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‘A Knight’s Tale’ Director Reveals Axed Sequel Ideas and Says ‘Netflix Tested’ One ‘Idea Through Their Algorithms, Which Indicated It Would Not Be Successful’
"A Knight's Tale" director Brian Helgeland says he tried to make a sequel but the Netflix algorithm convinced the studio not to greenlight it.
“A Knight’s Tale” director Brian Helgeland revealed in a career retrospective interview with Inverse that his efforts to make a sequel to his 2001 medieval action-comedy classic were apparently thwarted by the Netflix algorithm. “The plot revolved around Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell) kidnapping Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon) and taking her to Constantinople. The original movie opened at a time when Ledger’s star power was ascending in Hollywood following his breakthrough role in “10 Things I Hate About You” two years earlier.
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