THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Louis Ashbourne Serkis (Alice Through The Looking Glass), Tom Taylor (The Dark Tower), Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible – Fallout), Angus Imrie (Wah-Wah), Patrick Stewart (Logan), Dean Chaumoo (film debut), Rhianna Doris (film debut), Denise Gough (Colette), Genevieve O’Reilly (The Young Victoria)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Joe Cornish (Attack The Block), director, writer; Tim Bevan (Baby Driver), Eric Fellner (Atonement) and Nira Park (Hot Fuzz), producers; Electric Wave Bureau (Broken), composers; Bill Pope (The World’s End), cinematographer; Jonathan Amos (Paddington 2) and Paul Machliss (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Alex (Serkis) is a young boy who is picked on at school and doesn’t seem to have anything special about him. One day, however, he unexpectedly comes across King Arthur’s famous sword Excalibur, and upon pulling it he discovers that he is destined to form a new round table of knights to prepare for a new battle against the evil Morgana (Ferguson), with the help of legendary wizard Merlin (Stewart) who has disguised himself as a young man (Imrie)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The legend of King Arthur is brought to modern day with a kid-centric twist from writer-director Joe Cornish, whose last film was the 2011 cult sci-fi flick Attack The Block.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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