Go On A Journey In New Featurette For A24’s THE GREEN KNIGHT

The much anticipated film THE GREEN KNIGHT is debuting in theaters on July 30.

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger.

From visionary filmmaker David Lowery comes a fresh and bold spin on a classic tale from the knights of the round table.

Starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sarita Choudhury, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie, Barry Keoghan and Ralph Ineson, watch the new featurette and listen as Ineson, who plays the titular and imposing Green Knight, gives a guided visual tour of The Green Knight’s story.

Filmmaker David Lowery read the poem his freshman year in college in an English class devoted to epic poems in the Western canon; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight was the last text on the syllabus, after months of The Iliad and The Odyssey. “The story had an impact on me,” says Lowery. “I loved the idea of a young man engaging in such a ridiculous wager—the notion that someone would commit to a game in which the price of winning was losing one’s life.”

The idea floated through the filmmaker’s head over the course of two decades as his career in movies took shape, beginning with his debut feature Ain’t Them Bodies Saints in 2013, followed by his Pete’s Dragon remake for Disney (2016), and the beguiling and hypnotic A Ghost Story (2016).

In March 2018, during a break in writing another Disney film, Lowery started thinking anew about medieval adventures. Having recently unearthed some Willow action figures from his youth—mementos from the 1988 Ron Howard classic— the writer-director began envisioning his own epic fantasy adventure story. “I thought of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight again, and almost arbitrarily decided to adapt it,” says Lowery. “I started re-reading the poem and adapting it simultaneously, and three weeks later the script was done.”

Did you know that the original, 2,500-word alliterative poem, composed in the British Isles in the 14th century by an unknown author, has enchanted readers, scholars, and artists for decades with its strange and surreal tale of chivalry, magic, temptation, transformation, and self-discovery. Written in verse packed with symbolism, allegory, and mystery, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a fascinating and layered work that can be viewed through a range of lenses and perspectives. Part of a cycle of stories centering on King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, the poem stands out in the Arthurian legends as a deeply ambiguous and morally rich coming-of-age tale, filled with enchanting and intricate detail.

The score is from composer Daniel Hart. Hart has scored all of David Lowery’s films to date, including Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2012), A Ghost Story (2017), Old Man & the Gun (2018), and the upcoming The Green Knight. The two feel that they share a similar aesthetic vision for storytelling. All his scores are filled with so much emotion and I am looking forward to his score and the long awaited film.

Listen to Hart’s music on Spotify, especially the amazing score to A Ghost Story HERE.