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Ridley Scott's Robin Hood Thwarted - For Now!!
Merrick here...
We usually don't report about pesky production delays and what not, but we've received a bit of e-mail about this movie so we thought the following might be of interest.
Seems Rdley Scott's NOTTINGHAM project, which essentially role reverses Robin Hood & The Sheriff to make Robin Hood the antagonist and The Sheriff the protagonist (this description is oversimplified) has been delayed indefinitely.
Ridley Scott's revisionist take on the Robin Hood tale, had been aiming for a mid-August start date, production on the film, which is to star Russell Crowe as a sympathetic Sheriff of Nottingham, has been indefinitely postponed. A new production start date probably couldn't be set until next year.
Script concerns, location logistics and the current labor unrest all played a role in the decision.
...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter.
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...is probably the cheapest gag that Mel Brooks ever did, but the heynanninanni makes me laugh all the time.
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Oh well.
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For my money Robin Hood will always be Kevin Costner. flemmingonfilms.blogspot.com
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It's just weird. Kind of like making a Jesse James movie from the perspective of the railroad companies and the Pinkertons.
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How can you beat that Connery cameo at the end of Prince of THeives. PRICELESS~!
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No point in ever making another Robin Hood ....
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This really didn't sound all that interesting anyway. The premise really sounds kind of boring. I love Ridley Scott...a lot, but I was not getting excited at all for this movie.
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and then just remake 3:10 to Yuma.
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...although Ridley Scott's films are always interesting. This just sounded like a poorly thought out idea that was arrived at after a long night of alcohol consumption.
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Robin Hood who is essentially us will be portrayed as a terrorist. Fuck that shit! The authority is never going to be the good guy so stop trying.
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Honestly, this idea really didn't rub me right. I felt that it would be a waste of time, that there were better projects I feel the talent in this film could do, and now with this news, hopefully they can do just that.
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...I thought the concept was pretty stupid anyway. Who wants to see a character who's whole M.O. is sticking it to the man turned into a villain? Has Ridley Scott been going to Bilderberg meetings or something?
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meaning the concept for the film is art school quality, and the studio insisted upon radical changes before offering up the cash. Ridley, being Jesus, felt that his ridiculous idea should not be questioned by mere financial backers whose job it is to, y'know, understand what makes movies profitable - so he dug in his heels and now has a crummy script with no money to make it a movie.<p> He'll eventually get the money because hes Ridley Jesus and nobody tells Ridley Jesus that his idea for a movie is stupid.
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Like Burton doing alice in wonderland , Ridley making Robin , just has that already seen it feel.You can pretty much guess exactly how scenes would look and play out.I'd just like to see Ridley have another go at sci-fi.It would be interesting to see if he's still* got it*.where as the stuff he's making at the moment , just seems like such a waste.
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...that dour, marblemouthed yank of a Robin Hood, who wouldn't know an English accent if it was falling out of his mouth (which it pretty much didn't). With his high-maintenance hairdo and joyless, monotone delivery. I always said if they really wanted to have and American play Robin Hood, they should've got Klein. The Robin Hood that came out around the same time with Patrick Bergen and Uma Thurman (which actually got demoted to TV movie to get out of the way of the unsightly Costner moviestar fest) was way better. Not the second coming or anything, just better.
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I'm sure it would take an army to match these rogues...
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But I say you are FREE. And one free man defending his country is better than eight hired soldiers...the crusades taught me that.
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...with all that racket!
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...I'm all Hooded out for the next fifty years or so....
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I like Costner, but his Robin Of Locksley is a lazy joke. The movie itself is cheesey good fun, in spite of his California surfer dude take on the character. I shudder to think there actually are those to whom Costner is the quintessential Robin Hood. Errol Flynn, anyone? Connery in Robin and Marian? Shit, even that animated fox in Disney's Robin Hood turned in a better performance than Costner.
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July 28, 2008, 12:08 p.m. CST
my favourite reason: "the film's forests need to be green"
by newc0253
yes, apparently they couldn't find enough green trees to film under.<p> yet another to film in Canada, folks: our forests are evergreen, not deciduous!<p>
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...*I* can speak with an English accent.
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...Where a group of intergalactic vikings attempt to take over the Starship Sherwood; which had already been stolen by the villainous Robin Hood. Now, to save the ship from the space vikings, Robin Hood turns to help from his prisoner and captain of the Sherwood - Nottingham.
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This always sounded like a pretty dumb idea anyway.
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Now that some time has opened up, lets hope he gets down to business and finally shoots this damn thing! Who doesn't want to see a bad ass Ridley Scott western??
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Who was looking forward to seeing Nottingham. Sounded like a nice twist on the old legend, and with Ridley and Crowe involved, it would've been a good movie.
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July 28, 2008, 12:53 p.m. CST
Ridley Scott to remake Star Wars from the POV of the Death Star
by Royston Lodge
Kevin Smith launches plagiarism lawsuit.
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(got cut off there at the end)
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July 28, 2008, 12:59 p.m. CST
Batman from the POV of Wayne Industries' shareholders...
by Royston Lodge
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Sounded crap anyway. Get on with Brave New World now instead Ridley.
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Hey, how about your troops come home from Vietraq and Afghanistan and kick some ass in Washington? <br><br> In fact, THATS for a "reimaging". Robin Hood is some American Marin, comes home from those senseless wars in the Middle East who are primarily fought for religious craziness and keeping the war profiteers rich, and fight the local authoritarian in Nottingham/Washington. Oh but Alan Rickman just has that more charisma then W.
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Marine, not Marin.
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That one is good!
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the 1938 version with Errol Flynn. No contest (in my opinion). I don't need to another, that one always satisfies.
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I'm sure Ridley would make a fun movie, but Robin Hood has been done to death. <p> Hope he gets Tripoli back on track somehow. I heard him talk about it in the KOH DC bonus features DVD, he really had passion for that project, and it really sounded as good material for him.
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I agree 100%. There's really no point in ever trying to recreate the character again after that version. That movie is my crack when it comes to classic adventure film making.
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Morgan Freeman running around with a fucking huge scimitar is still more than welcome in any movie ever.
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He was, besides Rickman, the only really good part about Prince of Thieves. Ok, the Kamen score was good too, but the movie was utterly unnecessary.<p> Only really good version is (as said before by some people here) the Errol Flynn version, and the Disney cartoon was kinda cool too. But Flynn WAS Robin.
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of the Lady of the Lake.
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July 28, 2008, 2:40 p.m. CST
What, you don't want to see Bale as Robin the terrorist?
by Calico Pete
It sounds awesome. Robin Hood was always a story told from Robin's POV. Al-Qaeda's POV would make them out as heroes as well! If Robin Hood via Fox News is a terrorist, it would be interesting to see. Ok, so Bale's not playing Robin, yet, but still...
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from the POV of Death Star Shareholders' Excaliburs.
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Anyone ever seen The Duellists? One of Scott's first films, w/ Harvey Keitel...awesome. I'd like to see him stick with original material...more sci fi would be nice, it doesn't seem like many directors are able to pull sci fi off properly these days.
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"Hey, git yet grubby mitts off OUR golden idol! It's our friggin' GOD, you Yankee tomb-robber!"
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excellent book "The Sheriff of Nottingham." This could work.<p>For me, Michael Praed and Jason Connery are the definitive 'Hoods.
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Please.
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July 28, 2008, 3:26 p.m. CST
Nothing to do with Crowe having put on about 100 lbs then?
by MaxCalifornia.
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does he have left in the tank? Shit, and the same goes for Leo as well. http://tinyurl.com/5jbw7x
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Hmmmmmmmm?
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Sorry, I know he made some great movies once, but he hasn't touched that greatness since Thelma & Louise 20 years ago. And don't mention Gladiator to me. The camerawork in that shit gave me more seizures than a Japanese kid watching Pokemon.
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Ok, I'm gonna stop now...
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You'd pay for that? Me neither.
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it keeps Helen Mirren fans happy. Don't blink or you'll miss Patrick Steward and Liam Neeson.
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C'mon his first weapon of choice was a deer slung over his back. We don't need no stinkin' shakycam or CGI. Quint ought to put this version in his movie a day talkback if he hasn't seen it already.
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July 28, 2008, 5:31 p.m. CST
Ridley should remake "The Usual Suspects" from the POV of...
by rosasaks
Erm....
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A CCTV camera.
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Ernest Hemingway
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Then I read the comments. Turns out I'm not half as clever as I thought. I'm glad the film's suspended. Sounds like at least someone has half a brain.
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being as fat as very fat man probably also played a role in this decision.
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Screen magic.
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Legend 2. Do it.
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That would be so awesome.
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The villan thinks he has us now He'll soon be on the run. Our systems now are A-OK The battle shall be won. So watch our rockets soaring by As Robin's ships light up the sky In ROCKET ROBIN HOOD! ROCKET ROBIN HOOD! Anybody old enough to remember that?
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i guess he can work on alien 5 in the meantime.
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Cmon, you can't get a better Nottingham than Alan Rickman.
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It doesn't get any better with line delivery like that. Sorry, Rickman IS Nottingham.
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http://chud.com/articles/articles/15728/1/UPDATED-WHY-NOT-INGHAM/Page1.html Crowe is Sheriff of Nottingham...AND Hood?!?! Nottingham is Hood... Hood is Nottingham... Finckel is Einhorn!!! Holy SHITballs!!
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July 29, 2008, 2:03 a.m. CST
I hear Hollywood Hulk Hogan was gonna be Robin Hood
by KINGOFDINOSAURSHIT
I've seen knights in armor panic at the first hint of battle. And I've seen the lowliest, unarmed squire pull a spear from his own body, to defend a dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright. It's defined by one's actions, BROOOOOOOTHEEERRRR.
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If he does another film with Russell Crowe after this I'll eat my own colon. Hell, i'll eat yours too.
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now that the delay seems definite, this truly vexes me.
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Damn shame... the builds here at shepperton looked amazing. Luckily we're still making 'Berlin' which has hitler as the god guy trying to defend Germany against an empirical churchill and those pesky yanks...
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Go the Rabbitohs!!!
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No, I'm serious. He can do it.<p> And someone get Brian Adams to write another song. God, the chicks loved that shit.
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Kevin Costner is a lot cheaper these days and he can bring his own masseuse.
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I love Sean Connery but he was NEVER a good actor. Look in your heart - you know this to be true.
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No need to ever make it again. As for Kevin Cocksner's "Robin of Malibu Beach", that turd is where it belongs, every time I see it in the deeply discounted rack of unwatchable DVD's.
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What? Might be interesting?
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Now, if his Blood Meridian can be permanently postponed, I think we'll be getting somewhere. Who doesn't want to see a Ridley Scott western? I, for one, especially not Blood Meridian. Give it back to John Hillcoat and Nick Cave instead. It's the logical next project for them after the The Proposition and this year's The Road, which will surely kick everyone's ass. Scott seems like he doesn't really know what he wants to do anymore, other than studio prestige projects. But he could make a lot of people happy by again directing some groundbreaking science fiction.
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Yeah, except as the quintessential James Bond in seven outings, and in such films as Marnie, The Wind And The Lion, The Man Who Would Be King, Robin and Marian, and The Name of the Rose, and even in such B-movie fare as Outland, The Untouchables, The Hunt for Red October, The Rock, and Highlander, but, yeah, other than those few performances, what good was he?
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I smell Oscar!
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I guess I should've expected as much from someone who thinks Costner's Hood to be in any way definitive, but curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on your blog. Wish I hadn't now. Regardless of the quality of the films you reviewed, I've seldom come across such poorly written nonsense. I'm utterly unsurprised that you got fired from, well, anywhere...
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"No, it's not bad, but it's not great either, is it? And in your heart you kind of know that although it seems all right... it's actually just shite." AND "All I am trying to do is to help you understand that "The Name of the Rose" is merely a blip on an otherwise uninterrupted downward trajectory." He's an immensely charismatic MOVIE STAR who could NEVER do ANY accent besides Scottish and whose James Bond has already been outstripped by the far superior ACTOR Daniel Craig.
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