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Director: David Michod

Producers:  David Michod, Joel Edgerton, Liz Watts, Dede Gardner  and Jeremy Kleiner

Script:  David  Michod and Joel Edgerton

Role:  The Dauphin

Costars:  Timothee Chalamet (Young Henry V), Joel Edgerton (Falstaff), Lily-Rose Depp (Princess Catherine), Ben Mendelsohn (Henry IV), Sean Harris (William), Tom Glynn-Carney (Hotspur), Thomasin McKenzie (Philippa), Dean-Charles Chapman (Thomas of Lancaster), Cedric Cirotteau (French Envoy)

Composer|Soundtrack:  Nicholas Britell

Cinematographer:  Adam Arkapaw (Animal Kingdom, Flesh and Bone)

Costume Design:  Jane Petrie Trivia: was a costume superviser on Bel Ami

World Premiere:  Venice Film Festival Sept 2019 – Date TBC (Out of Competition)

Production Company:  Netflix, Plan B Entertainment, Porchlight Films, Blue Tongue Films

International Sales | Distributor:  Netflix

Budget:

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International Release Dates

  • Australia – 10 October 2019 (Sydney red carpet premiere), 11 October (limited cinema release) & 1 November 2019 (Netflix)
  • US – 11 October 2019 (theatrical) and 1 November 2019 (Netflix)
  • Italy – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Germany – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Russia – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Singapore – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Japan – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • France – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Spain – Netflix – 1 November 2019
  • Canada – Netflix – 1 November 2019

Film Festivals

Distributors

  • Netflix (Worldwide)

Synopsis

From Porchlight Films (21 February 2018)

The King is an historical epic set against the varied textures of Medieval Britain in the early 1400s and based loosely on the life of Henry V, culminating in the famous English victory over French forces at the Battle of Agincourt.

Updated: (14 November 2018)
“Hal, a wayward prince, ascends the English throne upon his father’s death, and must navigate the palace snake pit, and inherited war and chaos.”

From Deadline:

After Henry V brother is killed in battle before his coronation, a young king is coronated in the late 1300s. The reluctant ruler wears the crown at a time when England was near a war with France, and the empire is teetering. He rises to the occasion, admirably.

From Joel Edgerton in 2016:

I’ve written Henry IV and Henry V as a period film, but with our own dialogue. For lack of a better word, [it’s] Game Of Thrones meets Shakespeare only in that, you can watch Game Of Thrones and understand what’s going on. I feel like, with complete deference to Shakespeare, there is something that happens when even the most intelligent people watch Shakespeare. They feel stupid, because he does the kind of roundabout version of telling you simple things. So, we just wanted to let the audience understand exactly what’s going on, and not just some people, but everybody, he explained.

From Netflix:

The King is based on Shakespeare’s Henry IV and V, focusing on a young and disgraced prince Hal (aka the future King Henry the V) who “inherits the crown and must learn what it means to be a king, guided by his one true friend, Falstaff.”

Rob’s Character (The Dauphin)

The Dauphin from Henry V, SparkNotes says:

The son of the king of France and heir to the throne (until Henry takes this privilege from him). The Dauphin is a headstrong and overconfident young man, more inclined to mock the English than to make preparations to fight them. He also mocks Henry, making frequent mention of the king’s irresponsible youth.

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  • Rob did not attend any premieres for The King
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