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Danny Huston will make a fine King Richard, the Lionheart in Ridley Scott's ROBIN HOOD flick!

I wish it was Crowe as Nottingham too by Nachokoolaid	Jul 13th, 2009 06:17:50 AM

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I wonder how many people have played Orson over the years. by Knuckleduster	Jul 13th, 2009 06:35:09 AM
Liev Schreiber in RKO 281. Vincent D'Onofrio in Ed Wood. Angus Mcfadyen in Cradle Will Rock. I'd still love to see Tim Robbins give it a go.
"I am Herne the Hunter by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 13th, 2009 06:41:20 AM
and you are a leaf driven by the wind." Robin of Sherwood is still the best ever telling of the Hood legend. Especially the double episode 'The Swords of Wayland' and the final Praed episode 'The Greatest Enemy'.
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Retelling Robin hood by Papalazeru	Jul 13th, 2009 06:53:58 AM
Sounds great if it's done from the Sheriff's perspective. I certainly like the sound of that.
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Awww, I love that movie. Of course, I'm a sucker for even good-bad movies in the vampire and zombie genres. 30 Days of Night just had a true sense of stalking (with them hiding in the attic, under floors) that most vampire movies don't draw out...
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The Proposition by kafka07	Jul 13th, 2009 07:47:27 AM
Huston doesn't act in the film. He basically plays himself.
Huston is class, wasted on Wolverine by KillaKane	Jul 13th, 2009 08:18:40 AM
He'll make a fine Lionheart
Where's the TF2 $$$ thread? by Logan_1973	Jul 13th, 2009 09:16:01 AM
You know, like we got for STAR TREK? Just curious...
It better have at least SOME twists in the tale by performingmonkey	Jul 13th, 2009 09:19:44 AM
Come on, EVERYONE knows the Robin Hood story. The BBC Robin Hood series has just been axed after they killed off Robin, Marian, Guy AND the Sheriff! The basic Hood story was all there, so it's only JUST been retold. Scott's film better be different to any other Hood adaptation. It DID sound like it was going to be originally, with the Hood/Sheriff dynamic being shaken up, role reversals and all that, but now it just sounds like the same old stuff. What it needs to have is connections with his Kingdom of Heaven movie, it should feel like it's sequel.
I can't wait for the scene where William Hurt... by herow/1000faces	Jul 13th, 2009 09:37:14 AM
...beats Marleee Matlin. Oh wait. That was real life.
when in doubt and you need a british actress... by palooka_boy	Jul 13th, 2009 10:01:05 AM
go with Cate Blanchett
My lord he sucked in Origins by ganymede3010	Jul 13th, 2009 10:03:17 AM
Lets hope he can do a better job in this flick.
So he's playing a gay Frenchman... by BiggusDickus	Jul 13th, 2009 10:40:56 AM
...who barely set foot in England, then? Just so's we know.
...WITH A SPOON! by BiggusDickus	Jul 13th, 2009 10:42:03 AM
C'mon, someone had to mention it!
Danny Huston's good by D.Vader	Jul 13th, 2009 10:42:22 AM
Was just thinking about his role in The Proposition a few days ago.
Naa, sorry. This dude sucks by Brody77	Jul 13th, 2009 10:43:03 AM
Wolverine proved it beyond a doubt. And, erm...anyone British IN this film? (as long as it isn't Jonas Armstrong....)
Danny Huston calm the fuck down by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 11:10:31 AM
Alan Rickman isn't dead yet, stop trying to have his career.
I know they aren't playing the same by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 11:12:47 AM
Characters, just Danny is trying to become the next Alan Rickman.
Eh, I don't want to see this anymore by CherryValance	Jul 13th, 2009 11:34:11 AM
Something about Danny Huston puts me off. And the whole look of it with the short hair and Kingdom of Heaven-ness. I think I can skip it.
kwisatzhaderach by codymr	Jul 13th, 2009 12:40:07 PM
Agreed, ROS was the quintessential interpretation of the Robin Hood legend so far. It did great things with the Pagan/Christian religious tensions of the time. And I think it may be the first version to introduce a saracen warrior into Robin's men. It was a great series.
I'm forced to agree with many people here by AsimovLives	Jul 13th, 2009 12:44:44 PM
Ridley Scott's Robin Hood movie was far more promising when it was supposed to be the telling of the legend from the perspective of the sherriff, or the notion that Sherriff and Robin were both the same man. that would be a new and very interesting twist to the old tale. Two good ways to make it sound anew. But as the movie is being made now, i'm not too sure. Sounds like repeat. It's still interesting to see ridley scott back in the middle ages, the man is always at this best when he's making movies in the future, in the past or set in a fantasy world, his imagination runs wild in those type of settings.
kwisatzhaderach by AsimovLives	Jul 13th, 2009 12:47:11 PM
In respect to your nick, of course you must know that Ridley Scott got this close to direct Dune. I always wonder how that movie would had looked like, directed by him. Not that i lament it too much, or else there would had not be Blade Runner, not as we know it.
AsimovLives by codymr	Jul 13th, 2009 12:57:34 PM
Really, RS almost did Dune?! That is fascinating. I read somewhere that Lynch was offered Return of the Jedi. I wonder, if Lynch had accepted, passing on Dune, would Scott have taken on Dune and then what would have been the fate of Blade Runner? I think in this case, I prefer the way film history actually unfolded.
Between this and the Alice in Wonderland reboot by Series7	Jul 13th, 2009 01:11:15 PM
I hope they reboot Song of the South Next.
codymr by AsimovLives	Jul 13th, 2009 01:17:51 PM
Yes it's true, Dino DeLaurentiis kept pestering Ridley Scott about making Dune, and Scott even worked on the movie for a while, in script meetings and production design. But his older brother's death put a stop to that. Scott said that his older brother's death had shocked him so much, he diced to work on a movie with was smaller and less hard work to make, adn he though blade Runner was just that movie, considering that when he came on board, there already had been some 3 or 4 years of pre-production going on. Little did he knew the big bottomless pitt of work that Blade Runner would turn out to be. Before R. Scott, Robert Mulligam got this close to actually shoot the movie, but at the 11th hour he backed out. And likewise, Scott got this close to start shooting Dune. And yes, i agree with you, i prefer the way that history finally unfolded. By the way, Paul Verhoeven also got this close to direct Return Of The Jedi, because Spielberg and Lucas loved Soldier Of Orange. But when they saw Verhoeven's next movie, Spetters, they changed their minds.
I'm glad Ridley decided to stick with the legend by Lornsorrow	Jul 13th, 2009 01:18:13 PM
instead of turing it on its head to try and grab attention. I really disliked the idea of "the telling of the legend from the perspective of the sherriff, or the notion that Sherriff and Robin were both the same man." For me, the Robin Hood legend is one of the most important legends humanity has created. It says so much about the rights of the governed and the need to draw a line on the sand when the government disregards those rights. I think the story at it is, is powerful enough to stand the way it does without any gimmicky changes with the plot, or hacking off Robin's dick and calling her Starbuck. I mean, I'd rather see a movie where Satan was the hero and Jesus was a villain (although I don't know how they would make that distinction seeing as how these two character myths have so much in common) than for them to fuck with Robin Hood.
I mean that Robert Mulligam got very close to by AsimovLives	Jul 13th, 2009 01:19:07 PM
direct Blade Runner, not Dune.
he was also good in THIS, THIS, wonderful in THAT and THAT by Glory_Fades_ImMaxFischer	Jul 13th, 2009 04:53:56 PM
I doubt you sat there and said "That guy is making this movie". to any of those movies..but's it's nice to know you base your stories off IMDB and just try to work your words around filmography
...and cancel Christmas! by loafroaster	Jul 13th, 2009 05:19:19 PM

Glory_Fades_ImMaxFischer by the beef	Jul 13th, 2009 08:38:28 PM
That sentence makes no fuckin' sense.
I by Cujo_Fugate	Jul 14th, 2009 12:14:16 AM
farted
the beef by AsimovLives	Jul 14th, 2009 02:22:55 AM
I second that.
There would be no harm to the legend by AsimovLives	Jul 14th, 2009 02:25:38 AM
The Robin Hood legend is so strong and such a meme on our global culture, that one retelling of the legend with the sherriff as the protagonist, or the notion of both Robin and Sherriff beign the same man wouldn't dent it at all. It would just be one new way to tell the legend, and it wouldn't replace it in any way. It remeinds me of the retellings of The Iliad, where the storytellers don't seem to agree if Achilles or Ullisses should be portaited as good guys or bad guys. Same deal here.
Robin of Sherwood was the only real adaptation. by JackPumpkinhead	Jul 14th, 2009 02:26:28 AM
This junk certainly won't be another. Did you read its script? It's online. And it's pathetic.
SOTS reboot by CreamCheeseAlchemist	Jul 14th, 2009 05:46:56 AM
Remus is the half-brother of Johnny's grandmother. So you have a family dynamic that's observable to most- with Johnny's mother being in denial about the whole thing. She can't cope with the idea that Remus may be her uncle by blood, and it becomes just another race issue with her and her more liberal husband. But it all ends well, with Remus having his family's backing when he decides to run for office.
Will Richard Speak French in the movie? by Ingeld	Jul 14th, 2009 09:53:15 AM
He never actually spoke English.
Irony? by Neosamurai85	Jul 14th, 2009 11:23:52 AM
X-Men Origins had two good actors that had previously played Orson Wells in it. Huh.

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