Netflix has gone and revealed the teaser trailer for the upcoming series A Letter For The King, and we’re getting all the Game of Thrones vibes.
After turning to The Witcher to fill that Westeros shaped hole, it seems the network is pleasing subscribers no end with another fantasy epic starring Gijs Blom, and His Dark Materials actor, Amir Wilson.
Introducing the plot, with a narration very much like that heard at the start of Lord of the Rings, fans are thrown into a fierce war waged on the southern kingdom of Eviellan, by the north’s Unauwen and Dagonaut.
‘For thousands of years, Eviellan has resisted. Until now,’ the voice whisperers as fans get a first look at the villain of the show, Prince Viridian.
Riding through his people, the voiceover continues: ‘A prince’s appetite for power is so great the whole world trembles as he plans where to turn next, the last hope, an ancient prophecy that tells of a hero who will rise to defeat the coming darkness.’
He then pulls off his helmet at the top of the cliff, to reveal Gijs behind the armor, who shouts at his men below.
And when it couldn’t get any more exciting, we’re left with the cliffhanger of who will take down the prince.
‘But of that hero,’ the voice says: ‘There is still no sign.’
Amir Wilson, who will play the knight-in-training Tiuri, is seen sitting up in bed after waking up from a nightmare – and it seems he’s the chosen one
The new series is based on Tonke Dragt’s 1962 Duthch novel, with Andy Serkis (who played Gollum in the Lord of the Rings franchise) taking the helm alongside his daughter Ruby.
In the plot, the pair will play a father and daughter duo with Andy teasing that it has been an ‘interesting dynamic.’
Talking to Entertainment Weekly, he said: ‘We’re playing versions of ourselves but we’re not ourselves.
‘Where do we cross over as human beings? Where do we crossover as father and daughter?’
He added: ‘Obviously these characters are very different, but we’re using a shorthand that we know with each other.’
The Letter for the King debuts 20 March on Netflix.
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