On Thursday, there was a disturbance in the Film Twitter force when A24 dropped the trailer for The Green Knight. Directed by David Lowery (Pete’s Dragon), the film is an artful adaptation of the Arthurian tale Gawain and the Green Knight, starring Dev Patel as the noble Gawain. Feverish hype has descended over the trailer, thanks to the combined hives of A24, Lowery, and Patel, whose gleaming, tousled waves rule a portion of Stan Twitter all on their own (just look at some of the replies to A24’s tweet about the movie).

If the excited tweets are any indication, The Green Knight is shaping up to get the kind of breathless treatment that also greeted Ari Aster’s Midsommar—a similarly stylish, chilling story, but with more flowers and psychosexual drama. Lowery’s adaptation of the Arthurian tale looks incredibly moody, a gothic take on the story of a knight who accepts a challenge to strike a blow on a mysterious figure known as the Green Knight. The catch is that in one year, the Knight is allowed to strike a free blow in return. When Gawain uses his one hit to chop the Knight’s head off, he’s shocked when the now headless Knight merely scoops up his things and reminds him about that one-year deal. Panic ensues. Gawain’s character is tested. There’s a whole thing about girdles.

But the hype for The Green Knight extends beyond the sumptuous teaser. (Who among us is begging Hollywood for another 14th century period piece?) It’s more that it stars Patel, who does all manner of handsome things in this trailer. He walks handsomely. He wields an axe handsomely. He looks quizzically at a sword handsomely. He handsomes handsomely. It’s also refreshing Patel starring in the sort of role that’s typically reserved for white male actors. The Oscar-nominated performer did the same thing in the forthcoming The Personal History of David Copperfield, playing its Dickensian titular character. You love to see it. You really do.

The Green Knight also stars Oscar winner Alicia Vikander and Joel Edgerton, who likely just strolled off The King’s set and walked right onto this one. The film will hit theaters this summer.

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