Warren Ellis Working On Excalibur

Published on July 28, 2009 by Craig Sharp · View Comments

The writer of the recently released animated movie G.I. Joe: Resolute – one Warren Ellis – is now working on a new project, an untitled Arturian project going by the name of Excalibur!

The news comes directly from the writer’s website as follows:

I was actually cleared to talk about this at San Diego, but all the press I did there was Japanese-oriented for the Marvel Anime deal… so I’m going to mention it here, to say I did, and to maybe make up for that by giving the comics news sites something to post post-SDCC.

I’m writing a film treatment for Hollywood Gang, who co-produced Frank Miller’s 300. Hollywood Gang have previously optioned my graphic novel (with Chris Sprouse) OCEAN.

On my desk, the treatment is called Untitled Arthurian Project.

On their desk, the project is called EXCALIBUR.

I’m working directly with Gianni Nunnari, Oliver Kramer and Craig Flores (whom I was delighted to bump into on the Warner’s lot the other day) and having a great time.

So… yeah. Movie stuff. Other things to talk about soon. I’ve been sitting on that one for months

Sound good? Great, because AICN have also managed to get themselves a further update on the project, Ellise told the geek site:

‘Untitled Arthurian Project,’ as I call it (just so I can’t feel John Boorman’s EXCALIBUR looming down at me from my DVD shelf), differs from the prior 751 King Arthur movies in many ways, but perhaps most obviously in that it is very specifically about the gathering of the Knights.

I’m loving this news at the moment, given the bitter disappointment that was 2004′s ”King Arthur”, I’d love to see an epic telling of the classic stories, one that has the right mix of history and fantasy. Given that I loved what Ellis did with G.I. Joe: Resolute, I’m hoing he can work his magic on this one too!