6 Jan – There's been plenty of movies focused on King Arthur but not so much on his mentor, the wizard Merlin. Disney is fixing that by giving the magical character his own movie, aptly named "The Merlin Saga", and it may have recently conjured up a director. Ridley Scott, helmer of movies such as "The Martian" and "Alien: Covenant", is said to be in talks to direct the Merlin-focused movie, Variety reports.