Pirate king's daughter6/6/2023 Meanwhile, at Versailles, after a failed assassination attempt on his life, King Louis XIV ( Pierce Brosnan) takes the advice of an unscrupulous "doctor" named Labarthe ( Pablo Schreiber), sending an expedition to find the lost city of Atlantis, capture a mermaid, bring her back to Versailles, and sacrifice her during the upcoming lunar eclipse. She is also, apparently, a genius cellist. Marie-Josephe has no idea her dad is the monarch. Narrated by Julie Andrews, the film's fairy-tale "Once upon a time" opening shows the illegitimate daughter of the Sun King, Marie-Josephe ( Kaya Scodelario), cavorting in the sea, as the nuns at the convent where Marie-Josephe has been stashed away stand on the beach ordering her to get out of the water. "The King's Daughter" has arrived, seven years behind schedule, and she must be dealt with accordingly. It's a mystery as to what really went down here, and you can only squint at Hollywood Reporter articles for so long, wishing for an anonymous source to give the first-hand scoop. Wherever it was spent, the money is not on the screen. Besides, the special effects aren't particularly creative and/or eye-catching, and in some cases look shockingly amateur. Maybe this caused some of the holdup, but not all of it. What has been going on for the last seven years? Why was this film held up for so long? The budget was a grotesque 40 million, with a massive infusion late in the game to improve the special effects.
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