Robin of Locksley escapes death in a foreign land. Returning home to England with a Moor named Azeem he discovers that his father has been killed by the Sheriff of Nottingham who has seized power in the King's absence. Now Robin must become a fugitive and fight for retribution. Read more
| Starring | Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman |
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| Director | Kevin Reynolds |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Romance |
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British director Ridley Scott is to team up once again with Gladiator star Russell Crowe in Nottingham, a remake of the classic Robin Hood story. However, the film will see the Sheriff of Nottingham portrayed as a noble and loyal lawman reluctantly working for a corrupt leader, reports Variety. Crowe is set to star as the sheriff, who is usually portrayed as an enemy of Robin Hood in the traditional stories and was once played by Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which starred... Read more
Kevin Costner has signed up for a new film in which he will play the role of a serial killer. The actor, who is normally associated with good guy roles, as demonstrated by films such as Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, The Bodyguard and Tin Cup, will star in the thriller Mr Brooks. The film will be written and directed by Bruce A Evans, who has previously penned the screenplays for Tim Allen's Jungle 2 Jungle and Stand By Me, which starred River Phoenix. Evans' only other effort at directing came Read more
Several actors have played God over the years, including Graham Chapman, Charlton Heston, George Burns, Alanis Morissette, and even Groucho Marx. (Danny Boyle and Andrew Macdonald tried to cast Sean Connery as the Almighty in A Life Less Ordinary but he was having none of it.) No one has played Him Upstairs with more genial simplicity and grace than Morgan Freeman. In Bruce Almighty he even handed over his powers to a disbelieving Jim Carrey. No such luck for Steve Carell's Evan Baxter in the... Read more
Filmakers in Hollywood have distorted history to the extent that they are "destroying" Britain's national identity, according to a top historian. English Heritage's chief executive has told the Independent on Sunday that Hollywood's "sloppy" and "formulaic" filmmaking has left a generation of British schoolchildren confused. "One of my principal concerns," said the man in charge of the government body responsible for the historic environment, "is... Read more