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OUTLAW KING: Chris Pine Rules With Rebellious Might In The Official Trailer

Hell Or High Water helmer David McKenzie is poised to charm audiences in Toronto next month for TIFF’s opening night. No mistake here that it’s one of two forthcoming titles that are centered the same historical protagonist though the newsworthiness over Netflix release, Outlaw King, is certainly of note. The film hit a snag over distro issues this summer between the streaming service and Cannes overstreaming windows. As a result, the film was pulled from considerstion and thus, Outlaw King now has the next best thing and an inaugural gala presentation at TIFF will certainly prove monumental ahead of its November 9 release in select theaters and on Netflix. The untold, true story of Robert The Bruce who transformed from defeated nobleman, to reluctant King, to outlaw hero over the course of an extraordinary year. Forced into battle in order to save his family, his people and his country from the […]

David McKenzie’s OUTLAW KING Casts Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Lee B. Golden III

Actor and director, Chris Pine and David McKenzie of Hell Or High Water fame are reuniting for the new period war epic, Outlaw King, as part of a slate of upcoming Netflix titles as of earlier this year. As of Thursday, the two will be joined by actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson (The Wall) who will play James Douglas to Pine’s Robert The Bruce in service of William Wallace, the 13th century knight and Commander who led the Scottish to independence against the English. per Mike Fleming Jr.’s report at Deadline: Douglas is a storied figure in Scottish history, and from what I’m reading, it’s hard to imagine Robert the Bruce would have succeeded in beating back England King Edward I’s armies if he didn’t have Douglas as his right-hand man. The son of the first noble to support William Wallace when the figure memorialized in Braveheartfomented the first movement toward independence from […]