Image: Sony Pictures It’s been 23 years because Brian Helgeland provided us A Knight’s Tale– and the director’s been thinking of methods it might’ve continued since. When he settled on a concept, he obviously went to Netflix to make the pitch … just to discover that the banner’s algorithmic overlords disagreed. IMDb Changes Rating System After Little Mermaid Review-Bombed|Future Tech Paul Bettany and Alan Tudyk, who starred in the 2001 timeless together with the late Heath Ledger, provided Helgeland the pitch he would require to Netflix, the director stated in a current profession retrospective with Inverse. “The guys had a concept that [Ledger’s character] William had actually died throughout a war. William has a teenage child who desires to joust, however she’s not permitted to due to the fact that she’s a female,” Helgeland. “She locates the gang and they consent to teach her how to joust, however she needs to conceal who she is. They cut her hair brief and she consults with a deep voice, et cetera.” Helgeland brought the concept to Sony, who then chose to attempt and get the movie made with Netflix. Focus on the attempted. “My understanding is that Netflix checked this follow up concept through their algorithms, which suggested that it would not achieve success,” Helgeland continued. “A Knight’s Tale appears to get more popular with every death year; it’s the strangest thing.” As unfortunate as it is to see the concept apparently eliminated through metrics more than anything else, this isn’t the very first concept Helgeland had for a follow up that got canned. “When we completed A Knight’s Tale, we were currently thinking of making the follow up as a pirate movie. The plot focused on Count Adhemar kidnapping Jocelyn and taking her to Constantinople,” Helgeland included. “They wind up as galley servants after their boat is caught by pirates. There’s a detainee on the boat who has a treasure map tattooed on his back, however he keeps getting flogged for indiscipline. The guys volunteer to take turns getting flogged in this detainee’s location, so the map isn’t eliminated. Sony didn’t wish to do it.” Possibly one day will authorize a go back to A Knight’s Tale– algorithmically or otherwise. Desire more io9 news? Take a look at when to anticipate the current Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek launches, what’s next for the DC Universe on movie and television, and whatever you require to understand about the future of Doctor Who.
There Was Almost a Knight’s Tale Sequel– Before Netflix’s Algorithm Killed It
