Robin Hood Reboot: Avengers Style

[Gold Samurai]

Will Scarlet- And Little John?....Smash

Little John- *SMILES*

 

[Pink Ranger]

Will Scarlet- And Little John?....Smash

Little John- *SMILES*

WILL: Robin, I need you up there to call out patterns and strays.

ROBIN: Right. Tuck, can you give me a lift up there?

TUCK: Sure thing. Better clench up, Legolas.

ROBIN: .... wait, what?

TUCK: Uh, I said clench up ...

ROBIN: I heard you, fat man! I'm Robin Hood. Robin mother-******* Hood. You compare him to me, not the other way round!

WILL: Robin, let's not go there.

ROBIN: No! No! We will go there! I'm the original cultural reference, understand? He's based on ME! **** you, Peter Jackson!

 

[Donut]

I say combine it all. Just have the guy who made Bridesmaids direct an all-female cast of Sherwood Forest bandits who fight ghosts and call themselves the Sinister Six.


Three birds, one stone.

He's already doing that with Ghostbusters

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

WILL: Robin, I need you up there to call out patterns and strays.

ROBIN: Right. Tuck, can you give me a lift up there?

TUCK: Sure thing. Better clench up, Legolas.

ROBIN: .... wait, what?

TUCK: Uh, I said clench up ...

ROBIN: I heard you, fat man! I'm Robin Hood. Robin mother-******* Hood. You compare him to me, not the other way round!

WILL: Robin, let's not go there.

ROBIN: No! No! We will go there! I'm the original cultural reference, understand? He's based on ME! **** you, Peter Jackson!

End credits scene:

Sheriff of Nottingham: "The Merry Men...they are not the cowering wretches we were promised. They stand. They are unruly, and therefore cannot be ruled. To challenge them is to court death."

(William Tell rises and smiles)

 

[mclay18]

Disney bought a Robin Hood spec (from writer Brandon Barker) titled "Nottingham & Hood" last year, which was described as having a Pirates of the Caribbean tone.

And then last year, another RH spec from King Arthur scribe Joby Harold titled "Robin Hood: Origins" (yes, that's the current title) has hit the market, but none of the studios have bought it yet.

I think we'll see two studios producing rival Robin Hood films by the time everything is said and done. Maybe not competing with one another like Universal and Relativity did with Snow White in 2012, but probably another Jungle Book situation.

 

[MadVillainy]

haha forgot about this "shared universe" too.

 

[Octoberist]

I'm sure this is cancelled. It's just too stupid.

Let's equate Avengers' world building with..Robin Hood's.

 

[MadVillainy]

One of the stupider ideas I heard.

 

[Rocketman]

Can Hollywood just get it over with and do this LXG style?

Robin Hood
Sherlock Holmes
Albert Einstein
Dracula
Winnie the Pooh
The Loch Ness Monster
Lucille Ball
The Spice Girls

vs.


Hitler
Michael Bay
Bill Cosby
Hannibal Lecter
Chucky
Dora the Explorer
Carrot Top
The California Raisins

The movie is called "SCREW IT."

Written and Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.

 

[MadVillainy]

The "The movie is called 'Screw It'" part got me good.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Just cast a black man or a Latino.

 

[Rocketman]

Just cast a black man or a Latino.

My bad.

Bad Guy Side: George Lopez

Good Guy Side: The Ghost of Frederick Douglass

 

[Boy Scout]

Too quote "To Be Continued" in the comments section of Collider: "That's one of the funniest, and saddest, things I've read on this site."

Wow.

My new favorite gif.

 

[mclay18]

I'm sure this is cancelled. It's just too stupid.

Let's equate Avengers' world building with..Robin Hood's.

I'm against the world building aspect, but I'm fine with them doing more Robin Hood movies -- provided those pics are entertaining and retain the medieval setting.

I really like the legend, and there's a reason it's endured over the centuries in ballads and other forms of storytelling.

 

[Octoberist]

But they're wrong headed about it, and you know it. They're thinking "If the Avengers can do, then we can do it with Robin Hood."

Without thinking "Oh Avengers is based on popular Marvel characters."

 

[mclay18]

Disney's take seems more sensible than Sony's plans for it. Sony's plans don't make much sense other than 'let's model this after Marvel Studios'!

If these studios want to make a Robin Hood franchise, they don't need to spend a fortune on it like Ridley Scott did five years ago (one could make a decent RH film for $100M or less). The fun about Robin Hood stories is that it's low-tech, a lot of things can be done in camera without excessive CGI or A-list actor budgets.

 

[Goshdarn Batman]

Hey! Idea: why not make a furry Robin Hood movie??????basd on teh disnay carton!!!

it werked for guardians of teh galaxy lol

 

[Mysteryman]

R.I.P Stand alone films.

If the shared universe films didnt make money,
You might see some standalone films.

 

[Loki882]

Yeah but the entire set-up for Marvel and DC's characters is that they ARE separate characters/franchises who come together to stop threats that none of them can handle alone. So a shared universe makes sense. Hell a SW shared universe even makes sense given how vast and ancient it is. None of this is true of Robin Hood.

 

[Mr.M]

When I thought Robin Hood crossover, I was thinking of a crossover with maybe King Arthur, with Lancelot, Merlin, and the works. Meh to the Merry Men spinoffs.

 

[Pink Ranger]

When I thought Robin Hood crossover, I was thinking of a crossover with maybe King Arthur, with Lancelot, Merlin, and the works. Meh to the Merry Men spinoffs.

Arthur and Robin Hood are separated by about 500 years, but Merlin and Robin Hood would be an interesting crossover, since Merlin can be considered somewhat immortal. Add in Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the Black Knight (secretly King Richard) and Nicolas Cage as himself, and we've got a pretty sweet franchise.

 

[Loki882]

I've got. Robin Hood and Disney's Gargoyles. That crossover would be EPIC. Hell the show worked in both King Arthur and MacBeth already.

 

[:eek:]

A Fourth "Robin Hood" Film In The Works

By Garth Franklin Tuesday April 21st 2015 04:49PM
"Gangster Squad" scribe Will Beall and "The LEGO Movie" producer Dan Lin are teaming with producer John Zaozirny for yet another movie about Robin Hood in development.
This marks the fourth film about the famed outlaw currently in the works, joining Lionsgate and Appian Way's dark origin story "Robin Hood: Origins," Disney's family adventure tale "Nottingham & Hood," and Sony's high-octane action take "Hood" which Jerry Bruckheimer is tipped to produce.
What kind of tale this one will be is being kept secret for now. These projects all follow in the wake of 2010's "Robin Hood" movie from Ridley Scott which garnered $300 million worldwide - but cost a whopping $200 million to produce.
Source: Deadline

 

[Octoberist]

So there's 4 Robin Hood movies in the works? Even after the Ripley Scott Version?

It is because it's public domain?

 

[jmc]

Yep. Traditional folktales have no ownership so everyone's free to do with it what they wish.