Robin Hood

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53252

Cate Blanchett Confirmed for Robin Hood
Source: Variety
February 25, 2009


It looks like actor Mark Strong was correct when he told The Telegraph that Cate Blanchett is going to play Maid Marian in director Ridley Scott's Robin Hood at Universal Pictures.

She joins Russell Crowe in the drama expected to start production in early April.

Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer is producing with Scott and his Scott Free production company.

The drama, originally scripted by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris and then rewritten by Brian Helgeland, has evolved into a Gladiator version of the Robin Hood legend, says Variety. Crowe starred in that film and Scott directed it.

The film will be shot at a $130 million budget, benefiting from favorable exchange rates and tax credits that come from shooting in the U.K. Scott will be aiming for a PG-13 rating.

Crowe plays Robin of Loxley in an origin story of Robin Hood that hews close to historical facts of the period. Abandoned as a child, he finds community with the common people of Nottingham. Robin's abandonment and trust issues hamper his ability to fall in love. He meets his match in Marian, a strong, independent woman.

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[Octoberist]

question: Where does the "Hood" in "Robin Hood" come from? I've often wonder that, because he's always been called "Robin of Loxley" on film.

 

[Majik1387]

question: Where does the "Hood" in "Robin Hood" come from? I've often wonder that, because he's always been called "Robin of Loxley" on film.

I'm pretty sure he wore a hood for a while.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Well Cate is as good as it gets so her and Crowe will make an interesting older Robin and Marion.

question: Where does the "Hood" in "Robin Hood" come from? I've often wonder that, because he's always been called "Robin of Loxley" on film.

I always thought it was a play on Robbing Hood, hood as in the old term for crook.

 

[That-Guy]

Yeah, there's been a lot of speculation on that... in some sources, it appears that "Hood" is a nickname or alias, while others make it appear to be his actual name.

Anyway, the synopsis listed above make the film sound like it could be pretty good... and the fact that Cate Blanchett is confirmed certainly makes me think that the film has some potential for greatness.

 

[Laderlappen]

Ahh, crap!

 

[Infinity9999x]

question: Where does the "Hood" in "Robin Hood" come from? I've often wonder that, because he's always been called "Robin of Loxley" on film.

Robin Hood has been around much longer than Robin of Loxley. There are many reports of a Robin Hood or Robin Hode, or even RobinHode as far back as the early 1200's. Apparently the original Robin was very popular because many outlaws started using the alias after the original Robin poped up. There are multiple records of Robin Hood's from the 1220's on in old English court documents.

The Robin of Loxley story didn't come into play until well after the Robin Hood legend was established. Writers started depicting him as a wronged nobleman who was fighting to get back his land from the evil Sherif and King, and who would later go on to help the villagers as well.

I had to do a research paper on Robin Hood last year, can you tell? t:

 

[BloodyWolverine]

How many thinks Brendon Gleeson should play Little John and Jeremy Irons Should play The Sheriff or prince John.
King Richard should be non other then Anthony Hopkins or Ian McKellen if ask me.

 

[That-Guy]

Well, if they really want to be historically accurate, then King Richard should be played by a younger guy. He died when he was 42.

 

[BlackLantern]

I recall reading a version of 'Robin Hood' where Robins father was a ranger in Sherwood forest protecting the Kings lands...and there was a bandit in Sherwood Forest named Will O' the Green, who eventually took Robin under his wing

 

[Batspider77]

Blanchett is recently in a lot of Movies.....looks like she becomes the Female S.Jackson.lol

But shes of course a very good choise for MM.

 

[BestGirl]

Blanchett is recently in a lot of Movies.....looks like she becomes the Female S.Jackson.lol

But shes of course a very good choise for MM.

Except she's 40. I would've preferred a younger MM. But then seeing as how we're getting an older RH I guess we need an older lady.

 

[terry78]

LOL, if they skewed them younger, we'd be all, "wut the eff...why dey gotz ta be CW stars in dis?"

 

[TheVileOne]

Well the BBC series has a younger cast and it's a good show. Except that it gets very repetitive and drags a lot in season 2.

 

[Electrix]

This thread's title needs to be changed to 'Robin Hood'!

 

[FaT_tONle]

So what's the latest with the plot again??? Is this basically Robinhood being portrayed as the bad guy? And what is the deal with the Sheriff? Will he even be featured?

 

[BestGirl]

LOL, if they skewed them younger, we'd be all, "wut the eff...why dey gotz ta be CW stars in dis?"

I would've accepted a cast in their early-to-mid 30s. A cast in their 40s is a tad old for me.

 

[BlackLantern]

then RD you can just go watch Priveliged and 90210....seems to be more your speed

 

[Infinity9999x]

Well, if they really want to be historically accurate, then King Richard should be played by a younger guy. He died when he was 42.

Well, if they really wanted to be really historically accurate. They'd make Robin just a robber who robs, not one who robs from the rich and gives to the poor (because he was most likely just a theif), and he wouldn't meet King Richard or Prince John at all, because Richard was alive from 1157 to 1199, while the earliest record or Robin Hood is only around the 1220's.

 

[Superark]

Good casting for Marion. And of course I think Crowe rocks, so I'm looking forward to this, depsite it probably not being anything very new.

 

[That-Guy]

Well, if they really wanted to be really historically accurate. They'd make Robin just a robber who robs, not one who robs from the rich and gives to the poor (because he was most likely just a theif), and he wouldn't meet King Richard or Prince John at all, because Richard was alive from 1157 to 1199, while the earliest record or Robin Hood is only around the 1220's.

True.

I personally hope that whatever happens, we just get a GOOD Robin Hood movie. I rented the first disc of the BBC series yesterday and I turned it off after 5 minutes. It felt like a parody to me. Maybe I'll give it another shot tonight though.

 

[Carmine Falcone]

Mmmm....this went from sounding cool and fresh to boring.

 

[Infinity9999x]

True.

I personally hope that whatever happens, we just get a GOOD Robin Hood movie. I rented the first disc of the BBC series yesterday and I turned it off after 5 minutes. It felt like a parody to me. Maybe I'll give it another shot tonight though.

I agree. While the "Sheriff's version" sounded interesting, I personally would rather see a good Robin Hood movie made, because we haven't had a good Robin movie in a very long while. And really, I just wasn't quite as into seeing Robin Hood pull a "Wicked." I'm not saying that a great story couldn't have been done that way, it still could have, but like I said, I just want a GOOD, new Robin Hood movie.

 

[That-Guy]

I agree. While the "Sheriff's version" sounded interesting, I personally would rather see a good Robin Hood movie made, because we haven't had a good Robin movie in a very long while. And really, I just wasn't quite as into seeing Robin Hood pull a "Wicked." I'm not saying that a great story couldn't have been done that way, it still could have, but like I said, I just want a GOOD, new Robin Hood movie.

Yeah... to be honest, I didn't really like the "Robin as a bad guy" idea but the prospect of Robin and the Sheriff both being good and being set against each other due to circumstances would have been interesting.

But as someone who read a number of Robin Hood books as a kid, I've been dying to see a good, epic adaptation of the story for a long time. Prince of Thieves almost pulled it off, but Kevin Costner f**king ruined that film. He was so miscast that it bogged the rest of the movie down. If you replaced him with someone who fit the role and removed Morgan Freeman's character (Freeman was great, but there was no need for him to be there... especially considering that no one other than Little John should be Robin's right hand man) and improved the fight choreography a bit... you'd have the perfect Robin Hood film.

 

[BestGirl]

Just curious... since anything could happen with this movie and in a year's time we might have Sasha Baron Cohen playing Robin Hood and Will Ferrel playing the Sheriff... who would you cast if you were making a Robin Hood movie and what type of film would it be?

I've said before that I'm a fan of the original storyline that I heard Nottingham was going to have, i.e. Robin Hood (Christian Bale) is an unsympathetic criminal and the Sheriff (Russell Crowe) is the good guy who has to bring him to justice. My ideas will probably seem a bit radical but I wouldn't mind a shake-up of the old legend:

The Merry Men would have their basic personality traits but would all be a bit meaner and tougher.

Friar Tuck would be sympathetic towards RH and his gang, possibly because there's a lot of poverty in England and he sees them as men who are victims of circumstance, or he could just be corrupt. I haven't decided.

Maid Marion would be either a rich girl who falls for Robin and runs off to join him or is kidnapped by RH (who has no romantic feelings for her) and held for ransom. I'm leaning towards the latter as being more interesting.

The film would still be called Nottingham because the whole movie could be about how society reacts to an aggressive, seemingly unstoppable outlaw, just like TDK. Unlike TDK many poor Englishmen would admire RH and there could be a sort of subplot or commentary on class warfare.

Failing all that I would like to see a classic Robin Hood movie with all the traditional elements.