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Īs of August 2, 2020, the first season of Cursed has been received generally positively by critics, with a fresh rating of 70% on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes with 46 critic reviews. On March 4, 2019, Devon Terrell, Gustaf Skarsgård, Peter Mullan, Lily Newmark, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Daniel Sharman, Sebastian Armesto, Emily Coates, Catherine Walker, Billy Jenkins were cast in starring roles.On September 12, 2018, Katherine Langford was cast in the starring role.On March 28, 2018, Cursed was ordered to series.

Zetna Fuentes (director/executive producer).

Frank Miller (creator/executive producer).

Tom Wheeler (creator/showrunner/executive producer/writer).

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Rugen the Leper King.

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Cumber the Ice King.

See individual episode listings for specific appearances and more cast. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther." Netflix has described the series as a "coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the obliteration of the natural world, religious terror, senseless war, and finding the courage to lead in the face of the impossible".Ĭast listed are those who were announced as appearing in the series before its premiere. After her mother’s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Ĭursed is described as "a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. On July 9, 2021, it was announced that the series had been canceled after a single season. The Cursed novel by Wheeler and Miller was released on October 1, 2019, with the series having premiered on Netflix on July 17, 2020.

In fact, Wheeler hinted that several characters in Cursed will grow to be the legendary Arthurian characters, but are unidentifiable early on. Billing Cursed as a sort of Arthurian prequel, Wheeler, Miller, and Fuentes explain that their story follows epic heroes before they become eventual legends. Wheeler and Miller were both fascinated by Arthurian legends as children. Wheeler explained that occasionally he would like something that director Zetna Fuentes did on the show and add it to the novel.

Wheeler and Miller co-created the series and strongly influenced the content and vice-versa. As a result, the show and novel began to develop simultaneously. By the time they had decided to write a novel, Netflix was contacting them. Initially, Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler developed the basic story of Nimue without knowing what format it would take.

Cursed is an American fantasy drama web television series on Netflix, based on the illustrated YA book of the same name by Frank Miller and Tom Wheeler.