Summer 2020 has shaped up to be very different from the usual: cancelled events, socially distanced family visits, and many of us not feeling comfortable being around crowds. Thankfully, even in this anti social climate, there’s one thing we can all count on: Netflix. The streaming giant has delivered many a literary adaptation in the past (The Witcher, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before & The Haunting of Hill House to name a few) and now they’re jumping into the ever popular world of young adult fantasy with Cursed.
Updated Friday July 17th: Netflix has released a virtual experience website for Cursed which can be found here: Discover Cursed Virtual Experience. To get the full interactive experience, it is best to visit the website on a mobile device.
Cursed Summary
Based on the novel of the same name written by Thomas Wheeler and illustrated by the legendary Frank Miller, Cursed flips the legend of King Arthur on its head. This take follows Nimue, originally the enchantress who brings the famed sword Excalibur to Arthur. This time, the young sorceress herself takes center stage, tasked with delivering the sword to Merlin. After her village is slaughtered, she teams up with Arthur himself, a mercenary who agrees to help her. However, she’s about to discover that there is much more to her destiny than delivering the sword.
The small screen adaptation stars Katherine Langford in the title role (of 13 Reasons Why fame – another book adaptation), Gustaf Skarsgård (Vikings) as Merlin, and Devon Terrell (Barry) as Arthur. The trailer has revealed sweeping visuals and high quality visual effects that showcase how Netflix is really stepping up their production budget.
Cursed Virtual Experience
Netflix has released a virtual experience website for the launch of the Cursed TV show. Visiting the Discover Cursed website on a mobile device will give you the best experience as you will be able to interact with the website. You will have to enable the use of the camera as well as orientation settings to be able to get the full experience.
You will get a taste of the decision which need to be made by the characters who have the magic powers. For example if you will use them to grow or destroy and with which power you would want to start. Depending on your selection, you will get a different filter to experience with your own face as well as a different power through a VR interaction with your surrounding environment.
The virtual experience website also has some more information about the show and a description of each of the characters. You will also be able to watch more videos about the show in the videos section of the website as well as watch the cast have a discussion about the show revealing fun facts, mysteries and secrets about the filming of the show and the King Arthur story.
Cursed Trailer
Check out the trailer below to decide if you’ll be checking out the new fantasy epic this weekend:
Happy streaming!
