The Green Knight is a remake of the ancient story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. If you’re an Arthurian legends sort of geek, then you’re already buzzing. If you’re not then you might be in for a surprise about Arthurian legends!
The film stars Dev Patel (The Newsroom, Slumdog Millionaire, Prince Zuko in The Last Airbender) as Gawain, Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) as Essel, Sean Harris as the King (Mission Impossible, The Borgias) and Ralph Ineson (Chernobyl, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance) as the Green Knight.
You can describe the movie as an Arthurian horror, which isn’t genre many people are familiar with.
The film is by A24 which is an American independent business set up by Daniel Katz, David Fenkel and John Hodges.
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