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director Brian Helgeland revealed his past efforts to make a sequel to his 2001 medieval action-comedy classic were stymied by the Netflix algorithm which deemed a female protagonist would lead to box office flop.
The plot revolved around Count Adhemar kidnapping Jocelyn and taking her to Constantinople. They end up as galley slaves after their boat is captured by pirates. There’s a prisoner on the boat who has a treasure map tattooed on his back, but he keeps getting flogged for indiscipline. Australian actor Heath Ledger poses with actress Berenice Bejo during the photocall for “A Knight’s Tale” September 1, 2001 at the Deauville Festival of American Cinema in Deauville, France. He said he pitched it to Sony because they own the rights and showed interest in making it with Netflix, releasing it as a Netflix movie, before adding, “My understanding is that Netflix tested this sequel idea through their algorithms, which indicated that it would not be successful.
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