“They’re not identical - because then we wouldn’t be doing justice to either,” Wheeler elaborated, which makes sense considering the show’s already fluid approach to adaptation in its new vision of centuries old legend. Hilarity ensued.” Duties of the two creators ended up being divided, with Miller looking after the book, and Wheeler the show, but they worked to keep both entities distinct. “The book was three-quarters of the way done and we were setting up a writers’ room,” Wheeler said, “Frank was still doing his drawings. The series and prose versions of the story ended up being developed simultaneously, to somewhat chaotic effect. Cursed was born from rather unusual circumstances: Netflix approached Miller and Wheeler and optioned the series adaptation before the book was even finished (and at the time of filming, it hadn’t yet been released).

set of the series.Ĭo-created with showrunner Tom Wheeler, and based on their novel of the same name, the show takes both the legendary sword Excalibur and agency away from the future King Arthur and places them in the hands of Nimue, The Lady of the Lake, played by 13 Reasons Why star Katherine Langford.

“I always wanted to get into something Arthurian,” Miller admitted on the U.K. So of course his curiosity and desire to upend traditional narrative led to Cursed, Netflix’s latest fantasy series.

In comic books like Daredevil and The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller wrote subversive superhero stories that became templates for those looking to put a new spin on genre tropes.

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