Columbia Pictures' has announced it will release their 2001 midieval adventure film "A Knight's Tale" this December 13th.

Inspired by "The Canterbury Tales," A KNIGHT'S TALE is the story of William, a young, peasant squire with a gift for jousting. After his master dies suddenly, the squire hits the road with his cohorts Roland and Wat.

On the journey, they stumble across an unknown writer, Chaucer. William, lacking a proper pedigree, convinces Chaucer to forge genealogy documents that will pass him off as a knight. With his newly-minted history in hand, the young man sets out to prove himself a worthy knight at the country's jousting competition, and finds romance along the way. He will rock you.