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The King: teaser

Netflix has dropped a massive teaser for the new film directed by David Michôd.

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Netflix has dropped a massive teaser for The King a new film directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover).

This is an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad plays (Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V) and stars Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp with Robert Pattinson and Ben Mendelsohn

The script is written by David Michôd and Joel Edgerton.

It is tipped for early November.

If that’s the teaser, can’t wait for the trailer…

Hal, wayward prince and reluctant heir to the English throne, has turned his back on royal life and is living among the people. But when his tyrannical father dies, Hal is crowned King Henry V and is forced to embrace the life he had previously tried to escape. Now the young king must navigate the palace politics, chaos and war his father left behind, and the emotional strings of his past life — including his relationship with his closest friend and mentor, the ageing alcoholic knight, John Falstaff.

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  1. As an update it seems The King will be cinema released in Europe and America one month before it is shown on Netflix, these big screen debuts (which also includes The Irishman) indicate a change of policy by Netflix and a concession to those Hollywood movie critics wanting to preserve traditional cinema first release of major movies, though not with a 90 days delay, as demanded. Of course this change of business strategy will also help Netflix’s desire for Academy Award status.

  4. This new Netflix production looks potentially wasted on TV screens less than 65″ in size. Considering anything Medieval can be an endurance for some viewers the choice of actors experienced in malevolent roles like Edgerton and Mendelsohn should keep the dramatic interest level up. The King will certainly keep critics buzzing about Netflix budgets again, you would have to think that The King will eventually be released on DVD.

    1. You speak of movies like these being wasted on small TVs, yet speak of DVDs, with their very low resolution (being 5x lower than that of Blu-ray discs), and in all likelihood, The King may be available for viewing in Ultra HD via Netflix as well (which is 20x higher resolution than DVD!). DVDs should have been long superseded by Blu-ray discs, which still remains a niche format (and the cost of discs, while relatively cheap, aren’t coming down fast enough due to the fact that DVDs are *still* produced at overwhelmingly higher quantities).

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