Production notes

In the mid-1970s, before the beginning of the filming of The Duellists, Ridley Scott pitched the idea of a film adaptation of the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Iseult, and he planned to release it as his second film. The project never materialized at the time and Scott pitched the idea of Legend during the filming of The Duellists as a replacement for this project before later signing on as director of Alien after seeing Star Wars. The film was finally released in 2006 with Kevin Reynolds as the director and with Scott as the producer.