Cursed , Frank Miller and Thomas Wheeler ’s fresh leger about the legend of King Arthur from the Lady of the Lake ’s position , wo n’t be out until gloam 2019 — but an adaptation is already on its room to Netflix .
Though the book itself wasjust announce last week , Deadline report the streaming table service has given the attribute a 10 - episode order of magnitude . Miller and Wheeler will illustrate and write the novel simultaneously while working on the show , which will allow them to “ explore the part from the book in more item on screen . ” ( Which does n’t make a heap of sentience , since books are almost always more in deepness than their adaptations … but that ’s what Deadline says . )
As we reported last hebdomad , Cursed observe Nimue , the teenage daughter who wields the fabled sword Excalibur before Arthur and finally becomes the Lady of the Lake , a persona who has a major encroachment on the history of Arthurian legend . So basically it ’s a prequel that ’s also a side story to the classic tarradiddle from a young , female view .
“ I have always been entranced by the mythological Arthur story — and by Nimue , in particular , ” Miller said last week . “ It can be render in any number of ways — from a delicious nestling ’s story , as in The Sword in the Stone , to a terrifying interpretation like Excalibur . ”
No release particular date has been announced , but since Cursed the Word of God wo n’t be out until late 2019 , do n’t ask the show till at least then either .
[ Deadline ]
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