One of the 2020 films that has us here at Collider the most hype is David Lowery's The Green Knight, the fantasy epic starring Dev Patel as Arthurian legend Sir Gawain. So it's great news that the film will now officially world premiere on March 16 at the 2020 South by Southwest Film Festival. “We are thrilled to world premiere The Green Knight at SXSW,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film, in a statement. “David Lowery is a singular artist with a filmmaking vision that’s both epic and intimate. It’s been beyond exciting to watch his …

A24 has released the first poster for David Lowery's upcoming film The Green Knight. The movie is a fantasy re-telling of the legend of Gawain and the Green Knight. The story basically goes that the Green Knight came to court of King Arthur with a challenge to any knight to strike him with his axe, but he will return the blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts the challenge, cuts off the Green Knight's head, but then the Green Knight picks up his own head and basically says, "See you in a year and a …