Filmmaker David Lowery (A Ghost Story) is set to reunite with A24 for the fantasy epic Green Knight, a retelling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Deadline has revealed.
The tale recounts the exploits of the chivalrous and loyal Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, who – in a test of loyalty to his king – accepts the challenge of beheading the Green Knight and must wait a year and a day to receive a blow in return.
Lowery most recently directed The Old Man & the Gun starring Robert Redford; his past credits include Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Pete’s Dragon.
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The story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has twice been adapted for the screen, both times by writer-director Stephen Weeks, with 1973’s Gawain and the Green Knight and 1984’s Sword of the Valiant, the latter of which starred Sean Connery as The Green Knight.
