a lot of you don't get what exactly a Director does.

 

[LewieP]

His documentary 300 was his most watchable film, so seems like a good idea to me.

 

[Deleted member 16516]

Just adapt T.H White's The Once and Future King series and be done with it.

 

[Doggg]

THIS. IS. BRITAINNNN

 

[Jegriva]

Arthur Fuqua already tried, and it wasn't interesting,

 

[TheXbox]

'Historically accurate' is speculative at best, and would probably center around a Briton chieftain repelling Anglo-Saxon incursions. That would definitely be cool, but Snyder is probably thinking of a pastiche of Malory and French authors, like virtually ever Hollywood retelling of Arthur.

 

[Old School Gamer]

Only the son of God can wield Excalibur.

 

[Billfisto]

WE LIVE IN A FEUDAL SOCIETY.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

I don't even want to know what this dope thinks "historically accurate" King Arthur would be like.

Motherfucker would probably try to fnd a way to make Arthur into some grimdark ubermensch scumbag.

 

[LewieP]

Wow, first images of Guinevere in action!

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Fixed

 

[Dis]

It turns out he was just like jesus

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Hahaha OK this got me good!

Not sure how this will go, saying you want something to be historically accurate is fine I guess, but I expect at least 50 slow motion shots, a trailer with your favourite song you always use in every movie trailer, and of course I want a scene where a father stops his son saving him despite the fact he could do so without anyone seeing a thing anyway.

Jokes aside, I'm happy I'll be able to see the snyder cut of justice league next month. It'll be bad but as I've said in other threads, I can happily watch it for the action scenes and shit and I'm sure as bad as it is I'll enjoy it a lot more than WW84, which was a huge disappointment. I also hope it is better than the first cut we got, which I honestly don't see anyway it wouldn't be better, if for no other reason than the fact it'll give even more reason to remove joss from any recognitions in history.

 

[Bob_Coffee]

so zach synder wants to adapt fate/stay night? cool.

 

[Pandaman]

The only King Arthur story you could arguably do 'faithfully' is the green knight and Arthurs barely even in that one. pretty much every other character has too many interpretations to call any one 'faithful'. You could 'faithfully' cast Morgan le fay as a good or neutral character in some versions. you could equally cast Lancelot as a villain. I'm pretty sure even Mordred isn't always a villain.,

 

[Z-Beat]

Zach I don't know how much stake I'd put into your historical dramas after your choice for The Battle of Thermopylae

THIS. IS. BRITAINNNN

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[El Bombastico]

Don't touch King Arthur, Snyder. Make Justice League 2 and 3 and 4. Make fucking 10 more DCEU films. Just don't touch King Arthur.

Please.

 

[Ariakon44]

Please not another King Arthur movie that strips all the fun supernatural and magical elements that make the legends fun to read. Give me Celtic myth King Arthur with magic and monsters or go the old-fashioned route with a re-telling of Malory with magic and monsters. Just give me magic and monsters instead of a "historical" retelling, is all I'm asking.

 

[Pendas]

"Merlin..."

"WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?"

 

[IDreamOfHime]

Historically accurate movie about someone who probably didn't exist....

 

[Volimar]

Excalibur remains the best Kind Arthur film.

 

[echoshifting]

Faithful to what exactly. lol

 

[El Bombastico]

so zach synder wants to adapt fate/stay night? cool.

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Now I know historical records from the era are spotty, but I don't think Arthur was a blonde Japanese girl that wore a metal dress...

Excalibur remains the best Kind Arthur film.

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FACT. Though the Merlin miniseries with Sam Neil is also very good.

 

[Imperfected]

Eh, who knows. 300's his best movie for my money, and it's basically a mythological retelling.

 

[Deleted member 7051]

I don't even want to know what this dope thinks "historically accurate" King Arthur would be like.

Motherfucker would probably try to fnd a way to make Arthur into some grimdark ubermensch scumbag.

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Remember how the Charlie Hunnam movie turned King Arthur into a bloody superhero? It'll be like that but with EVEN MORE slow-mo. 😂

 

[echoshifting]

Eh, who knows. 300's his best movie for my money, and it's basically a mythological retelling.

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It's an adaptation of a graphic novel that pulls some/most of its best visuals directly off the page

 

[El Bombastico]

Remember how the Charlie Hunnam movie turned King Arthur into a bloody superhero? It'll be like that but with EVEN MORE slow-mo. 😂

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Jesus Christ, stop, STOP!

 

[Dommo]

We're all poking fun at the thought of it being some hyper-stylized 300-esque action film, but I'm willing to bet "faithful retelling" means shooting with the discount-Malick cinematography he used in Man of Steel and calling it a day. The man knows only aesthetic and tone, nothing more.

 

[Ariakon44]

Excalibur remains the best Kind Arthur film.

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I kind of adore it, not going to lie.

 

[Old School Gamer]

Snyder: Did you know the round table was not actually round? It was historically a cross.

 

[TiamatSword]

Where are people getting that it's supposed to be "historically accurate" out of "faithful retelling of that Arthurian mythological concept"?

 

[lupinko]

Is he going to get Lancelot raped in Morgan Le Fay's dungeon?

I mean he wanted Batman to be raped in prison after all.

 

[Gaia Lanzer]

So, basically another yellow color-grading film. "King Arthur and the Quest through the Piss Filter".

 

[Billfisto]

Don't touch King Arthur, Snyder. Make Justice League 2 and 3 and 4. Make fucking 10 more DCEU films. Just don't touch King Arthur.

Please.

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I really wish he'd just make his own characters and stories.

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And then just go away because he sucks at making his own characters and stories.

 

[echoshifting]

Where are people getting that it's supposed to be "historically accurate" out of "faithful retelling of that Arthurian mythological concept"?

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This is what I'm wondering too. This statement could mean practically anything. There isn't a definitive faithful account of King Arthur in any sense of the word.

 

[Onix555]

Note that 99% of Arthurian legends are anime fanfics by french otakus, so there's not really an accuracy to miss.

 

[Transistor]

Looking forward to the scenes where Arthur fights Mordred and destroys half of Camelot in the process

 

[LewieP]

We're all poking fun at the thought of it being some hyper-stylized 300-esque action film, but I'm willing to bet "historically accurate" means shooting with his discount-Malick cinematography and calling it a day. The man knows only aesthetic and tone, nothing more.

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I would love to finally get an answer to the question of whether it was the same people that cut trailers for Nolan that cut the MoS trailers. They really have a very similar editing style to trailers for Nolan movies.