Introduction to The Pendragon Cycle & How It Will be Better than its Recent Predecessors

[@zionfortuna]

There's probably some kind of curse when it comes to Arturiana, as there's probably no other collection of material that has been adapted so many times, yet still has no movie or TV series that its fans can form a consensus on being "the good one".

[@FeyFire]

THIS 👏

[@KramericaIndustries-jd9cy]

Excalibur is the only good one.

[@zionfortuna]

@@KramericaIndustries-jd9cy I like Boorman's Excalibur as well, but that one is not a consensus among most Arthuriana fans imo.

[@BeeDub57]

"The good one" is Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@zionfortuna]

@@helsby1797I don't think your argument works to be honest, because when it comes to written medias like novels, despite the multiple approaches to the mythos we still have a lot of versions that are acclaimed by the general arthurian public, like Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles; yet, when we go to films and tv series the scenario is much different, one will say Boorman's Excalibur is good another will say it is too long and dull, other might say the Merlin 2008 series is good, but another will say it is cheesy and repetitive...there is simply no serious version that managed to not be devisive.

[@leeblaylock8737]

Thank you. Lawhead did all of the heavy lifting. Our job was to adapt him faithfully. If you loved the books then you are going to be pleased with the series.

[@FeyFire]

Very much looking forward to it! Thank you for taking the time to watch this video! 💫

[@truthneverdies4299]

I cannot wait! This 53 year old man almost shrieked like a little girl with excitement when I found out about the Pendragon cycle being made into a series, I only dreamed about this happening for what seemed like ages. Lawhead's Version of the Arthur story is my all time favorite and has ruined all others for me, because they can't even come close to how great it is.

[@thegregoriangardener0325]

I really enjoyed Lawhead's adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, but that's the only Lawhead books I have read thus far. I love the King Arthur legend but I have been disappointed with the film adaptations I have seen thus far. However, I am excited for this show and I am encouraged by Boreing's enthusiasm as a fan of King Arthur and of Lawhead. I know that he will do everything in his power to make sure that this is the best show it can be, much like Peter Jackson and The Lord of the Rings. Those movies aren't perfect, but you can see how much Jackson loved those books. Similarly, I don't expect DW's Pendragon Series to be perfect, but I know they will give it their best effort.

[@GiasJulii]

@@thegregoriangardener0325 Lets hope he doesn't have the little people fetish like Jackson did with the elves.

[@ninjagamer1359]

I had never heard of the books before, but everything I have seen and read about this series REALLY interests me. Do you happen to know if any historical advisors were hired for the production?

[@JackSmith-ns1uq]

I love that the thought process for what the DW is doing isn’t “let’s indoctrinate kids with OUR way of thinking” but rather “lets just stick to the source material and make it as good as we can.”

[@Seaby41]

It's just so obvious. Someone else has done the hard part and given you this amazing story. Now you take that and try and recreate that on a Screen. That isn't that easy of course but so much of the dirty work has been done. Proven appeal to an audience and an audience ready to go. Then someone like me who isn't going to read the books but am how excited about the series. (i'd heard about it for a while but I only just discovered it was about Arthur ) The regular production companies see it as an excellent way to promote their "message" which is antithesis to the message that made it popular in the first place. That's What the Devil does they tell me , takes something beautiful and distorts it a little. Corrupts it just a little and soon enough it is all rotting..... The Devil and Marxism

[@JackSmith-ns1uq]

@@Seaby41 Yes that is accurate - thats where the whole “mark of the beast” comes from in Revelation from the Bible. God marks his people and the devil cant create anything new so he just twists it to make it his own. It is a lot like the film industry ironically (or not?)

[@Seaby41]

@@JackSmith-ns1uq No Irony, I don't think. Accuracy perhaps? Whatever people may think about the Bible, the more I understand the world the more I have begun to see the Bible as an accurate representation of reality.

[@sterlingdennett]

That's what made the LOTR movies great!

[@theloneranger8725]

@@sterlingdennett Absolutely. And wokeness is what has destroyed Amazon's Power of the Ring series. It's a shame these large conglomerates producing all the woke content don't discover that until they are almost bankrupt. They just don't understand that ideology doesn't sustain companies; regular and fervid customers do.

[@joebryant2349]

We are in DIRE need of a decent Arthurian show/movie!! Hope this is it!!

[@emilyantiqua]

I haven’t read the books but I’m really looking forward to watching this series next year.

[@FeyFire]

Thank you for watching. You've still got time to read them! 💫

[@ab5olut3zero95]

I’d never heard of the books until DW made their announcement, now I’m thoroughly enjoying them.

[@UTU]

It sure looks promising, I was worried but after watching all 3 filming diaries they released it looks good.

[@GiasJulii]

I don't have the daily wire, but I will get a subscription for this. Probably my favorite Arthurian adaptation, I just hope they do the bull dancing justice it's such an intricate part of Charis storyline and character development.

[@FeyFire]

I whole-heartedly agree 🐂 thanks for watching!

[@Frankiigii]

I've been wanting to see bull dancing since I read The King Must Die!

[@theloneranger8725]

Oh, I've seen plenty of bull dancing already. Wait. Never mind. That was in congress. Lots of bull coming out of that lot.

[@person6768]

So I don't know if you've seen but they shared a video of them making it and the have people actually jumping bulls. I think you're going to like it.

[@GiasJulii]

@@person6768 no I’ll have to check that out thanks

[@KristynLorraine]

I *love* Lawhead's books and I am very hopeful about DW's adaptation. Jeremy Boering was slightly obsessed with the books in his younger years, to which I can relate 😂 My kids are Arthurian nuts and found the BBC Merlin series to be *so fun* so I am excited to get them into Lawhead's epic stories.

[@rpgadventurer32]

I personally can't wait for the show, the production values look very high from all production videos that came out so far. Also, they've just released a new production video that you'll love watching, especially since they've shown scenes with a certain prominent character that is a favorite of yours. I agree with almost all of your comments here but just 2 corrections - Bret Cooper isn't just a "conservative commentator" she's also an actual actress - she has acting experience, which allowed them to cast her in this show and as "Snow White". Also, it would be incorrect to say that Roman Britain "would have had some racial diversity" - the amount we're referring to would have been miniscule(less than 0.1%), mainly through slavery, army and trade coming from the Roman occupation itself. As you mentioned yourself, the other current versions of the Arthurian tales are not having great successes in recent years and Imo, it's simply due to the fact that none of them have been respecting the source material nor have been authentic. You would expect major production companies to create good fantasy shows and good adaptations but that hasn't been the case in the past few years with a few exceptions. It seems that the DW's adaptation of "The Pendragon Cycle" will break this trend.

[@theloneranger8725]

It is indeed very difficult to "respect the source material and be authentic" when your main goal of the production is to insert as much wokeness and identity politics into the story line as can possibly be done. My favorite fantasy book series is The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. For years we rabid fans of that series hoped a studio would bring it to life on either the big screen or the small one. When Amazon finally did so, they totally made a mess of it by deviating massively from the source material. That's why I am looking forward so much to this DW project.

[@christinacrites3828]

I had never even heard of this book series until the Snow White sneak peek dropped and I went to look up Daily Wire’s streaming, where I saw this listed. This sealed it for me. I love the look of it, the fact that they seem to be taking accuracy seriously (I’m big on British history) and most importantly, that there doesn’t seem to be an agenda…just good story telling. So I’ve ordered the books and I’ll definitely be subscribing to DW to see the show. (No, I’m not paid by DW, I just really wanna see it as there is literally nothing on tv that I even like anymore)

[@chandragray8186]

I love the fact they are going for period accurate looks. It’s so cool to see those long moustaches in real like and not just in paintings and drawings.

[@FeyFire]

Agree!

[@aldan7812]

Yeah im looking forward to this now ngl, i loved these books when i read them, seems DW is going to actually adapt them rather than 'fix' them for 'modern audiences' so that would be a more than welcome change. Time will tell!

[@thegregoriangardener0325]

Are you a fan of The Critical Drinker's channel by chance?

[@aldan7812]

@@thegregoriangardener0325 dude's on the level, sure.

[@Opusss]

I think this is the single piece of entertainment that I am most excited for hands down (not that the competition is very strong). Found your channel and subscribed because of this introduction, looking forward to seeing more about this series. Great video!

[@vmasing1965]

Absolutely agree with everything you said. And even if I wasn't don't worry so much about what people think and say. Just do your own thing and let the chips fall as they will. Cheers!

[@bobdill6701]

I'm pretty excited for this. It looks really quality

[@lunacascade1125]

I can't say I agree with everything you said but I value and appreciate your opinions.❤❤

[@FeyFire]

Thanks Luna! I always appreciate your support 🖤

[@kashbee7985]

It looks so promising and i hope this is what finally puts DW on the map for serious general entertainment.

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

A bit off topic. with Angel studios, The Daily Wire, DUST, Salem Media, etc could we be seeing the end of Big Hollywood?

[@abigailbrannon9890]

That would be awesome

[@stevenwiederholt7000]

@@abigailbrannon9890 That Little Silicon Chip is changing Everything. Your no longer NEED Big Hollywood to get you story (Movie) out.

[@gregsquire9704]

Merlin staring Sam Neill was the last time I saw a good Arthurian legend movie

[@lizOnar]

At first last year I had no problem with big production race bending and go into a different direction with the source material of what they are trying to adapt from the original source. Now I understand why people feel the way they do because they fell in love with the novel, comic or whatever the original source was and now these big companies try to bend and stray away from the material so you are right with your facts and opinion

[@redsimonyt]

It's not just fictional material, they do it in every historical production as well.

[@RoyCyberPunk]

​@@redsimonyt ​Yup which is why I'm glad that this upcoming show much like the surprising sleeper hit Netflix Live action One Piece aren't part of the panderverse much to the chagrin of the Woketards which makes it even better.

[@TroySavary]

It can't be worse than Rings of Power. For the first time in a long time I am cautiously optimistic about a classic fantasy series being adapted to the screen.

[@saosaoldian6742]

This is literally my favorite book series of all time. I can’t be more excited

[@thecaptain3594]

I have hopes for this series. I have a feeling that it won't follow the Hollywood template of taking an original IP, discarding everything that makes it what it is, and then doing whatever the f**k they want with it. At the very least, I think you can expect it to at least stay true to the source material, with minimal changes necessary for adaptation to film. One thing, though, I always pictured Morgan le Fay as a brunette, not a blonde, but that's just me. I have never read the books, but I have just taken them up for this. I have a hard time finding fantasy novels that I actually like and enjoy reading, but so far, this one seems like it's going to be a good one.

[@nathangrant4408]

I can't believe this is the first I've heard of this project! The Pendragon Cycle (especially the original trilogy of novels) is probably one of my all time favourite series! I love Lawhead's books and really hope they do this series justice. Please let it be a faithful, unrushed adaptation of the books.

[@Count1jt]

I am not big on Arthurian but this series look amazing.

[@Factboy12]

What's most impressive, especially these days, is that they do seem prioritize "immersion" instead of "checking boxes". So far, I see no diversity in the casting. I have nothing against diversity when it is used appropriately. But when it is used too much, like in Netflix's The Witcher, especially season 3, it felt like I was watching a bunch modern day New-Yorkers playing a game of LARP.

[@Count1jt]

@@Factboy12 I like how you put it because that how I feel about diversity too.

[@EarlSchenk]

I love the Pendragon Cycle by Stephen Lawhead. I am currently rereading my copies of the series. When I heard about Brett Cooper playing in the Pendragon Cycle I thought that just maybe my favorite author's books were the ones that the movie would be the ones it's based upon. I'm glad I'm right because I've always thought it would be great to see Stephen Lawhead 's Pendragon Cycle made into movies. I'm anxiously awaiting the release.

[@loralubimaia2783]

Found book 2 at goodwill and have book 1 on hold at the library. Super pumped to read it before it comes out

[@chriswyles553]

Love the look of this, excited to see how it goes. Keeping expectations tempered as its their first major production of this kind, but if they manage to convey the heart of the era snd of the legends then it should be a great watch. On another note, it is quite amusing knowing the directors surname is "Boreing".

[@BlackJim]

Yeah I think it looks great so far. Very excited

[@sanjivjhangiani3243]

I loved that series! I never thought it would be adapted.

[@MrSirFluffy]

Have you considered doing a production diary video update for the series? A lot of interesting videos have come out and the scale is bigger than I thought, they must be all in for this production.

[@FeyFire]

I am currently working on one! It should be out next week.

[@MrSirFluffy]

@@FeyFire Neeto!

[@sorenpx]

When I was younger I read a few of Lawhead's books (Patrick, Byzantium, Book 1 of The Celtic Crusades) and enjoyed them but I never did get to his Pendragon Cycle. I have always been aware of the series though and it sounds really interesting. I really hope the Daily Wire can do Lawhead's work justice. I am wondering here what the budget is, and I also have some concerns about Boreing's experience and abilities as a director, but my fingers are certainly crossed that this series turns out to be excellent.

[@TallisKeeton]

I hope they will make one season for each one of the books :)

[@FaithfulHorrorhound]

Let me just say that I'm a big fan of Halloween, the holiday. So much so that I became a scare actor (apparently, a truly terrifying one). Yet that obsession of mine is only rivaled by my obsession with the legends of both King Arthur and Robin Hood. Yes, both were started by the Disney animated movies from yesteryear, but I love the mythos too much, so I got multiple book series of both legends by multiple authors, including Lawhead's Pendragon.

[@kevinwcrumb925]

Thanks for the overview!

[@FeyFire]

Thanks for watching!

[@JenHendon]

Omg I'm obsessed with the Arthurian legends and glad I found you!!! Will be watching all your takes. Did you read these books?

[@FeyFire]

Awesome, I'm always happy to find new Arthurian friends! 🍏 I read this series for the first time a few years ago, and have re read the first two books like 5x since then 😂 I'm so excited they are making this series.

[@itskristiialy]

cursed was great and I'm still mad it was canceled. I'm excited for this rendition tho!!

[@thevanbeard]

I am very excited for this. I also really liked King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. I loved it because it wasn’t woke to me anyway lol.

[@FeyFire]

Yeah I actually really loved it as well, I was super disappointed it was cancelled after one part. Thanks for watching! ⚔️

[@Bandy1036]

Love this and love DW! Can't wait.

[@muqki2178]

When is this show coming out?

[@FeyFire]

Sometime in 2024, not sure exactly when but they are filming now~

[@tabularasa7350]

this is going to be amazing, and I Haven't said it in ten years

[@AtomicPatriot]

I am excited for it.

[@thefunbot]

i would love to see a video on which series is the best to start watching first

[@FeyFire]

Oooh that sounds like a challenge 👀😁

[@timothywilliams2252]

I'm very excited about this series! It's been about 30 years since I read the books, but I think I'm going to revisit them. Being an apolitical person, it will be refreshing to see a series/movie without an agenda attached. Well, at least I hope Daily Wire will stick to the source material and not try to force any modern political messaging into it.

[@anaclararodas4833]

I didn't know about the existence of this book series, but started looking the 'trailers' they've been uploading and it looks legit interesting. Too bad there's no DW+ for Latinoamérica (or at least last time I checked there wasn't). So I clicked this video to see what an actual fan thought and well, I can only say I'm envious of the Pendragon fans as they seem to have hope at a decent adaptation. The more recent knife to my heart is the Narnia upcoming adaptation by netflix with that horrible director from Barbie 😂😢 I bet the Pevensies are going to be all from different races (don't ask me how, they'll just be 😂) Or most likely Susan and Lucy are going to be feminists and Peter is going to portrayed as this horrible 'toxic masculine boy who is an incompetent idiot' and the White Witch is going to be a misunderstood oppressed victim of Aslan or something 🙄 Sorry, my rant ends here 😂

[@ElenXSav]

You're probably right which really makes me sad as a Chronicle of Narnia fan, honestly Im just gonna pretend there is no upcoming adaption....

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

I`ll be watching

[@roydownes2458]

an excellent series. if they hew to the material, they should do well. looking forward to it. :)

[@TheOverdueTraveler]

What will be the TV rating on this?

[@brianhoyle3937]

Any information on when this is releasing or where to watch?

[@Gladriel-Llorian]

Any confirmed release date

[@KainBooks]

I enjoyed the one season of Camelot that was on STARZ and I'm a big 1995's First Knight with Sean Connery, Richard Gere and Julia Ormond. The Pendragon Cycle looks to be interesting. I haven't read the books but it could be programming to House of the Dragon and Hedge Knight. I'm far from conservative but give me an interesting Arthurian tail and I'll give it a fair chance.

[@jamesr2622]

There are no dragons in the series because a Pendragon is a dragon. A dragon is "a clear sighted person" who has inherited divinity from the sea wolf, Neptune. Arthur was a Pendragon. They are spiritual rulers. They were Priest kings. They left the affairs of governance and taxation to their government. They ruled from a religious standpoint and, they were the heads of state. The Pope is a Pendragon by all definitions. Jesus Christ, a Pendragon. Buddha, a Pendragon. King Charlemagne was a Carolingian King. The Merovingian dynasties were ruled by Kings they called Pendragons. Eventually, the governing class of the Franks became the kings who were effectively the official heads of state, as opposed to having their highest priests as kings. This was when Frankia changed from the Merovingian to the Carolingian dynasties and, you had rulers like King Charlamagne who was not the head of the church and, they considered the Frankish country to be subservient to the Pope as their religious leader rather than Pendragons. The first time these people were referred to as actual dragons might have been when the Alani began migrating from the Caucasus Mountains up along the Danube into Europe. Characters like Odin and Attila the Hun were part of the same migrations as the Alani. These rulers were referred to as Dragons to dehumanize them in order to psychologically prepare Europeans for war with the invading Huns. That's where the Teutonic myths of Dragons comes from. Referring to invaders, like Odin and Attila, as demon serpents is where all the dragon myths come from.

[@lorensims4846]

I did enjoy King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and particularly Cursed, which followed its source material so closely that it ended pretty much where the illustrated novel did. I'm really looking forward to this series. It looks fabulous. I really appreciate the efforts to remain as historically accurately as possible. But I'm still not sure where I can watch this. I did a deep cringe when you mentioned Ben Shapiro, but I'll try to ignore that. This all looks great! Keep these previews coming. I really want to see more of this.

[@FeyFire]

I will never stop wanting Cursed part 2!

[@ohifonlyx33]

I will say, I was very proud of Iain De Caestecker for his role as Arthur because I've loved him for his role as Fitz on Agents of SHIELD. And i couldn't get over how different his role as Arthur was. I felt that series had some good production value to it as well. But the weird casting choice for Merlin just took me out. I wanted to get past it just to enjoy Iain.. . But I guess there was something about the show that didn't draw me in enough because I haven't gotten past about two episodes. But Im super excited about this.

[@benjipixel1438]

LETS GOOO

[@RaifSeverence]

My only exposure to ANYTHING arthurian would be the book Mists of Avalon and the Disney Movie The sword in the stone.

[@celticraider7713]

there is also thor rosland ambassador for the beard struggle products and influencer playing the saxon warlord

[@FeyFire]

I actually love this information! Hengist looks AMAZING

[@Mandolin523]

Sol on fireeee

[@FeyFire]

🔥🔥🔥

[@tomheinle1049]

Mists of Avalon and Excalibur were probably the best Arthur films ever done.

[@andeeanko7079]

I love those 2 as well!

[@philipford6183]

Well said, I totally agree. I really hope the Daily Wire is successful with this and their faithful adaptation of Snow White.

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

I read The Winter King when I was 14, when it first came out, and the rest if the warlord series, The Saxon Tales, and Stone Henge. I'm too afraid to watch the TV adaptation because I love the book so much.

[@FeyFire]

Don't do it, my friend. I'll save you the disappointment 🤝

[@Unpainted_Huffhines]

@@FeyFire Exactly what I was afraid of. Same as The Last Kingdom then, what a shame.

[@thelestrangelair]

I love the Winter King series so much. Historical without all the later Mallery fluff. I'd like to see an even harder Arthur War Lord and no queen, just him rolling with a ton of women, LOL. But The Winter King is far better. I love Merlin so much in it. I just wish he and Nimue had remained a couple. I love the movie Merlin where they get to stay together and regain their youth + the way it depicts Vivian as Maeb's sister. She is clearly fae so I really appreciate that.. I love how in Harry Potter Merlin is supposed to be a Slytherin, a little known fact. Okay there is all my Merlin obsession. LOL Just subscribed, love your channel. I hope the daily wire does this justice. At least they won't make it woke and ruin it thank all the gods!

[@MichaelCoughlanmusic]

So they hired a KZbinr as opposed to an actress? For Snow White?

[@clownfishman6511]

She used to act

[@Factboy12]

Go WOKE, go BROKE. It's nice to see that The Pendragon Cycle isn't focusing on "checking those boxes". Netflix's The Witcher, especially season 3, made me feel like I was watching a bunch modern day New-Yorkers playing a game of LARP. It was completely ridiculous.

[@Brandon-fv5sm]

I love period pieces and am tired of the “modern updating” to make people supposedly feel better. We do subscribe to the Daily Wire so I am looking forward to watching this

[@allil87]

❤

[@stevenbalcaitis101]

You definitely hit a lot of points on the head. This looks amazing because they are using common sense. No need to force certain actors and actresses. If they really want to add a black Arthurian character then they could easily do a story of Morien or Sir Morien. Instead they swap out Bedivere or Gawain or even Guinevere. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the series Merlin and thought it was good, I even thought Angel Coulby was a beautiful and great actress, but she did not work as Guinevere and it took something away from the show. Looks like this show on the other hand is saying enough of forcing things, we will just follow the books and do something amazing. You know what the show will be attacked for though and it will be both hilarious and tragic at the same time.

[@Concetta20]

Also “Gawain and the Green Knight” was meh. It was actually closer to the source material than I expected, but where it strayed, it strayed stupidly and weirdly.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

The weird thing to me is that there IS ethnic diversity in the King Arthur legends. The three brothers, Palamedes, Safir, and Segwarides; plus Morien-all knights of the round table. I’d love to see their stories on the big screen, but Hollywood refuses to tell them.

[@Arthagnou]

king Arthur and Conan both had similar peaks in the early 80s and a continuing failure rate in following remakes and adaptions.

[@jseal21]

It's not really my schtick but I'll support any form of alternative culture. I know for a fact the Lady of the Lake won't be a dude in drag. 😂

[@markcruz359]

Its already looking better than the show Merlin

[@peterkovic2241]

There aren't enough diverse actors cast, so I'm TRIGGERED WTF!

[@P.Whitestrake]

If Ben Shapiro had a cameo in this series, I'm gonna lose my s----. LOL

[@daviscontracting3215]

Even if there are serious flaws with the series it's going to be refreshing watching a historical European film without 8 random black people thrown in. It breaks the 4th wall and disrupts the story. It's unfortunate you have to go to a right wing media outlet to get historical accuracy

[@albertbecerra]

Yeah i really didn't like king Arthur legend of the sword, merlin wasn't even in it.

[@brunopereira6789]

I was pretty interested in this show until I learned it was connected to Ben Shapiro. Will he have any creative input into it?

[@MicukoFelton]

I'd just disagree that ALL adaptations failed, BBC's Merlin did very well.

[@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf]

It will beat the race swapping Winter King

[@xybersurfer]

too much politics in this introduction

[@RoyCyberPunk]

Another great non woke adaptation? Fantastic I didn't think it was possible in this day and age until surprisingly Netflix One Piece Live Action Adaptation broke that horrible mold to pieces showing everyone that faithful adaptations can still be done and not only be done but make bank and lots of it.

[@JJ_6036]

BBC Merlin 🧍‍♂

[@Chinoiserie9839]

I love the BBC Merlin. Lol. It may not be accurate with casting especially that there are non white actors but the series was good. Also it doesn't preach politically as compared to other shows. It just wanted to entertain.

[@JJ_6036]

@@Chinoiserie9839 it's one of my favs! I kept thinking it would get an honorable mention lol. I guess it is kind of old, like ten-ish years. I'm getting really excited for this show too it looks epic.