Robin Hood is Returning to Films, and He is Bringing Hugh Jackman With Him

The age of IP means no property is off limits for a revival, and that features Robin Hood.

Per Deadline, the enduring archer is about to return in a brand new film satirically titled The Dying of Robin Hood. Described as a “darker reimagining” of the character, Hugh Jackman has the lead function reverse The Bikeriders’ Jodie Comer. Within the directing chair is A Quiet Place: Day One’s Michael Sarnoski, who’ll additionally write the image. Our pitch? Jackman’s Robin will reckon together with his previous lifetime of pulling off crimes together with his Merry Males. Now gravely injured and a “battle worn” loner, the sudden look of a “mysterious younger lady” could function a way of redemption. Or, if you wish to be reductive, it seems to be Logan, however with a Robin Hood coat of paint on it.

Manufacturing is predicted to kick off in February 2025; within the press launch, Sarnoski expressed pleasure at attending to “reinvent and freshly innovate the story everyone knows of Robin Hood. I couldn’t be extra thrilled and trusting in Hugh and Jodie to convey this story to life in a robust and significant manner.”

Since Disney’s 1973 movie, Robin Hood’s starred in films on a constant foundation, and aside from that film, they’ve all been in live-action. Many a person’s performed the character, from Kevin Costner and Mel Brooks to Russell Crowe. The final big-budget Robin Hood film we bought was the 2018 film directed by Otto Bathurst starring Taron Egerton which underperformed so badly it principally killed the character’s film prospects. Sufficient time’s handed to provide it one other go, it appears, and it helps that Robin’s bought a kindred spirit in Tarzan, who’s set to headline a brand new film courtesy of Sony within the subsequent few years.

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