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Warners Picks Up Merlin
You know how we keep pointing out that Warner Bros. – and every other studio – is on the lookout for the next Harry Potter? Well, the company has clearly decided that what it really needs to fill the Potter-shaped hole in its heart is another adventure featuring a famous young wizard and has plucked the film rights to T.A. Barron’s young adult novel The Lost Years Of Merlin from the murky depths of development hell.Warners has now hired Ed Whitworth, who, in between trying to sell spec scripts, has been paying the bills working as a reader for Oprah Winfrey’s company Harpo Productions, to take the first crack at getting the book on screen.Green Lantern producer Donald De Line is overseeing the film, which will essentially tell a new origin story about Merlin as a boy washed up in Wales with no memory of who he»
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Brian Grazer Finds Arabian Knights
Because Hollywood clearly believes we can tolerate even more sword-clashing films in addition to those already making their way through development or romping across our screens, Universal is in final negotiations to buy up Kyle Ward’s Arabian Knights.Variety reports that the studio is, not unexpectedly, keeping the story idea a secret for now, which might just be because production company FilmDistrict already has a project called Arabian Nights bubbling away.That one, which features Liam Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins and Dwayne “Bring It” Johnson attached, has Chuck Russell ready to direct a tale of a bold young commander who joins forces with Sinbad and the genie to rescue Princess Scheherazade from the clutches of an evil enemy who threatens the kingdom.Back in Knights territory, we assume it’ll boast feats of daring do, villainous types plotting villainy and, oh... magic? Probably. Brian Grazer is throwing his production weight behind it,»
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