Robin Hood Super Bowl TV Spot
Universal Pictures has released the upcoming Super Bowl TV spot/trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” on Yahoo.
The movie began development in 2007 when Universal acquired a script entitled Nottingham, depicting a heroic Sheriff of Nottingham to be played by Crowe. Director Ridley Scott’s dissatisfaction with the script led him to delay filming, and during 2008 it was rewritten into a story about Robin Hood becoming an outlaw, with the position of being Sheriff as part of the story. Scott dropped the latter notion and Nottingham was retitled to reflect the more traditional angle.
The film stars Oscar winners Russell Crowe as Robin Hood and Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, Matthew Macfadyen as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Danny Huston as King Richard, Mark Strong as Sir Godfrey, William Hurt as William Marshall and Scott Grimes as Will Scarlet.
International Robin Hood Movie Trailer
We got our first trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” last week and now Yahoo! released a new international trailer and it’s better than the first one.
Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the titular character, alongside Oscar winner Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) as the lovely Maid Marion and co-stars Vanessa Redgrave, William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk, Mr. Brooks), Mark Strong (Kick-Ass, Sherlock Holmes), Kevin Durand, Saoirse Ronan and Scott Grimes.
Crowe plays the expert archer Robin Hood who leads a band of marauders to confront corruption and lead an uprising against the English crown. In an effort to save the village of Nottingham and win the hand of the spirited widow Lady Marion (Blanchett), this hero rises from humble beginnings to become an eternal symbol of freedom for his people.
Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” Movie Trailer
The first trailer for “Robin Hood” is online.
“Robin Hood” Synopsis: Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard’s army against the French. Upon Richard’s death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion, a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff.
Four New Robin Hood Photos
The Photo Gallery has been updated with four new photos from the upcoming “Robin Hood” movie. You can check out bigger versions of each by clicking them below.
This version of Robin Hood focuses on Robin’s backstory as an archer in the army of King Richard the Lionheart. It also touches on his childhood, during which he was abandoned by his parents and thus has trouble trusting people. He spends his time in the army fighting the French, then returns to Nottingham where he becomes an outlaw while wooing the widowed Lady Marian
Ralph Fiennes’ Directorial Debut Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes will make his directorial debut with an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Roman tragedy “Coriolanus.” Fiennes will also play the title role, Roman general Caius Martius – Coriolanus.
Fiennes will direct from the script by John Logan (“Gladiator,” “The Aviator,” “The Last Samurai,” “Sweeney Todd“).
“People who have read it think it’s a page-turner,” said Fiennes. “I want it to be an edge-of-the-seat film.”
Fiennes, who was Oscar-nominated for his roles in “The English Patient” and “Schindler’s List,” said he wanted to make Shakespeare accessible, citing Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet as an influence.
“I don’t want it to be in that Shakespeare voice that puts you off,” he told trade paper Screen International at the Cannes Films Festival. “Audiences want to hear Shakespeare and they understand more than they think they are going to. The second film I ever saw was Olivier’s Henry V when I was nine years old and I loved it.”
William Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave and Jessica Chastain have joined Fiennes. Redgrave will take the role of Coriolanus’ mother Volumnia, while Chastain plays his wife Virgilia.
The adaptation of Shakespeare’s study of the way power corrupts is set in the early years of the Roman Republic. Coriolanus, who returns from war and is urged by his mother Volumnia (Redgrave) to run for consul, but his ambition leads to his downfall.
Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” is one of his most politically challenging examinations of the way power corrupts. In the aftermath of a famine, the people demand the right to set their own price for the city’s grain. In response to their protests, the ruling aristocracy grant the plebeians five representatives, a decision that provokes the ire of Caius Martius, who has nothing but contempt for the lower classes. After winning a war against a neighboring tribe, he is granted the name Coriolanus, and returns with the hope of joining the Senate.
Shooting will begin in Serbia in early 2010.
Christian Bale as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott’s ”Nottingham”?
Christian Bale is in talks to appear as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott’s revisionist take on the story entitled ”Nottingham,” according to UK’s Daily Mail.
If Bale takes on the role, he will be part of a menage a trois that also includes Russell Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Sienna Miller as Maid Marion.
While Bale hasn’t signed on just yet, Scott is very eager to cast the actor in the role.
Wardrobe fittings begin next week, so expect an announcement about Bale’s involvement to come out before then.
Vanessa Redgrave and William Hurt are also in discussions about being in the film.
Iron Man in The Incredible Hulk – Video
There were rumors there may be a scene that crosses over from ’Incredible Hulk’ into Paramount’s ’Iron Man’.
As it turns out, the rumors were indeed true.
Watch the scene with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in The Incredible Hulk in the clip below.
Hulk – Iron Man Crossover Scene Confirmed
There were rumors there may be a scene that crosses over from ’Incredible Hulk’ into Paramount’s ’Iron Man’.
As it turns out, the rumors were indeed true.
During “The Incredible Hulk” panel at the New York Comic-Con, director Louis Leterrier and actor Tim Roth showed some footage from the film that had Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) walk into a bar where General “Thunderbolt” Ross (William Hurt) is getting drunk. Below is what’s said in the footage:
Stark: “It smells like stale beer in here.”
Ross: “You always have such nice suits.”
Star: “I hear you have a little problem.” (talking about the Hulk)
This news comes after “Iron Man” director Jon Favreau commented on “The Avengers,” stating that the film will eventually happen and that Downey would return to reprise his role.
Thanks to: WorstPreviews
‘The Incredible Hulk’ New Pics
In the latest issue of Empire magazine, there are new shots from some of the upcoming comic book movies. One of those movies is “The Incredible Hulk“, which hasn’t given fans much to look at. While we still don’t get a shot of the green monster, there is a picture of Edward Norton as Bruce Banner and William Hurt as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross.
‘Vantage Point’ On February 22
In Columbia Pictures’ “Vantage Point,” Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid) and Kent Taylor (Matthew Fox), are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton (William Hurt) at a landmark summit on the global war on terror.
When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide. In the crowd is Howard Lewis (Forest Whitaker) an American tourist video taping the historic event to show his kids when he returns home.
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Also there is Rex (Sigourney Weaver) an American TV news producer who is reporting on the conference. It’s only as we follow each person’s perspective of the same 15 minutes prior to and immediately after the shooting that the terrifying truth behind the assassination attempt is revealed.
see the movie stills from ‘Vantage Point’
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