Arthur on WB table.

Warner Bros. is launching a King Arthur project with "Sherlock Holmes" helmer Guy Ritchie attached to direct and "Trainspotting" scribe John Hodge scripting for Atlas Entertainment and Hollywood Gang.

Producers are Hollywood Gang's Gianni Nunnari, Atlas' Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Hollywood Gang's Craig J. Flores exec producing.

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Hodge is working on the script with Ritchie. Project aims to be a re-imagining of the legend of Arthur, believed to have been a sixth century king who defended Britain against Saxon invaders. Key source material will be Sir Thomas Mallory's "Le Morte d'Arthur," published in 1485 as a compilation of …