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Netflix's Cursed drops a full trailer, fleshing out its magical world

Find your next fantasy escape with the Katherine Langford series based on Arthurian legends.

Jennifer Bisset Former Senior Editor / Culture
Jennifer Bisset was a senior editor for CNET. She covered film and TV news and reviews. The movie that inspired her to want a career in film is Lost in Translation. She won Best New Journalist in 2019 at the Australian IT Journalism Awards.
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Katherine Langford plays Nimue, aka the Lady of the Lake.

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The latest series to strut out of  Netflix's  well-stocked vault is a dark fantasy based on a graphic novel by 300 and Sin City comic book legend Frank Miller.

Cursed follows Nimue, aka the Lady of the Lake (played by 13 Reasons Why's Katherine Langford), as she's swept up into a war between magic and the church. Somewhere on the way, she picks up the "cursed" Excalibur.

The second trailer, expanding on the first teaser, shows Nimue being tasked with bringing the sword to Merlin, but she also seems to have a moment when she claims the sword for herself.

We get a few glimpses of Nimue using her magic, as well as some of the destruction caused by the Red Paladins. Arthur's in there too, played by Devon Terrell.

The series, reimagining Arthurian legends, will drop on Netflix on July 17. So far the trailers have produced promising visuals, and dark magic paired with Witcher-esque medieval grittiness, so let's hope Cursed delivers.

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