Hunnam definitely fills the look required of "The Golden Bear of England". Astrid is better casting than Olsen for Gwenhwyvar, but not sure she can pull off Irish warrior princess. Wonder if Olsen was actually cast as Morgian(Morgan Le Fay).

All of that being said. While I am excited for this movie. My biggest problem will be ignoring what my imagination has built when reading all of Stephen R Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle. His was a VERY thorough retelling of the legend. 6 books deep, Lawhead basesd his stories on the Mabinogion, the History of the Kings of Britain and other works of Geoffrey of Monmouth, the writings of Taliesin, Gildas, and Nennius, and several other legends that he manages to interweave into the Arthurian legend.

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Posted by Green Chili Tiger

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Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:23 am to VaBamaMan

Not to highjack the thread, but has anyone else read the Forever King trilogy by Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy?

Solid modern day telling of the Authurian legend.

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In a darkened house not far from the place where Camelot may once have stood, a madman schemes.

Once the cup that men call the Holy Grail was his. Soon it will be his again. The Grail’s protectors are few and weak: an alcohol-soaked ex-FBI agent; a courtly old gentleman who once, long ago, held awesome power; and a ten year old boy.

Arthur Blessing is no ordinary boy. The Grail is his by chance, this time, but the power to keep it-is his by right.

Now he must stay alive long enough to use that power.

Arthur needs a defender, a man of great strength, skill, purity, and faith. Fate has given him Hal Woczniak, a broken-down drifter plagued by nightmare memories of a dead child. When Hal quit the FBI, he practically quit the human race as well.

Now, at the darkest time in his life, he is offered the chance to redeem himself.

One he failed to save a child. Once he failed to save a world.

He will not fail again.