As I noted back in October, before suffering through the disappointing Goosebumps sequel, I was surprised by one of the trailers for a film I had never even heard of. Called The Kid Who Would Be King, I learned this epic looking genre mashup was directed by none other than Attack the Block‘s Joe Cornish. It looks absolutely magnificent and has shades of horror (fire and brimstone, and demons!) within the story of a band of kids who embark on an epic quest to thwart a medieval menace.
In the film, “Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart), take on the wicked enchantress Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson). With the future at stake, Alex must become the great leader he never dreamed he could be.”
Now, Fox has released a second trailer that’s a bit spoiler heavy but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t look epic beyond belief. Also, the date is no longer March as the kid will become King on January 25th here in the States.