Nottingham, Robin Hood's new show

[Teelie]

This is Robin Hood and he's also the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Sounds intriguing although the concept is nothing new, the idea that Robin and the Sheriff are the same person isn't one I think I've seen before.

What if Robin Hood and his traditional nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham, were the same person? That is the premise of Nottingham, a Game Of Thrones reinvention of the classic mythology in the works at BBC America. The series project is written by Dracula creator Cole Haddon, who again takes on a classic villain character. BBC America The GameSony Pictures TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment, the companies behind NBC hit The Blacklist, are producing, with Haddon and Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and John Fox executive producing.

Described as a soapy class drama, Nottingham centers on the Sheriff of Nottingham whose wife is killed by King John’s men. When nobody is brought to justice, the Sheriff launches a one-man war against the Crown. By day, he remains the reviled Sheriff, loyal servant of the King, but by night he puts on a hood and, using the intelligence he gains from his office, attacks the King where it hurts the most — his coffers. As Robin Hood, he systematically raids the King’s men, his noble loyalists and political allies, giving the spoils to the starving peasantry and starting a rebellion that will change England forever. Until now, the Sheriff of Nottingham has always been depicted as a villain, most famously portrayed by the great Alan Rickman in the 1991 feature Prince Of Thieves (pictured). Haddon is with WME and Anonymous Content.

 

[godisawesome]

This sounds like the interim script between the Nottingham movie script and the Ridley Scott Robin Hood we got.

I hope they embrace some of the older mythos and historical characters. Geoffrey, Archbishop of York was Johns's bastard half-brother and political rival, and even a serving Sheriff of Yorkshire for a while. Red Roger of Doncaster has only been used in one live action story I know of, and I wouldn't mind seeing an outlaw Guy of Gisbourne.

 

[TheVileOne]

Wasn't this sort of the concept for the Nottingham/Crowe/Scott movie before it became Robin Hood Begins basically?

Is this technically copyright infringement of that version?

 

[KenK]

YUP! And The fact that they chucked the idea is why I didn't see that goddamn film! If this show happens, I'll definitely check it out!

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Wasn't this sort of the concept for the Nottingham/Crowe/Scott movie before it became Robin Hood Begins basically?

Is this technically copyright infringement of that version?

It does sound alot like that version before Robin Hood Begins was released.

I don't know if it can be infringement if, technically, that version never actually existed though. Can it?

 

[Teelie]

Was that really the almost version of the movie they made? There have been so many Robin Hood movies and television series over the years I don't pay much attention to them unless I run across one that gets good reviews.

 

[KevanG]

They could have done a neat new version of Robin Hood but they traded down for some generic crap, it'll be interesting to see if this one works though. Maybe they'll retry that script in a few years.

 

[TheVileOne]

It does sound alot like that version before Robin Hood Begins was released.

I don't know if it can be infringement if, technically, that version never actually existed though. Can it?

Well I assume the studio owns that version of the script...so maybe? I mean, you can still copyright unproduced scripts.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I guess, unless they're somehow connected with the studio or maybe bought the script. Or maybe just running with an idea, from all those crazy rumors we'd heard. I mean, I remember the rumors running every which way. It went from having Nottingham being the lead and the hero without us ever seeing Robin until the end or something, then maybe them adding more Robin with casting Bale as Robin and Crowe being Nottingham...then I remember something about Crowe playing both Robin and Nottingham as some kind of subversive message about how heroes and villains are mirror images of eachother serving as their own best enemies or something...I remember that version spinning into different tangents on so many websites by the time we wound up with Robin Hood Begins. So I wouldn't be surprised if they were inspired by reading some of those wild theories/rumors.

But, if I'm honest...I did like Robin Hood Begins. I'm probably the only one that did.