(Left) Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios’ ‘Deadpool and Wolverine. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios/Marvel Studios. © 2024 20th Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL. (Right) Jodie Comer as Kathy in 20th Century Studios’ ‘The Bikeriders’. Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Preview:
- Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer will star in ‘The Death of Robin Hood’.
- ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’s director Michael Sarnoski is overseeing the movie.
- It’ll see a gravely injured Robin grappling with his past.
You think that, after any number of movies and TV series about UK folk legend Robin Hood –– you know, the forest-dwelling, Lincoln Green-sporting warrior who became known for stealing from the rich to help the poor –– that everything anyone would ever want to say about the character has already been covered. Surely, by the time you reach a Mel Brooks parody movie, you’ve hit pop cultural apotheosis, right?
That’s never been the case with Hood, though, with the most recent being the 2018 version starring Taron Egerton. And now here comes ‘Pig’ and ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ writer/director Michael Sarnoski, who has come up with his own version, ‘The Death of Robin Hood’.
And he’s got quite the cast headlining this one, with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer aboard to star.
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What’s the story of ‘The Death of Robin Hood’?
Douglas Fairbanks in 1922’s ‘Robin Hood’. Photo: United Artists.
According to Deadline, this is a darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale. The film will see the title character grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, a battleworn loner who finds himself gravely injured and in the hands of a mysterious woman who offers him a chance at salvation.
Jackman, of course, will be Hood (in shades of his battered, older Wolverine in ‘Logan’), while Comer (known for the likes of ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘The Last Duel’) as the mystery woman.
‘The Death of Robin Hood’: The filmmakers speak
(L to R) Lupita Nyong’o as “Samira” and Joseph Quinn as “Eric” in ‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ from Paramount Pictures. Photo: Paramount Pictures.
Here’s what Sarnoski says about the movie:
“It has been an incredible opportunity to reinvent and freshly innovate the story we all know of Robin Hood. Securing the perfect cast to transform the script to screen was essential. I could not be more thrilled and trusting in Hugh and Jodie to bring this story to life in a powerful and meaningful way.”
And here are producers Aaron Ryder and Andrew Swett:
“This is not the story of Robin Hood we’ve all come to know. Instead, Michael has crafted something far more grounded and visceral. Thanks to Alexander Black and our friends at Lyrical along with Rama and Michael, the world is going to love seeing Hugh and Jodie together in this epic.”
Lyrical Media has stumped up the finance for the movie.
When ‘The Death of Robin Hood’ be in theaters?
With production due to kick off in February next year, we wouldn’t expect this one until either late 2025 or some time in 2026. The rights to distribute the movie will be on sale at this month’s Cannes Market.
Taron Egerton in 2018’s ‘Robin Hood’. Photo: Lionsgate.