Russell Crowe reveals name and details of Robin Hood epic

[GreenScar]

I am very excited for this film. It's scheduled for a May 2010 release

IN his first interview about Ridley Scott's upcoming Robin Hood remake, star Russell Crowe has finally revealed the name of the film.

The project had earlier being called Nottingham when the screenplay was more revisionist and focused on the Sheriff, depicting him in a more favourable light. When the story was rewritten, the production became nameless.

Live News visited the film set in Guildford, Surrey, UK, speaking to Crowe and revealing some fascinating information about the production.

"It's unbelievable. We're dealing with a movie of some considerable scale", Crowe said while on a 200-acre rural estate where different areas have been transformed into Sherwood Forest, 11th century Nottingham, a French castle, a man-made bog from which Maid Marian (Cate Blanchett) is rescued by Robin Hood (Crowe), and fields of crops which have been grown exactly as they would have been in that bygone era.

Asked if he could finally nail down the name of the movie, Crowe said: "I think it's just going to be Robin Hood. There were lots of other ways of calling it and some different ideas. Prior to Christmas, the studio were talking about Nottingham as a title being well-known now, having been discussed for 18 months at the highest levels of press and marketing and stuff like that and it was a good - what they called a solid gold - name.

"And the question came up: But is it better than Robin Hood? And everybody just shook their head and said: No, it's not."

Crowe later explained why he felt the name of any movie was vital to its success. He said calling his 2005 film Cinderella Man had been an unwise decision because the title had a "certain effeminacy" about it; calling it Braddock (the lead character played by Crowe) would have been much better, he argued.

The actor was speaking just after shooting a scene where, he said, "the evil Sir Godfrey has put all the good people of Nottingham inside the corn exchange, boarded up the doors and set it aflame. We [Robin and his men] are back from a meeting of the northern barons because I think rebellion is in the air, we find this situation and have to chase Sir Godfrey off."

And it is definitely set to be a gritty portrayal and of the legendary outlaw. Crowe said the battle scene he had just shot featured him "chopping one guy through the chest through his crossbow, hacking another guy through the back, spinning the horse, telling Little John to duck cos he's about to get a pike in the back of the neck, burying my sword in that man's chest, turning to find another pike man coming at me, taking the pike off him, using that to uppercut another soldier, then actually throwing it through the chest of another guy."

Filming will later move to Pembrokeshire in Wales and is expected to be finished in August. Robin Hood is set for release on May 14, 2010.

[GreenScar]

Sorry about the size of the pics guys!

If you click on the pics you can see smaller versions of them

[SillyMammo]

Looking forward to this one. Thanks for the pics.

[tbizzle]

So we know that Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand are in it. Looking forward to this!

edit: just looked at imdb, not news lol

[Diesel]

i hope that last picture is in the movie

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by Diesel

i hope that last picture is in the movie

Psshh, you've never heard of medieval ATV's. Where have you been!?

[Disco]

Robin Hood and Russell Crowe should be a dynamic fit.

I too am another one that can hardly wait!

[209Mason]

Holy shnazberries... at first I was skeptical... but that trailer is awesome.

[Duffy12]

From Marketsaw:

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Ridley Scott's ROBIN HOOD In 3D? Could Happen!

Jim here. According to The Wrap's Sharon Waxman, Director Ridley Scott "is breathing down the neck of executives at Universal to get them to approve making a 3D version of his new $200 million epic, ROBIN HOOD".

Waxman has a quote from a "knowledgeable executive" that a 3D conversion of ROBIN HOOD would be in the range of $7 to $8 million. Now I know of at least one company that charges about $100,000 a minute for conversion - so say ROBIN HOOD is 120 minutes (I have no idea), that makes a cost of about $12 million. So Waxman's source is close depending on the conversion technology company. I know others are cheaper.

You all know what my opinion is on this already. Any movie by Ridley Scott in 3D is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. A resounding YES echoed in my head when I read that. Ridley will be making THE FOREVER WAR in 3D too - so chalk him up as yet another visionary convert! Sharon is a friend of mine (I occassionally post on her site) and I will check further with her. Sounds very interesting to say the least!! :-)

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by Duffy12

From Marketsaw:

Could be cool. I'm glad to see a push for 3D but I think filming in 3D is levels better than converting but you don't hear me not complaining.

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by vegeta88

Could be cool. I'm glad to see a push for 3D but I think filming in 3D is levels better than converting but you don't hear me not complaining.

- LOL -

I do have to wonder though...how many arrows will we get 'shoved right in our faces'?

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[Diesel]

another film i cannot wait for

i think crowe will be a great robin hood
i love the look they gave him


also....
are we three always in the same threads? lol

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by DVDave

We apparently have similar interests in movies.

true

which is why i tend to frequent GS's threads alot

[andyman1970]

Originally Posted by DVDave

I just want him to make another Gladiator film.

How? Maximus dies at the end of the first one. Maybe the Terminator could go back in time and save him?

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

How? Maximus dies at the end of the first one. Maybe the Terminator could go back in time and save him?

nah, Doc Brown has it covered

[cynatnite]

Originally Posted by andyman1970

How? Maximus dies at the end of the first one. Maybe the Terminator could go back in time and save him?

A prequel perhaps?

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by DVDave

Guess you never read the Gladiator 2 script by Nick Cave.

I seriously hope they don't revisit that. It would go wildly in a new direction, very different from the first, not to mention changing the ending of the first (which would in essence ruin the first movie for me)

Can't wait for a fresh Robin Hood though

[cflames89]

Next May is looking pretty lean, just this and Iron Man 2 interest me.

Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe could light me on fire and I would pay to see it.

[P@t_Mtl]

Always ready for a Robin Hood movie myself and this one look's very interesting. 11 months to go.

[Darkhawk9587]

Sounds good. I like how they're taking it to be gritty and violent. That was the main problem I had with the Kevin Costner film. It wasn't gritty enough to be realistic. Hopefully a trailer for this comes out real soon.