Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Sorry for the lack of updates over the weekend. I've been trying to 6 MILLION DOLLAR MAN my internet here... upgrade it, make it stronger, faster. Of course, Time/Warner doesn't make this easy, so I've had spotty connectivity to say the least.

Anyway, this is the biggest bit of news that hit this morning that has me the most interested. Looks like Russell Crowe and Ridley Scott are going to re-team (GLADIATOR, A GOOD YEAR and the upcoming AMERICAN GANGSTER) with a project called NOTTINGHAM, a twist on the Robin Hood character that paints the Sheriff of Nottingham as a noble and just lawman struggling under a corrupt king.

I've loved many Robin Hood movies... The Errol Flynn ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD is so much fun and the Disney ROBIN HOOD has always been one of my favorite Disney toons, but being the Robert Shaw geek that I am, I have to say that his portrayal as the aged Sheriff of Nottingham in ROBIN & MARIAN is one of my favorite takes of the character. That flick, if you remember, was a '70s film with Audrey Hepburn as Maid Marian and Sean Connery as Robin.

It's not an incredibly exciting movie, but the concept of Robin returning from the Crusades after being away for a long while and having to find and woo Marian again... with that cast... makes it an easy recommend from me.

I've enjoyed the Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott collaborations thus far, even A GOOD YEAR. I hope they make the most of this premise, but they're two of the best in their respective fields, so I'm sure we're in for an interesting flick.