Bryan Singer confirms 'Excalibur' cancellation

Bryan Singer has revealed that his remake of John Boorman's 1981 movie Excalibur has been cancelled.

The upcoming Battlestar Galactica director explained that his modern day retelling of the King Arthur legend was shelved because Warner Bros already had a similar project in production.

"Yeah, unfortunately it is no longer going to happen," he told SFX. "I was really enthused to do it. I'm a fan of John Boorman's movie and it was my intention to get it going after Jack the Giant Killer was completed.

"The project was with Warner Bros and what happened is that another King Arthur project was brought to them during that time. Basically, it was just more ready to go into production than ours was. That is why our version of Excalibur ended up being negated.

"But when that happened, it allowed me to go straight into developing Battlestar Galactica - which I think will be really exciting."

Guy Ritchie was attached to direct another Warner Bros adaptation of the King Arthur story before it was axed. Writer-director David Dobkin's version is to go ahead.