A First Look at the Lady of the Lake on Her Own Epic Adventure in Netflix’sCursed

BeforeKing Arthurwould come pillaging her lake for fancy dough drop , Nimue the Enchantress had herown epic sagato deal with — and Netflix has just partake in our first look at its take on Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller ’s fantasy bestseller that puts her in themythological limelight .

Netflixsnapped up the rightsto Wheeler ’s Miller - illustrate fantasy novel Cursed even before it hit shelf lately last yr , and now it ’s quick to give us a look at an Arthurian epic poem where Arthur himself is just a supporting role player . Cursed instead follows Nimue , the magic young woman destined to become the legendary Lady of the Lake and shielder of the legendary brand Excalibur . Except this sentence around , the quest to wield the legendary sword and find the wizard Merlin fall upon her shoulders , rather than Arthur ’s . Here , Arthur is a soldier of fortune tasked with helping Nimue after her female parent ’s death sets the young woman on a quest to save her realm from the corrupt King Uther and his Red Paladins .

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She’s a lady. In a lake. You see what they did there.

She’s a lady. In a lake. You see what they did there.Image: Netflix

In Netflix ’s 10 - part series , also showrun by Wheeler ( The Cape , Dora and the Lost City of Gold ) , Katherine Langford will take on Nimue , with Devon Terrell and Gustaf Skarsgård ( Vikings ) link up her in the principal mold as Arthur and Merlin , respectively . And … turns out it just expect like a heap of Arthurian phantasy , except this time a female submarine sandwich is at the sum of it ! That ’s nice , although not entirelyan original idea , either . Here ’s a first tone gallery :

What Cursed will do to set itself apart from the belt of blade and necromancy sagas we have in this post - Game of Thrones world — even on the streamer itself , ride off the back of recent grownup and family - focused illusion appearance likeThe WitcherandThe Letter for the King — beyond its rivet on a distaff protagonist remains to be see .

But if you ’re face for more witching , questing , and shiny swords , you ’ll be sorted when Cursed hits Netflix sometime this summer .