So he was momentarily the Sheriff of Nottingham." Hedgeland returned to rewrite, adding an opening where Robin witnesses the Sheriff dying in battle, and takes over his identity. Scott explained Robin "has to retire to the forest to resume his name Robin. The Sheriff of Nottingham's character was then merged with Robin. By July, filming was delayed, and playwright Paul Webb was hired to rewrite the script. Scott sought to begin production in 2008 for a release in 2009.įilming was scheduled to begin in August in Sherwood Forest if the 2008 Screen Actors Guild strike did not take place, for release on 26 November, 2009. As a result of the WGA strike, production was put on hold. A portion of filming was intended to take place in Northumberland. Locations were sought in North East England including Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, and Kielder Forest. Though Scott felt John "was actually pretty smart, he got a bad rap because he introduced taxation so he's the bad guy in this", and the Sheriff would have been torn between the "two wrongs" of a corrupt king and an outlaw inciting anarchy. Scott elaborated the script portrayed the Sheriff of Nottingham as being Richard the Lionheart's right-hand man, who returns to England to serve Prince John after Richard's assassination. Producer Marc Shmuger explained Scott had a different interpretation of the story from "the script, had the sheriff of Nottingham as a CSI-style forensics investigator". In June, screenwriter Brian Helgeland was hired to rewrite the script by Reiff and Voris.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |