Young Arthur

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Young Arthur
Screenplay by Remi Aubuchon
Graham Yost
Directed by Mikael Salomon
Starring Julian Morris
Theme music composer Jeff Beal
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producers
  • Remi Aubuchon
  • Michael R. Joyce
  • David Minkowski
  • Graham Yost
Cinematography Jon Joffin
Editor Mark C. Baldwin
Running time87 minutes
Production company NBC Studios
Release
Original network NBC
Original release2002 (2002)

Young Arthur was a pilot episode for a 2002 NBC TV drama about the childhood of King Arthur. The pilot was directed by Mikael Salomon and written by Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost. It was not picked up as a full series.

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Background

Young Arthur was pitched at the age 12-34 demographic, modeled after two 2001 properties: the medieval comedy film A Knight's Tale and teen superhero series Smallville . A talent-agency source told Electronic Media that NBC hoped to find a lead actor akin to Heath Ledger or Tom Welling, those properties' respective leads: "They're looking for a young, heroic hunk who can be a brand to the network." They ultimately chose two 19-year-old actors, Julian Morris and Paul Wasilewski, to play Arthur and Lancelot respectively. [1]

Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost wrote the screenplay, and Sweden's Mikael Salomon directed the episode. Filming began in Prague in the Czech Republic, with an estimated budget of $2.4 million for the pilot episode, in line with typical pilot costs, but less for subsequent episodes. [1] NBC, which was in the middle of cost-cutting, chose the overseas filming location in part to reduce labor costs. [2]

The network declined to pick up the series for its fall 2002 season. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Freeman, Michael (March 18, 2002). "NBC targets family fare for Sundays". Electronic Media.
  2. 1 2 Flint, Joe (May 20, 2002). "Prime Time: How NBC Defies Network Norms -- To Its Advantage --- Unfettered by a Media Parent, It Pursues Upscale Niche That Draws Advertisers --- Short-Shrift to Minorities?". The Wall Street Journal.