The Kid Who Would Be King

Nostalgia gets a British reboot when a latchkey kid finds Excalibur behind the school bike shed. Alex and his reluctant crew face down Morgana’s undead horde with Merlin as bewildered life coach. The film checks every YA-quest box and doesn’t overthink it.

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Joe Cornish directed The Kid Who Would Be King in 2019. See Joe Cornish's full filmography, where to start with Joe Cornish, or where to go after you've seen everything by Joe Cornish.

The Kid Who Would Be King was released in 2019 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.