The Kid Who Would Be King

The Kid Who Would Be King

The blood of legendary kings can flow in each of us. In childhood, many boys dream of fighting, admiring medieval knights. Now everything is much more civilized, there are no wars with swords and armor. 12-year-old Alex goes to school, sometimes endures the ridicule of his classmates and has no idea what adventures await him soon. On one abandoned building, the boy found a sword stuck in a stone. Having brought it home, Alex and his friend realized that it was Excalibur - the legendary sword of King Arthur. This discovery awakened the ancient evil sorceress Morgana. The next lunar eclipse, she will enter the world of the living to destroy it. Alex, together with other knights of his age and with the wizard Merlin, must protect our world. Read more The director of the film was Joe Cornish, who previously worked in this role on the project "Strangers in the Neighborhood" (2011). The film starred: Louis Ashbourne Serkis ("Alice Through the Looking Glass" (2016), "Mary and the Witch's Flower" (2017)), Angus Imrie (TV series "Peter Kingdom Will Not Leave You"), Rebecca Ferguson ("The Greatest Showman" (2017), "Mission: Impossible: Consequences" (2018), TV series "The White Queen"). The film will be released on January 23, 2019 in cinemas in Indonesia and the Philippines.