Young Arthur (2002)

Unaired TV movie pilot for a TV series on the childhood of King Arthur.

Date of release
2002-05-02
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 0m
Genres
TV Movie
Director
Mikael Salomon

Casting

Interesting facts

Young Arthur is a pilot episode for a 2002 NBC TV drama about the childhood of King Arthur. The pilot was directed by Mikael Salomon and written by Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost. It was not picked up as a full series.

Background

Young Arthur was pitched at the age 12-34 demographic, modeled after two 2001 properties: the medieval comedy film A Knight's Tale and teen superhero series Smallville. A talent-agency source told Electronic Media that NBC hoped to find a lead actor akin to Heath Ledger or Tom Welling, those properties' respective leads: "They're looking for a young, heroic hunk who can be a brand to the network." They ultimately chose two 19-year-old actors, Jul…

Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost wrote the screenplay, and Sweden's Mikael Salomon directed the episode. Filming began in Prague in the Czech Republic, with an estimated budget of $2.4 million for the pilot episode, in line with typical pilot costs, but less for subsequent episodes. NBC, which was in the middle of cost-cutting, chose the overseas filming location in part to reduce labor costs.

The network declined to pick up the series for its fall 2002 season.

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