Timothée Chalamet Is ‘The King’ in First Image from Netflix’s Oscar Hopeful

Along with the announcement that the Netflix original film The King will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, the streaming service released the first image from the historical drama.

Timothée Chalamet stars in this adaptation of the William Shakespeare plays Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2 and Henry V, which was written by David Michod and Joel Edgerton.

Michod directs, making this the Rover filmmaker’s second Netflix movie after the Brad Pitt-fronted satire War Machine.

The King was originally in the works at Warner Bros.

before moving over to Netflix.

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