Will Russell Crowe ever romp in Sherwood Forest?
August 6, 2008
There are so few high-profile studio movies being made in Hollywood today that it was something of a surprise to discover last week that “Nottingham,” Ridley Scott’s much-anticipated Robin Hood drama, had been postponed, even with Russell Crowe on board in the role of a more likable-than-usual Sheriff of Nottingham. Universal Pictures, which is financing, cited labor uncertainty, an unfinished script and seasonal concerns about shooting during winter in forest locations that needed to have the rich green hue associated with leafy Sherwood Forest.
The original script, by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris (”Bulletproof Monk”), had been such a hot property that Crowe signed on immediately, prompting a big studio bidding war that was won by Universal and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment, which will produce the film. Even though Scott had tried to take the film (as a producer) to Fox during the initial bidding war, he had a good-enough relationship with Grazer (they made “American Gangster” together) to still sign on as the director. Scott immediately passed muster with Crowe, who had starred in the director’s Oscar-winning “Gladiator” and the more recent (ahem, not quite as successful) “A Good Year.”
- from LAtimes
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