New Regency Getting Medieval

Speaking of medieval times…

THR says that New Regency has picked up a spec script from Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, called “Medieval Times.” Here’s the story:

The script’s story line plays like “The Dirty Dozen” in the age of castles, plagues and serfs, which the studio hopes to spin as a hyper-realistic action movie in the vein of “300.”

Castles, plagues, and serfs? Is this “Monty Python and the Holy Grail?” Love that movie.

Alas, we probably won’t be that lucky, considering the throw-in line about “in the vein of ‘300′” which usually indicates to me lots of chiseled bodies, glam action scenes, and perhaps a tendency to take itself way too seriously.

So who would you like to see in a medieval movie of this type? I think we can all agree that we don’t need Russell Crowe. I always love to see Jason Bateman in anything and he’s my go-to guy for the “makes no sense but why not casting.” However, he’s really heavily booked right now. Brad Pitt seems to like doing period stuff almost as much as Keira Knightley, and I don’t think he’s hit the Middle Ages yet (I mean the time period, not personally). Here’s another name I’ll just toss out there: Zachary Quinto. As always, why not?