King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – $150 million
The story of King Arthur and his legendary sword Excalibur has been told countless times over the last millennium. Seeing as how the last King Arthur film came out several decades earlier, studio execs felt that it wouldn’t hurt to make another one and release it in 2017. That would be a decision that the higher-ups at WB for a very long time.
Sons of Anarchy’s Charlie Hunnan was given the role of King Arthur, and Guy Ritchie received creative control in directing the film. The original plans showed that there were going to be six King Arthur movies, but after the first one lost the production studio $150 million, those plans were scrapped.