All I can say is that, in The Warlord Chronicles, famous characters like Arthur and Guinevere and Lancelot and Morgan le Fay and Merlin and the rest seemed more real and interesting to me than in any other version of the story.

Maybe people were hesitant to adapt The Warlord Chronicles because there’s a stigma around King Arthur stuff? I mean, I’ll be the first to admit that the 2017 King Arthur movie with Charlie Hunnam sucked big time. Hopefully, the other two books in the trilogy - Enemy of God and Excalibur, will follow. In the first book, Derfel Cadarn, a former warrior sworn to Arthur and now an elderly monk, tells the story of how Arthur became warlord of Dark Age Britain despite illegitimacy to the throne. Led by the producing team behind The Night Of and His Dark Materials, the scripted drama will adapt Bernard Cornwell’s trilogy of Arthurian novels, The Warlord Chronicles. The Winter King will take on the mythic saga of King Arthur. The show will take its name from the first book in Cornwell’s trilogy, The Winter King. Well, I’m happy to report that a Warlord Chronicles series is finally happening on Epix, according to TV Line.

As more and more of those series were announced, I wondered why nobody was snapping up The Warlord Chronicles, which seemed perfect for that job, especially considering that Netflix’s The Last Kingdom- which is based on Cornwell’s Saxon Stories novels - was doing so well. In this post- Game of Thrones world, everyone is trying to make a big epic show that can take viewers on a ride. The story was grounded but sweeping, there were lots of fascinating characters, and the whole thing was dense with history and myth.

Not yet, but we will pop it here as soon as it is released.Back when I was in middle school, I stumbled across The Warlord Chronicles trilogy, a retelling of the King Arthur legend by author Bernard Cornwell.

Aneirin Hughes ( Keeping Faith) is Gorfydd, the leader of Powys, Emily John ( My Policeman) is Powys’ princess Ceinwyn, Ken Nwosu ( Killing Eve, The Letter for the King) is Arthur’s comrade in arms Sagramor, and Billy Postlethwaite ( Chernobyl) is warrior king Cadwys. (Image credit: Getty)ĭaniel Ings ( The Gold, I Hate Suzie, The Crown) co-stars as Arthur’s friend Owain, while Valene Kane ( The Fall, Gangs of London) is Arthur’s pagan half-sister Morgan, Simon Merrells ( Good Omens, Knightfall) is ruthless Gundleus, the king of Siluria and Tatjana Nardone ( Devils, State of Consciousness) is Gundleus’ lover Ladwys.Īlso look out for Jordan Alexandra ( Mammals) as Guinevere, the shrewd Princess of Henis Wyren, alongside Steven Elder ( The King, A Spy Among Friends) as Bedwin, the caring Bishop of Dumnonia and Andrew Gower ( Outlander, Carnival Row) as Sansum, his novice. Nathaniel Martello-White plays mysterious Merlin in The Winter King.

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