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Kingmaking

“I WANTED TO include the most famous aspects of Arthurian legend,” says Joe Cornish, writer-director of the sadly under-seen but excellent children’s caper, . An update of the story of King Arthur, which sees a 12-year-old (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) unwittingly plunge into a world of witchcraft and warriors when he plucks Excalibur from its unlikely resting place, Cornish had been nurturing the story of his second film for decades. Which gave him plenty of time to layer the film with references and

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