Clive Owen and Morgan Freeman are The Last Knights

Clive Owen (Children of Men, The Bourne Identity) and Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en) are set to star in Japanese director Kazuaki Kiriya’s forthcoming new film The Last Knights, which centers on a band of warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a corrupt emperor. ScreenDaily reports that Michael Konyves (Barney’s Version) has written the script ,with the producers targeting an early November start in the Czech Republic.

Kiriya made his feature film debut in 2004, writing and directing the live action film adaptation of the popular Japanese anime series Casshern. In 2009, the director also wrote and directed his second film Goemon, which is a fantasy epic based on the life of Ishikawa Goemon, a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, as Goeman is an outlaw hero who steals gold and valuables and gives them to the poor.

Owen is also soon to make his directorial debut in helming the forthcoming comedy The King of the Castle written by Alessandro Tanaka and Brian Gatewood (The Sitter). According to The LA Times, Owen will also star in the new film as a philanderer who is blackmailed by a teenager.