Following in the footsteps of UP last year, it has been announced by The Hollywood Reporter that Ridley Scott’s Blockbuster “Robin Hood” will raise the prestigious curtain to the 63rd Festival de Cannes on May 12.Cannes President Thierry Fremaux revealed “The choice of the opening night film is always tricky. By choosing Robin Hood, we’ll have a popular movie directed by Ridley Scott, a ‘Hollywood auteur’ whose work is respected throughout the world”. Fremaux added “the film will be released everywhere at the same time it screens in Cannes which will be a great connection between the Festival and audiences all over the world”.
Written by Brian Helgleland, the latest trailers indicate that the new version is an action packed re-telling of the thief-turned-hero of Nottinghamshire. In fact, if you squint at the snippets released it feels very much like Gladiator: The English Years. But that is no bad thing.
Russell Crowe lends his screen presence as the legendary ‘Robin Hood’ alongside a stellar cast including: Cate Blanchett, Max Von Sydow, Lea Sedoux and William Hurt. The indications are that Helgleland's incarnation of Robin Hood is an origin story. The film follows the story of an archer in the service of King Richards the Lionherat became to be the outlaw Robin Hood, rather than an established Robin Hood escapade.
Produced by Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment and Scott’s Scott Free, it will hit out of competition theatres as it christens this year’s French festival, before being released worldwide by Universal on the 14 May.
MATT RICHARDSON
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