Now the story has been turned into a gentle comedy with the aim, perhaps, of replicating the success of another film about an archaeological find; last year's Netflix release The Dig, about the discovery of the ship burial at Sutton Hoo. The two films have very similar narrative DNA, with a self-taught enthusiast at the heart of an astonishing discovery having their thunder stolen by the professionals. One of the producers of The Lost King, Christine Langan, was involved in the early development of The Dig.
