Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. You may be thinking "Why do we need yet ANOTHER retelling of the Robin Hood tale?" And I agree with you, but at the same time I'm really anxious to see all these great actors playing in the same sandbox.

Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt and now Danny Huston as King Richard... in a Ridley Scott retelling of the tale. I'm at the very least intrigued.

I do wish the film had played out as rumored... with Crowe playing Nottingham and telling this tale from the Sheriff's point of view. That's fascinating to me, as was the rumor of Crowe playing both Nottingham and Robin Hood. I don't know if that ever got officially denied, so maybe we'll still get that, but I doubt it.

Huston will make a good King Richard. Despite his poor showing in WOLVERINE I'm still a loyal fan of his. He was great in the misfire that was 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, fantastic in CHILDREN OF MEN, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, as Orson Welles in the underseen FADE TO BLACK and THE PROPOSITION. And I can. Not. Wait. To see him as Poseidon in CLASH OF THE TITANS.

Anyway, that's the word according to The Hollywood Reporter.

And am I high or was it reported a while back that Rhys Ifans had this role? I guess that either fell through or was BS to start with. I think this is better casting to be honest.

What do you guys think?

-Quint
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