Taglines: The legend you know. The story you don’t.
Robin of Loxley, a lord living in Nottingham, enjoys a good life with his lover, Marian, before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the Saracens. After four years away from England, Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his commander, Guy of Gisbourne, from executing prisoners, namely a teenage boy, despite the pleading of the boy’s father, which prompts Gisbourne to send Robin back home.
When he returns to Nottingham, Robin learns from his old friend Friar Tuck that the Sheriff had him officially declared dead two years prior in order to seize Robin’s land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal, kicking the citizens from the city and into the coal mine town across the river. Investigating ‘the Slags’, Robin witnesses the commoners planning to rise against the government that oppresses and exploits them and learns that Marian is now involved with their aspiring leader, Will Tillman.
Robin is prevented from making contact with her by the Arab whose son he tried to save. The man introduces himself as Yahya – which he says can be translated to “John” – and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing the money taken from the people to fund the church’s war. Marian seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive, but he chooses not to tell her of his plans for her own protection.
Robin Hood is a 2018 American action-adventure film directed by Otto Bathurst and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly, from a story by Chandler. It is based on the tale of Robin Hood, and follows his training by John to steal from the Sheriff of Nottingham. The film stars Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin, and Jamie Dornan.
The film was announced in February 2015, with Egerton signing on as the lead role that September. Hewson, Foxx and Mendleson all joined the cast over the following year, and principal photography began in February 2017, lasting through May.
Robin Hood was released by Lionsgate on November 21, 2018. The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the direction, narrative and wasting of the cast, and has grossed over $82 million against a production budget of $100 million. Due to its critical and financial shortcomings, partnered with its modern take on a classic source material, numerous publications compared the film to 2017’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
Robin Hood (2018)
Directed by: Otto Bathurst
Starring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Jamie Dornan, Tim Minchin, Paul Anderson, F. Murray Abraham, Ian Peck, Cornelius Booth, Kane Headley-Cummings, Catriona Temple
Screenplay by: Ben Chandler, David James Kelly
Production Design by: Jean-Vincent Puzos
Cinematography by: George Steel
Film Editing by: Chris Barwell, Joe Hutshing
Costume Design by: Julian Day
Set Decoration by: Rade Basta, Ratko Bilus, Robert Capan, Frane Didic, Nenad Drljaca, Marijo Grepo, Goran Kovacevic, Naomi Moore
Art Direction by: James Andrew Haven, Marc Homes, Anja Müller, Katja Soltes, Tom Still, Steve Summersgill, Nóra Takács, Ketan Waikar
Music by: Joseph Trapanese
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for extended sequences of violence and action, and some suggestive references.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: December 21, 2018
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