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Apr 23, 2024 · Brian Helgeland reveals that A Knight's Tale 2 almost moved forward with a story involving Jocelyn being captured by pirates. A separate pitch involved a story similar to the first film about William's daughter training to be a knight, but Netflix passed on the idea due to algorithmic data.
- Ryan Northrup
Apr 28, 2024 · A Knight's Tale sequel idea by Bettany and Tudyk was rejected by Netflix and Sony, likely for the best in preserving the original's charm. The idea of a sequel facing hurdles due to Netflix's concerns validates why A Knight's Tale 2 should not happen to honor Ledger's memory.
- Brian Helgeland
- Senior Staff Writer
- Heath Ledger
May 11, 2021 · Popular on Variety. For the uninitiated, “A Knight’s Tale” focuses on William Thatcher, a 14th century peasant who believes one can “change their stars” — he longs to compete as a knight but is...
Aug 29, 2018 · Elizabeth I and Mary I: Directed by Edward Cotterill. With Tracy Borman, Rebecca Emmett, Rachael Stirling, Anna Whitelock. Mary was a short-lived, little-favored Catholic and Elizabeth a long-reigning, all-admired Protestant. However, Henry VIII's daughters have more in common than meets the eye.
May 15, 2021 · While it may not have been a mega-hit when it came out, 2001's A Knight's Tale has since become a beloved cult hit. To celebrate the film's 20th anniversary (yes, you really are that old), director Brian Helgeland recently spoke to Variety to offer fans some behind-the-scenes tidbits about filming.
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(2021) Thriller. Nicolas Cage delivers a subtle performance in Michael Sarnoski's debut, an intriguing tale of an off-the-grid truffle hunter who returns to the city to rescue his kidnapped pig.
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- A Superhero and Supervillain on The Same Team
- They Filmed For 4 Months Straight in A Foreign Country
- Jousting's Secret Ingredient: Pasta
- The Studio Tried to Cut The End-Credits Scene
- None of The Actors Did Their Own Stunts
- The Jousting Was Real
- Chaucer Was Written For Paul Bettany
- The Tipsy "Rehearsal"
- Bettany's Preparation
- The Fake Film Reviewer
One constant for actors is realizing they'll never be able to predict where their colleagues will end up. Who could have predicted that two of the main actors in A Knight's Tale, Heath Ledger and Paul Bettany, would land marquee roles in two separate superhero cinematic worlds? Heath Ledger, as anyone who has seen a movie before will be able to tel...
A Knight's Tale was shot all on location in Czechoslovakia, with the whole cast present and two units shooting simultaneously. The cast and crew didn't just have a long flight to get there-- the work didn't stop when they started shooting. Principal photography lasted for more than four months, and the actors described the daily schedule as intense...
Movies are always looking for ways to make action as visually impactful as possible, and sometimes that means prop designers have to get crafty. Director Brian Helgeland wanted the jousters' lances to explode all over the screen every time they broke, and so the creative team came up with a solution: linguine. The lances were made with hollow insid...
Fans of A Knight's Tale who watched all the way to the end know that after the credits roll, there's a half-minute scene with William's team (Chaucer the herald, Kate the Blacksmith, and Roland and Wat the squires) where they have a farting contest. This scene was improvised, suggested by the actors themselves, who had grown to be quite friendly. D...
Sometimes being willing to do your own stunts doesn't cut it. Heath Ledger was a hot commodity in 2001, and the studio didn't want to see him get hurt. Since A Knight's Tale was filming real jousting - the most they did for safety was padding and easily breakable lance - it was simply too dangerous for their stars to take part. None of the actors w...
The actors may not have been doing the jousting, but that doesn't mean the jousting was faked. Director Brian Helgeland and his stunt people originally thought it would be too dangerous to actually joust, so they tried to come up with ways to fake it, involving tricky camera angles and CGI, but each solution looked worse than the last. Eventually, ...
Before A Knight's Tale ever went into production, Brian Helgeland and Paul Bettany had actually tried to make a previous movie together. Titled The Sin Eater, the movie halted when Fox said the studio didn't want Bettany. Helgeland insisted, and it all fell apart. When Helgeland was given greater creative control for A Knight's Tale, Bettany was th...
Rehearsals are important, but sometimes parties are even more so. Writer-director Brian Helgeland insisted to the studio that he get his actors to the shooting location two weeks ahead of the production schedule so they could go over the script and get to know one another. They did the latter, but not the former. Instead of rehearsing, the actors r...
A Knight's Tale isn't exactly known for being the most historically accurate film, as Brian Helgeland was more interested in engaging modern audiences and creating something unique than being a historian. It still might surprise some fans to learn that Paul Bettany, who played Geoffrey Chaucer, never read any of Chaucer to prepare for the role. Ins...
This one isn't specific to just A Knight's Tale, but it's a crazy detail nonetheless. In 2001, an unnamed Sony employee started sending the higher-ups at the company quotes from a film reviewer named David Manning, from the Ridgefield Press, a real periodical in Connecticut. The problem? Manning himself wasn't real. Manning's quotes were used to pr...
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