I’ve been very excited about the Ridley Scott Robin Hood project. Not just because it’s Ridley Scott… not just because it’s Russell Crowe (best actor on the planet)… but because the myth of Robin Hood is so universal and timeless. Action, adventure, chivalry, it has it all.
But the project has gone through a lot of changes from the original idea. At first it was going to be called “Nottinham” and focus more on the story of the Sheriff, then Crowe was going to play both roles… now he’s just Robin Hood. And now it’s been announced that even though they’ve already started shooting, they’ve hired another writer to re-do the script.
The folks over at Worst Previews give us this:
The screenplay will now be reworked top to bottom. The first script was written by “Kung Fu Panda” scribes Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris. It was later re-written by Brian Helgeland (Mystic River, LA Confidential) and the new writer coming in to take over is Tom Stoppard (Brazil, Empire of the Sun, Shakespeare in Love).
Man, this can’t be good.
