When Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe made Gladiator together they caused a sensation – and now they're planning to try and repeat the success with bloodthirsty ancient Rome replaced by a damp forest in the East Midlands near where they make bikes.
Nottingham, the Russell Crowe vehicle that reimagines the Robin Hood myth with the Sheriff Of Nottingham as the hero, now has a director in the shape of Ridley Scott. The signing of Ridley Scott has made Nottingham into a potentially huge movie, with everyone who has ever seen Gladiator busting with excitement and the four people who saw A Good Year shrieking with the kind of panicked terror that only those who have seen Russell Crowe try and climb out of an usually deep French swimming pool in a funny way can truly understand.
Judging by the people attached to it, Nottingham looks like it'll need to be a very important film. Russell Crowe, attached to Nottingham from the start, has suffered disappointing turn-outs for every film he's made over the last six years – to the point where cinema chains started offering refunds to people who didn't like Cinderella Man – and the city of Nottingham could do with a tourism boom, what with it being a total shithole and all.
And now Ridley Scott has signed on to direct Nottingham, the movie that will see the Sheriff Of Nottingham recast as a hard-working cop with a corrupt boss taking on a gang of thugs, as Metro reports:
Ridley Scott has been signed up to direct Russell Crowe in a revisionist take on Robin Hood, according to reports. Variety says the Oscar-nominated director will be behind the camera on Nottingham, with 43-year-old Russell taking the lead role as the Sheriff of the city.
And Ridley Scott needs a hit just as badly as anyone else. A Good Year vanished without trace, Kingdom Of Heaven underperformed badly and Matchstick Men will go down in history as one of the many Nicolas Cage films sadly not featuring any bear-dressed woman-punching. But at least Brian Grazer from 24, Arrested Development, A Beautiful Mind and Kindergarten Cop will be producing to keep everyone in line.
It goes without saying that Nottingham might suffer from the creative input of three powerhouses like Russell Crowe, Ridley Scott and Brian Grazer, but even it does we'll still go and watch it – not least because that way it'll be a windswept epic about the time that the Sheriff Of Nottingham got so angry when he couldn't smoke that he smashed Friar Tuck in the face with a telephone before opening a silver briefcase, torturing him for a bit and then telling a few clever jokes that nobody really likes.
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Barry says
When was the last time you were in Nottingham, or should I just assume you’re an arrogant twat from London? Am I right.
Ben B says
Yeah, you clearly know NOTHING about the City of Nottingham. It’s the fastest gropwing City in the UK, and also the most popular City to move to in Great Britain. The amount of investment currently going into the City is huge. We have the new Trinity Square shopping centre whoch is near completion, but that’s just a minor addition to the City, as we also have a £700 Million extension planned foe the Broad Marsh Shopping Centre.
Nottingham is a place where big things are happening. You should come check it out… Great night life, plenty of fine looking women… Definitley not a “total shithole” as you put it.
You ruined, what was up until that point, a fine article, with that thoughtless, brainless remark.