First Bryan Singer wants to do a "Battlestar Galactica" movie, ignoring the fact that Ronald D. Moore's superb television reboot of the 1978 TV original just wrapped up its four-year run on the Sci-Fi Channel this past April. Now, Singer wants to do a movie about the legend of King Arthur. That would be fine...if he didn't clearly intend the remake to be one of John Boorman's 1981 fantasy classic "Excalibur".According to an article at Variety.com, Singer and Warner Brothers have been talking about giving Boorman's over-the-top but terrifically entertaining take on the Arthur legend a reboot, with Singer producing and possibly directing the film as well.
I would really like to know what Singer thinks he could bring to the table in regards to a fresh take on "Excalibur". Would he make it more realistic? A grittier, more violent take on King Arthur, Merlin and the Knights of the Round Table? I guess he could, but then again he would be remaking Antoine Fuqua's 2004 turkey "King Arthur" instead of "Excalibur".
Look Bryan, you do have talent. "The Usual Suspects" is a nice little mind-job of a crime tale, the first two "X-Men" movies were quite good and "Superman Returns" was...well...you were probably occupied with developing your hit Fox series "House" at the time so I can overlook that. But "Valkyrie" was about as suspensful, but far less entertianing, as "Springtime For Hitler". Remakes of BSG and Excalibur only point to one thing: you've run out of creative juice. Please, drop both of these projects and focus on something else.
Another "X-Men" film, perhaps?
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