Ridley Scott is reportedly in talks to direct The Merlin Saga. The planned project is set up at Walt Disney Pictures and Scott’s own Scott Free Productions are set to produce. The film is being written by The Lord of the Rings series scribe Philippa Boyens and will follow the legendary wizard Merlin, long before he met King Arthur and his Round Tabl, so reports The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision. More on the Ridley Scott Merlin Saga news below.
Ridley Scott Merlin Saga news: In talks to direct the feature for Disney
Scott would follow up his release All The Money In The World, which debuts this week, with the fantasy feature, based on the T.A. Barron book series. Here’s some more info from the source material. This from the author’s official website:
The Merlin Saga tells the complete story of Merlin’s life and times spanning 12 exciting novels. The saga includes The Lost Years of Merlin epic (books 1 – 5), which chronicle the origins of the greatest of all wizards; Merlin’s Dragon trilogy (books 6 – 8), where you meet the powerful dragon in the universe – who is also Merlin’s best friend; The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy (books 9 – 11), which take place in Merlin’s world a thousand years after the wizard’s youth; and The Book of Magic, an illustrated companion volume that reveals the secrets of many characters and places in Merlin’s worlds.
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The author previously posted on his site back in November: “Today the script arrived for the Disney movie based on the Merlin Saga. It’s truly fabulous! Yes, even magical. All I can say is I’m thrilled with what scriptwriter Philippa Boyens has done to adapt this story to the big screen. And I’m sure that Merlin himself feels the same!”
There’s no timeline on this as yet, but you can read the exclusive news from the trade at the end of the link above.
