Umlobi weHollywood uTom Wieler waziwa ngokuyinhloko njengoMdali wezimo zekhathuni eligcwele ikhathuni ngekati emabhuthini. Ukuthatha umlingiswa wesibili ovela efranchise ethandwayo ngoShrek, wamenza umlingiswa ophambili wezindaba zakhe. Enoveli yakhe yodumo, "olwakaliweyo" wieler wasebenzisa ukwamukelwa okufanayo. Ukuthatha umlingiswa we-episodic kusuka ezinganekwaneni ngeNkosi u-Arthur, wayibeka enkabeni yomlando.
Kule noveli futhi kususwe kulo, uchungechunge lutshelwa mayelana nomlingo omnyama entombazaneni uNimue, okuwukuba yinkosi yechibi. Idolobhana lakhe lendabuko lishise ama-paladin abomvu ngokuhleleka kwenkosi edukile. Ukwenza isicelo somama ofayo, uya kuhambo ukuthola i-merlin engaqondakali futhi amnikeze inkemba. Endleleni, isiphukuphuku, kepha enobuhle obugama elibizwa ngokuthi i-arthur yabethelwa. Endleleni kaNimue ihlela ukuvukela kwenkosi enegazi.
Iqhaza eliphambili ochungechungeni ladlalwa nguCatherine Langford ("izizathu eziyi-13 zokuthi kungani"). Ngaphezu kwakhe, iGustaf Scaskgard ("Vikings"), uPeter Mullan ("Ingane Yemuntu"), uDaniel Shaman ("Medici: Amakhosi KaFlorence"), Shalom Brun Franklin ("Intombazane Yethu") nabanye.
Induna yochungechunge oluthi "luqalekisiwe" kuhlelwe ngoJulayi 17.