28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is in negotiations to direct Disney’s live-action Sword in the Stone movie, based on the 1963 animated film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The Sword in the Stone is the second Arthurian project that Disney is developing, as it is also working on The Merlin Saga, to be directed by Ridley Scott.
Louis Provost is overseeing The Sword in the Stone for the studio.
Game of Thrones writer/producer Brian Cogman is set to pen the script for the film, which will be produced by Brigham Taylor (The Jungle Book, Pirates of the Caribbean).