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Daily Wire Jeremy Boreing To Take Leave Of Absence To Direct Fantasy Series ‘The Pendragon Cycle’, Filming Begins Sept.

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https://deadline.com/2023/07/daily-wire-jeremy-boreing-tv-series-pendragon-cycle-filming-september-1235450484/

The Daily Wire’s streaming service DailyWire+ is lining up a September start in Europe for what it is calling its biggest-budget production to date, a fantasy series inspired by Arthurian legend.

Daily Wire Co-CEO Jeremy Boreing will take a temporary leave of absence from the right wing media organization to direct the seven-episode series, which has long been a passion project of his.

Boreing will co-direct with Ryan Whitaker (Surprised By Oxford). The “multinational” cast is being finalized with filming due to take place in Italy and Hungary.

The Daily Wire confirmed to us that it won’t be needing an interim agreement from SAG.

The drama will be inspired by the first two books of the series written by Stephen R. Lawhead. The Pendragon Cycle is a retelling of the Arthurian legend, set not in the high Medieval age of knights in shining armor, but in the wake of a Roman-occupied Britain, where the seeds of Christianity are beginning to take root. As barbarian invaders threaten to lay claim to the island, those with faith prevail.

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Conservative YouTuber Brett Cooper Among Cast Revealed For Daily Wire Series ‘The Pendragon Cycle’
https://deadline.com/2023/09/daily-wire-brett-cooper-youtube-cast-pendragon-cycle-1235552333/

Set to star alongside previously announced newcomer Tom Sharp as Merlin, are actress-turned conservative commentator and YouTuber Brett Cooper (Heathers), who hosts DailyWire+ show The Comments Section, Rose Reid (Finding You), and newcomer James Arden.

Cooper will play Ganieda, the future wife of Merlin. Reid, who is also a writer on the series, will play the female lead character, Charis. Arden will portray Taliesin, the title character of book one of the series on which the project is based.

Also starring in the drama will be Myles Clohessy, Finney Cassidy, Alex Laurence Phillips, Flo Thompstone, Emree Franklin, Duran Fulton Brown, Daniel Considine, Bertie Newman, George Prentice, and Alex Arco.

The seven-episode drama is a reimagining of the myth of King Arthur, set at the end of Roman Britain when pagan tribes warred with Saxon and Pict invaders, and with each other. Sharp will play Merlin, the son of an Atlantean princess and the bard, Taliesen, who pursues his father’s vision of a ‘Kingdom of Summer’ — a Briton unified in peace. To achieve this dream, Merlin will have to overcome ancient evils and navigate both the fall of the Roman occupation and the rise of Christianity in search of a king who can unite the Island of the Mighty.