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By Nellie Andreeva<\/p>\n
April 15, 2009, 11:00 PM ET
\nCartoon Network is bringing the legend of King Arthur to the 21st century with a live-action movie from Lionsgate president of motion picture production Alli Shearmur.<\/p>\n
Written by Travis Wright ("Eagle Eye"), the project, tentatively titled "Reborn," is inspired by the legend of Merlin. It is described as a modern retelling of the King Arthur tale, with archetypal characters from the legend transported to the present.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
<\/p>\n Does the world really need yet another bad re-imagination of the King Arthur myth? I doubt it.<\/p>\n \n \nAre the ratings that much better for live action? I realize live action is cheaper and faster to produce than animation but a zillion channels already do shoddy sf\/f live action. What about the shoddy original animated films? They need love, too.<\/p>\n I really like the idea of a network that shows nothing but cartoons.<\/p>\n What’s next? Comedy Central to air Sopranos<\/span>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I loathe the idea that the Cartoon Network has moved into the live action arena. It was bad enough when they started showing live action movies and even crappy variety-style shows but now they’re moving into the Sci-Fi (oops..meant Scy-Fy) … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/www.bclib.org\/Movie_review\/King%20Arthur\/king_arthur.jpg\")
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