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The first trailer for Joe “Attack the Block” Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King is finally here!

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Can somebody please make sure Joe Cornish doesn’t break any more mirrors? I mean, that’s the only thing I can assume happened back in 2011 after the British writer/director unleashed the awesomeness of Attack the Block onto the world, and then experienced 7 years of bad luck in getting another feature film out. Sure he co-wrote Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin with Edgar Wright, but the duo also toiled away on Marvel’s Ant-Man for years before famously splitting with the comic book movie studio before their version of the movie could be made. Cornish was then attached to several other projects, but every single one of them fell apart. But now, finally, we have a new Joe Cornish movie.

The Kid Who Would Be King is certainly a far smaller profile production than any of the other titles Cornish had been attached to unsuccessfully, but maybe that’s a good thing. This little family-oriented fantasy adventure movie may be a far cry from the underground sci-fi badassness of Attack the Block, but if it’s what gets Cornish back in the saddle, then I’m all for it.

It, in this case, essentially being a modern-day take on the Arthurian legend as a young British kid seemingly stumbles across and manages to pull the mythical sword Excalibur from a stone, prompting a series of crazy adventures including kids in school training to be knights. A first trailer for the flick dropped last night and it looks like light, perfectly enjoyable family fare, if nothing too special. There are some snippets in the trailer though of the type of inspired art direction and creature design that first marked Cornish as a hot emerging talent all those years ago. So maybe this is another surprise just like Attack the Block was? Check out the trailer below and judge for yourself.

Although you can barely glimpse them in this trailer, Cornish has actually got a pair of big-name talents to act alongside the mostly young, newcomer British cast. Sir Patrick Stewart is actually playing the older version of Merlin, while Rebecca Ferguson will star as the evil sorceress Morgana. The Kid Who Would Be King is scheduled for release on 25 January 2019.

Last Updated: October 18, 2018

19 Comments

  1. “Evil gets schooled” so it’s comedy/satire?

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  2. Original Heretic

    October 18, 2018 at 10:46

    I’m going to watch the living shit out of this movie.

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    • Pariah

      October 18, 2018 at 11:01

      Imagine your surprise if the movie’s dead by the time you watch it. :smugface:

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      • Original Heretic

        October 18, 2018 at 11:06

        Why is your smug face on after such a lame joke?

        No, c’mon, you’re better than that. I know it, I’ve seen it.

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        • Pariah

          October 18, 2018 at 11:11

          I’m not smug about the lame joke – that was low-hanging fruit. I’m smug in anticipation for disappointment that I won’t share. It was a mean smug.

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          • Original Heretic

            October 18, 2018 at 11:13

            A mean smug on yer mug? For me?
            Awww, you shouldn’t have.
            No really, you shouldn’t have.
            Meh, I’m too bored to care.

          • Pariah

            October 18, 2018 at 11:14

            Oh so you’re watching the movie right now then? Cool, let me know how it goes. :smugface:

          • Original Heretic

            October 18, 2018 at 11:16

            *sigh* I wish. Even a boring movie right now would be better than being forced to sit at a desk, doing next to nothing, until next week Friday.
            Thank Crom for online comics.

          • Guz

            October 18, 2018 at 12:00

            Find your self a nice novel(epub/mobi) or two that you’ve been meaning to read and just do that for a week,XD Its what i do on the slow days at work

          • Pariah

            October 18, 2018 at 11:18

            Yeah I sort of have work to do, but it’s like an hour’s worth and I have the entire day to do it. So I’m really in the same boat. Hence the low hanging fruit and all.

          • Original Heretic

            October 18, 2018 at 11:21

            Does your fruit hang low? Does it wobble to fro?

            At least with the comics I’m reading, I’m catching up on stuff I never quite managed to get round to.
            The Invisibles by Grant Morrison is fucking weird, but fucking brilliant.
            It inspired a story idea that I started on. Sent it to my writing partner and he’s already excited about it.

          • Guz

            October 18, 2018 at 12:00

            Find your self a nice novel(epub/mobi) or two that you’ve been meaning to read and just do that for a week,XD Its what i do on the slow days at work

          • Original Heretic

            October 18, 2018 at 13:01

            That’s what I’ve been doing with the comics!
            When it comes to books, I need a nice quiet place to read. Books require my full attention.

  3. Pariah

    October 18, 2018 at 11:00

    It’s like Harry Potter and King Aurthur had a love-child. I’m actually going to give this one a skip. O_o

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    • Dr Webster

      October 18, 2018 at 12:51

      Do you think it could have been improved on?

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  4. Alien Emperor Trevor

    October 18, 2018 at 12:17

    • Dr Webster

      October 18, 2018 at 12:51

      Why could you not make it through the trailer?

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    • Guz

      October 18, 2018 at 12:56

      was a bit cringe 😛

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  5. Kapitan Balalaika

    October 18, 2018 at 14:22

    “Evil gets schooled” so it’s comedy/satire?

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