Resolving a heated bidding war, Brian K. Vaughan has sold his supernatural comedy spec Roundtable to DreamWorks for $650,000 against $1 million (lucky, lucky). In "Roundtable," Vaughan tries out yet another tweak on the oft-revised King Arthur legend. His spin, more "Ghostbusters" than "Excalibur," revolves around Merlin assembling a bunch of modern-day knights to battle a resurrected ancient evil, only to discover that today's knights are all washed-up athletes, cowardly scientists or Academy Award-winning actors.
"Roundtable" which he just sold for $650,000, was written by two other writers and called, "Knights of the Roundtable". It has been making the rounds in Hollywood since 2001. At one point, "Knights" even made it all the way to Sean Connery but Connery turned it down because he didn't want to play himself. I guess Vaughan waited a few years, stole the idea and sold it.
That's terrible. He and Dreamworks should be ashamed of themselves.
GuyFawkes1, did you write that other screenplay or something? I'm only guessing that because you posted that paragraph on other pages too. (Full disclosure: I'm a big fan of BKV's.) If the other screenplay you're talking about was really great, it would have sold, even if Sean Connery opted out. Screenplays can always be retooled and rewritten for other people (Ian McKellan, Anthony Hopkins), right? Plus, you're not talking about some obscure little legend, here. It's King Arthur, dude. A few other people are bound to have heard about it and thought about what would happen with a legend like that in the present day.
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