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With King Arthur, Charlie Hunnam and Guy Ritchie are attempting to do something new with the legendary hero: make him a kickass action hero.

New? Um, anyone remember the Giant of Mont St. Michel?

This King Arthur wouldn’t be the same virtuous, medieval Superman we’ve seen before.

Superman is an action hero, right?

Orphaned as an infant

Come on, if you're looking for gritty, why not go all-out with "conceived when a king decided to seduce his subordinate's wife while in magical disguise as her husband?"

and raised by three prostitutes in the 5th century version of London,

Well, why not? I hope they're named Niniane, Morgause, and Morgan.

this Arthur is more of a street-wise hood, who looks after the people living in his tiny corner of the world.

Well, why not? Primus inter pares, etc.

Instead of going with the Batman Begins-esque, stripped down reboot, King Arthur sprints full blast in the opposite direction with giant snakes,

I think they're called dragons.

massive war elephants,

Great, why not? Arthur goes up against eastern armies a few times.

and a monstrous viking-like creature known as The Nemesis.

Um, Vikings are human...