Warner Brothers Set for Futuristic Robin Hood

By Kevin Coll • August 7, 2009 • View Comments

Now this story made me laugh a little bit because I shit you not I had this exact idea almost 5 years ago. That being said Warner Brothers is set to make a futuristic version of the classic Robin Hood story. Risky Biz Blog reports it is being set up by producers of The Dark Knight and 300 as well as Warner Bros.

Charles Roven and Richard Suckle from Atlas Entertainment and Gianni Nunnari from Hollywood Gang are set to produce the untitled film, while commercial director Nicolai Fuglsig, who pitched the project, has signed on to direct with Jason Hall writing the screenplay.

it will be set in a dystopian London and center on a band of thieves whose activities restore hope to the city’s embattled population. Producers describe it as “a futuristic action adventure” that will be “both inspired by and pay homage to the legend of Robin Hood.”

This an interesting idea and I am really not kidding when I say I had this idea after seeing Batman Begins and thought about using the same model it used but with Robin Hood. One of my favorite shows, Leverage, is sort of a high tech Robin Hood theme. I am interested to see what Hall comes up with. We’ll keep an eye on this for everyone.

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Kevin Coll

Kevin is a film freak, just ask him something movie related and he lights up like a Christmas tree. Originally his destiny was to go to film school, hit LA and try and become the next big thing. Circumstances change but in college, he fell in love with writing. After several failed attempts in starting a legit and hip school online magazine for his university Kevin moved into the blogosphere for himself and began Kevin’s Rant which in 2007 morphed into Fused Film. Kevin has contributed articles on other sites like Geeks of Doom and FilmShaft, he has also been a guest on podcasts for MovieViral and The Film Feed at FS.Net. His favorite movie of all time is Empire Strikes Back, he loves his Chucks, he is an avid Stargate fan and classic rock is his music scene. Email him at: kcoll@fusedfilm.com Follow His Twitter: FusedFilm