'Game of Thrones' Star Nabs Role of King Arthur in 'Arthur & Lancelot'

GettyKit Harington Bet on Thrones actor Package Harington has plucked the sword in the stone and can take part in the future King Arthur in Warner Bros.' Arthur & Lancelot. David Dobkin is pointing the film, which seeks to spin the King Arthur myth into a little of the lighthearted action movie how a studio did with A Virtual Detective. STORY: 'The Killing' Star Wins Lancelot Role in 'Arthur & Lancelot' Within the classic myth, Lancelot was among Arthur's knights in combat and eventually ends up within an adulterous relationship with Arthur's wife, Guinevere. The film sees Arthur being an illegitimate boy being elevated with a humble and poor dark night inside a village who'll come to be an uplifting leader while Lancelot is really a edgy noble who distrusts the established government. (Guinevere, at this time of the overall game, is straightforward a cameo and can figure more conspicuously in potential sequels.) The film is eying a March 2012 start. STORY: 'Game of Thrones,' 'The Killing' Stars Emerge as 'Arthur & Lancelot' Management Harington's role of Arthur has parallels to his character in Thrones, where he plays an illegitimate boy with hidden possibility to the the almighty from the northern kingdom. Harington made his screen debut with Thrones and it is cast in Quiet Hill: Thought three dimensional. The actor, who screen examined two times for that Arthur role, is repped by CAA. Bet on Thrones