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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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First
by Rick Flemming
Jul 28th, 2008
11:25:00 AM
First
by YeahSureWhatever
Jul 28th, 2008
11:25:06 AM
Nope.
by YeahSureWhatever
Jul 28th, 2008
11:25:26 AM
Also...
by Rick Flemming
Jul 28th, 2008
11:25:54 AM
What a bizarre, pedestrian idea.
by NiceGuyEddie19
Jul 28th, 2008
11:26:32 AM
Wasn't really waiting for this anyway
by Kneprock
Jul 28th, 2008
11:26:36 AM
And...
by Rick Flemming
Jul 28th, 2008
11:26:55 AM
Costner nailed it ...
by Luscious.868
Jul 28th, 2008
11:28:10 AM
Okay cool
by kungfuhustler84
Jul 28th, 2008
11:28:55 AM
Get Bale for Robin Hood...
by Elemeno Pee
Jul 28th, 2008
11:32:23 AM
Sounds like a mercy killing to me...
by jimmy rabbitte
Jul 28th, 2008
11:33:14 AM
HELL YEAH!! NO RUS THUG AS GOODGUY NOTTINGHAM.
by Damien Chowder
Jul 28th, 2008
11:35:55 AM
I'm glad
by thefutureoffilm
Jul 28th, 2008
11:45:14 AM
Good news...
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jul 28th, 2008
11:47:33 AM
"Script Concerns"
by ArcadianDS
Jul 28th, 2008
11:47:58 AM
This felt like it was going to be Kingdom of Heaven 2
by Rameses
Jul 28th, 2008
11:48:39 AM
Fuck Costner...
by BrooseTheScharuk
Jul 28th, 2008
11:57:12 AM
Yes, Yes...
by CatoTheCensor
Jul 28th, 2008
11:57:39 AM
The Sherriff calls you outlaws...
by CatoTheCensor
Jul 28th, 2008
11:58:28 AM
Ridley Scott can't do this...
by CatoTheCensor
Jul 28th, 2008
11:59:17 AM
good...after Kevin Costner's American Robin Hood...
by FlickaPoo
Jul 28th, 2008
12:07:09 PM
Amen, BrooseTheScharuk
by SubliminalJones
Jul 28th, 2008
12:07:55 PM
my favourite reason: "the film's forests need to be green"
by newc0253
Jul 28th, 2008
12:08:41 PM
Unlike some *other* Robin Hoods...
by Nasty In The Pasty
Jul 28th, 2008
12:10:21 PM
Set the film in space...
by TheGoddamnSiege
Jul 28th, 2008
12:42:35 PM
Just as well.
by PotSmokinAlien
Jul 28th, 2008
12:43:39 PM
Blood Meridian!
by s8ntmark
Jul 28th, 2008
12:44:53 PM
I guess I'm the only one...
by ICantBelieveIRegistered
Jul 28th, 2008
12:49:34 PM
Ridley Scott to remake Star Wars from the POV of the Death Star
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2008
12:53:07 PM
... the Death Star's contractors.
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2008
12:54:02 PM
Batman from the POV of Wayne Industries' shareholders...
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2008
12:59:25 PM
Good
by kwisatzhaderach
Jul 28th, 2008
01:02:44 PM
CatoCensor
by Wants Vaders Executor
Jul 28th, 2008
01:24:57 PM
Whoopsie
by Wants Vaders Executor
Jul 28th, 2008
01:26:12 PM
Fuck TRIPOLI, Where's Blood Meridian, Ridley?
by theredtoad
Jul 28th, 2008
01:30:01 PM
The best Robin Hood ever is...
by dagonet_
Jul 28th, 2008
02:04:41 PM
not such bad news
by m_reporter
Jul 28th, 2008
02:06:30 PM
diagonet
by kungfuhustler84
Jul 28th, 2008
02:22:42 PM
Still..
by kungfuhustler84
Jul 28th, 2008
02:28:29 PM
I agree about Morgan
by m_reporter
Jul 28th, 2008
02:37:41 PM
Ridley Scott to remake Excalibur from the POV
by Second Try
Jul 28th, 2008
02:39:00 PM
What, you don't want to see Bale as Robin the terrorist?
by Calico Pete
Jul 28th, 2008
02:40:43 PM
Ridley Scott to implant brains to talkbackers
by m_reporter
Jul 28th, 2008
02:44:48 PM
ridley scott
by Charlie_Allnut
Jul 28th, 2008
02:45:01 PM
Indiana Jones from the POV of the tribesmen...
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2008
02:45:14 PM
Robin Hood needs Heart of Darkness treatment
by The Goon
Jul 28th, 2008
02:57:02 PM
Obviously based on Richard Kluger's
by Dingbatty
Jul 28th, 2008
02:57:18 PM
Alien 5
by superunknown85
Jul 28th, 2008
03:19:57 PM
Nothing to do with Crowe having put on about 100 lbs then?
by MaxCalifornia.
Jul 28th, 2008
03:26:46 PM
What about The Low Dweller? How many films
by GQtaste
Jul 28th, 2008
03:39:28 PM
Can they get Bale now?
by RawShark13
Jul 28th, 2008
03:50:13 PM
Thank christ.
by OBSD
Jul 28th, 2008
04:20:01 PM
Book of Exodus from the POV of the Canaanites.
by Royston Lodge
Jul 28th, 2008
04:32:02 PM
The Exocist from the POV of Satan.
by Flim Springfield
Jul 28th, 2008
04:38:20 PM
Scott remaking Back To The Future from Biff's POV
by SpencerTrilby
Jul 28th, 2008
05:21:22 PM
Excalibur was the best Arthur adaptation and
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:24:53 PM
And Errol Flynn's Robin Hood owns all
by Grammaton Cleric Binks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:26:32 PM
Ridley should remake "The Usual Suspects" from the POV of...
by rosasaks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:31:17 PM
Ridley should remake Rashomon from the POV of...
by rosasaks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:38:49 PM
Ridley should remake "As I Lay Dying" from the POV of...
by rosasaks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:43:42 PM
Michael Bay should remake Citizen Kane.
by rosasaks
Jul 28th, 2008
05:53:58 PM
Vantage Point from the POV of... god, who's left?
by Flim Springfield
Jul 28th, 2008
06:08:14 PM
Was gonna say something clever...
by thedottedlion
Jul 28th, 2008
07:18:20 PM
Russell Crowe...
by myrtle_mae_simmons
Jul 28th, 2008
07:52:33 PM
Denzel Washington as Hood.
by kirttrik
Jul 28th, 2008
08:07:10 PM
It's actually postponed because of...
by arizonahotrock
Jul 28th, 2008
08:24:47 PM
Crispin Glover as Evil Robin Hood.
by fiester
Jul 28th, 2008
08:25:37 PM
Rocket Robin Hood
by Manos
Jul 28th, 2008
08:39:11 PM
Damn
by tenfingersofdoom
Jul 28th, 2008
08:56:24 PM
Well at least I didn't use a spoon, heheheh....
by Han Cholo
Jul 29th, 2008
12:06:05 AM
THAT'S MY WIFE, CRONE!!!!!!
by Han Cholo
Jul 29th, 2008
12:10:13 AM
Well, according to THIS..
by oneragga
Jul 29th, 2008
12:41:49 AM
I hear Hollywood Hulk Hogan was gonna be Robin Hood
by KINGOFDINOSAURSHIT
Jul 29th, 2008
02:03:16 AM
THANK FUCK!
by SG Xibalba
Jul 29th, 2008
02:13:32 AM
What the hell.
by halberd
Jul 29th, 2008
02:39:58 AM
Faux Schloss
by ClanDestiny
Jul 29th, 2008
05:19:45 AM
Beer and meat pies
by The Brains
Jul 29th, 2008
07:18:36 AM
Get Costner to play Robin Hood.
by Knuckleduster
Jul 29th, 2008
07:19:15 AM
Yes
by The Brains
Jul 29th, 2008
08:10:48 AM
Costner American Hood> Connery's Scottish Hood
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 29th, 2008
09:57:44 AM
Errol Flynn = Definitive Robin Hood.
by Dick Bahls
Jul 29th, 2008
12:14:12 PM
I think this is progress...
by bswise
Jul 29th, 2008
02:33:23 PM
Sean Connery was never a good actor!?!?
by bswise
Jul 29th, 2008
02:44:18 PM
Armageddon from the POV of the asteroid!
by FastEddie8139
Jul 29th, 2008
07:19:18 PM
Rick Flemming eh?
by J.B.M.A.
Jul 29th, 2008
10:57:55 PM
On Connery - Trainspotting said it all
by JackRabbitSlim
Jul 30th, 2008
04:02:10 AM

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