Oscar Breakout Timothée Chalamet To Play Henry V In Netflix’s ‘The King’
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2018 2:00 pm EST
Chalamet will play King Henry V in the Netflix feature film The King, according to The Wrap.
A historical drama following a young Henry V as he reluctantly ascends to the throne after the death of his brother in battle, The King will be directed by War Machine’s David Michod and written by Joel Edgerton and Michod. When Henry is crowned king in the early 1400s, England is on the brink of war with France and the British Empire is threatening to collapse. But as history proves, Henry V nobly rises to the occasion.
Henry V has been the subject of many film and stage plays, most notably William Shakespeare’s Henry V. He was most recently played by Tom Hiddleston in the BBC’s The Hollow Crown series of TV films including: Henry IV – Part 1, Henry IV – Part 2, and Henry V.
Plan B’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner will produce The King. Michod, Edgerton and Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom) are also producers.
Production on The King is scheduled to begin in June.
