'CURSED' TRAILER
AND A JULY STREAMING DATE!
Just when we almost thought the summer was over even before it actually started,
Netflix has announced today July 17th as the streaming date for their
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| Cursed starts July 17th at Netflix |
new epic series
CURSED, a ten episode drama based on Arthurian legends which it obviously (and rather shamelessly) plays with by changing history and legends the way it suits them.
Katherine Langford leads the cast as the young sorceress Nimue who encounters a young King Arthur (
Devon Terrell) on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.
Cursed Series
based on
Frank Miller and
Tom Wheeler's comic book, is a
re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a
young woman with a mysterious gift
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| Katherine Langford takes the lead role of Lady of the Lake Nimue |
who is destined to become the
powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother's death, she
finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a humble
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| Devon Terrell plays King Arthur, or a reimagination of the legendary king |
mercenary, in a quest to
find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her
journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion
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| Matt Stokoe is the brave Sir Gawain |
against the
terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a
coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the
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| Gustaf Skarsgard is some weird new Merlin |
obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and
finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible.
Who Else Is Cursed?
The cast of the series, which was shot last year before September and has thus escaped the predicaments of corona outbreak, also includes
Gustaf
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| Daniel Sharman is The Weeping Monk in the series |
Skarsgard as Merlin,
Matt Stokoe as Sir Gawain,
Bella Dayne as Viking captain Red Spear,
Daniel Sharman as the Weeping Monk, with
Petter
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| The series will air in ten hourlong episodes |
Mulan, Billy Jenkins, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Sebastian Armesto, Ella Prebble, Scarlett Rock and Daniella Gad also in the lineup.This is the third epic series at Netflix this year after Witcher and
A Letter for the King.
Changing the story to suit how it fits them best seems to be the theme these days. Again, they need to write their own damn stories instead of putting their "creative spin" on the original.
ReplyDeleteIt is very rude and offensive, today's kids will get all the stories and legends totally wrong. As if being manipulated by the media isn't enough.
DeleteI will most likely stay away from this one. That actress has a similarity to a young Kiera Knightley!
ReplyDeleteKeira can only dream of looking like Katherine LOL Katherine is much less annoying.
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