Keanu Reeves Joins Tarsem's 'The Panopticon'; Djimon Hounsou Eyed for 'Knights of the Round Table'

The Keanussaiance continues! Reeves is set to star in The Panopticon, the next film from visual dynamo Tarsem Singh, the director behind The Fall, Mirror Mirror, and Immortals. It's been awhile since we'd heard anything about the film, which centers on "a seemingly ordinary man who receives a mysterious package containing a pre-recorded message from himself, warning that the world is about to end and only he can save it. He must race against the clock to piece together the puzzle before time runs out for mankind."

Djimon Hounsou, who has already had quite a year with How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy, is being rumored to replace Idris Elba in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur film, Knights of the Round Table. With Charlie Hunnam as Arthur, Hounsou would play his Merlin-esque mentor. [HeyUGuys]

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Idris Elba Out, Jude Law In for Guy Ritchie's 'Knights of the Round Table'

Warner Bros. has been trying to get a Camelot-based film off the ground for years, once entertaining the thought of a pair of them. One would have been led by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) but that was cancelled in favor of Guy Ritchie's Knights of the Round Table, a planned 6-film epic with Charlie Hunnam already on board to play King Arthur. Now Ritchie is looking to bring on his Sherlock Holmes star Jude Law for a major role, while another actor previously attached has dropped out.

According to Variety, Law is set to take on a villain role in the film, but that's all we know about it at this point because the plot is being kept under lock and key. There has been a change at the top,though, as Idris Elba is no longer part of the cast. He was meant to play Arthur's mentor, a character we assume would have been Merlin. The only other talent on board is Astrid Berges-Frisbey (I Origins) as Guinevere.

Knights of the Round Table already has a release date set for July 22nd 2016.

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