Guy Ritchie's Franchise Fumbles: A Pattern of Unfulfilled Potential

Guy Ritchie's 'Operation: Fortune' and past films like 'King Arthur' did not lead to sequels. Why can't his movies become big franchises?

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Guy Ritchie's 'Operation: Fortune' is another movie that won't get a sequel, just like 'King Arthur' and 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'

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Dagonet the Fool is an eccentric warrior of King Arthur. Depending on the source, he is depicted as either an incompetent coward, a dangerous madman, or King Arthur's official court jester - who was knighted for his courage, and who plays tricks on the king's enemies.

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Luned (or Lunete) is one of the most independent women in Welsh Arthurian legends. She's implied to be a fairy who wanders by herself between various courts, and helps her friend Owain (one of King Arthur's knights) woo the Lady of the Fountain. Luned also lends Owain her ring of invisibility.
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The Welsh Arthurian knight Owain had a special bond with wild beasts. He commanded 300 magical ravens, and his most loyal companion was a black lion he had saved from a giant serpent. Afterwards, the lion constantly followed Owain around like an eagerly friendly dog.

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Popular British theme park once welcoming 2.5 million visitors now abandoned

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In Welsh folklore, Cavall was King Arthur's favourite dog. His name is similar to a Latin word for "horse," indicating great size, strength, and speed. While hunting the giant boar Trwyth, Cavall left a footprint on a stone cairn that proved impossible to remove.

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As a 5th-century saint, St. Patrick was roughly contemporary with King Arthur. Some legends say the saint left Britain for Ireland during the reign of Ambrosius, Arthur's uncle. Though there are legends of King Arthur meeting many saints, none survive of him with Patrick.

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