Fantasy films are often associated with sprawling battles, and with enormous armies of orcs, goblins and elves battling against world-ending threats. But not all of them need to be. In 2021, David Lowery took a much stranger approach withhis take on fantasy. He decided to adapt a… medieval poem, and took King Arthur into a realm of, well, extreme weirdness.
Five years later, The Green Knight is getting another chance to find an audience on streaming. The acclaimed fantasy movie has officially landed on Hulu so plenty more eyes can get on this very odd movie and feast upon its weirdness. An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, The Green Knight tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with ghosts, giants, thieves, and schemers in what becomes a deeper journey to define his character and prove his worth in the eyes of his family and kingdom by facing the ultimate challenger.
The cast is led by Patel (Lion) as Gawain, alongside Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) as Essel and the Lady, Joel Edgerton (The Gift) as the Lord, Sarita Choudhury (And Just Like That…) as Gawain’s mother, Sean Harris (Mission: Impossible – Fallout) as King Arthur, Kate Dickie (Game of Thrones) as Queen Guinevere, Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) as the Scavenger, and Ralph Ineson (The Witch) as the Green Knight.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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‘The Green Knight’ Became One of A24’s Most Acclaimed Fantasy Movies
The movie now holds a “Certified Fresh” 88% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “The Green Knight honors and deconstructs its source material in equal measure, producing an absorbing adventure that casts a fantastical spell.” Lowery’s most recent film was the psychological drama Mother Mary, which grossed $3 million against a reported budget of $20 million. The film starred Anne Hathaway and Micaela Coel in the lead roles. Patel, on the other hand, most recently was involved in the psychological horror film Rabbit Trap, which underperformed at the box office and received mediocre reviews.
The Green Knight is now streaming on Hulu, and is also FREE on Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, YouTube Free, Plex and Xumo Play.
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Release Date
July 29, 2021
Runtime
130 minutes
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Director
David Lowery
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Writers
David Lowery
Producers
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David Lowery, James M. Johnston, Theresa Page, Tim Headington, Toby Halbrooks, Edmund Sampson
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