New Robin Hood Trailer

Now, I'm getting really excited.

Robin Hood Superbowl Spot

Robin Hood Trailer

First pics, and now the trailer!

New Pics from Robin Hood!

Our first look at Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian, joining Russell Crowe as Robin Hood in Ridley Scott's remake.  Russell looks in Maximus form.  Via the Courier Mail, which has a few more pics from the set.

Sneak Peak at the set of Robin Hood

Tonight ET will air a segment from the set of Robin Hood with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. This Robin Hood production has finally settled into a more traditional Robin Hood storyline, but still, Russell and Cate together? Count me there!

Ridley Scott said that they filmed a battle scene for Robin Hood in the same valley they had used for Gladiator, so it was like coming full circle.

Maximus Hood - back to fighting trim

USA Today has a first look picture of Russell Crowe in Robin Hood, with a haircut and physique very much like his look in Gladiator. He's lost the weight he gained for Body of Lies, and I guess that long hairdo he sported in State of Play which I thought was for Robin Hood was jettisoned.

Producer Brian Grazer compared Crowe to his Gladiator look and says about the film:

Grazer says Robin Hood's story was ripe for revisiting.

"Oddly, it's a metaphor for today," Grazer says. "He's trying to create equality in a world where there are a lot of injustices. He's a crusader for the people, trying to reclaim some of the ill-gotten gains of the wealthy. That's a universal theme."

Even Helen Mirren in State of Play seems to be thinking "Get a grip and pull yourself together. You look like a slob!"

Below Russell last week in NYC, and chubby hubby Crowe last October:

William Hurt now in Robin Hood

The Hollywood Reporter is carrying the latest casting news surrounding Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood with word William Hurt will play William Marshall, the Earl of Pembroke, a historical figure who was one of the most powerful men in Europe. Marshall was a servant to the Plantagenet kings and one of the best jousters of the era.

I was reminded what a great badass William Hurt can be because we rented The Incredible Hulk and watched it this past weekend since my husband had missed it in theaters. William Hurt going mano a mano with Russell Crowe should be good fun!

Vanessa Redgrave is Russell Crowe's Robin Hood

Whatever they're calling Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe's Nottingham, now Robin Hood - Vanessa Redgrave will class up the place by playing Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Cate Blanchett is Maid Marian.

Richard Armitage interview

This one's for Amy!
Bits & Bobs, the EW Anglophile blog, has a very cool interview with Richard Armitage of BBC's Robin Hood, and now MI-5. He reveals that the character of Guy of Gisborne's sister will be joining Robin Hood, and there may be a flashback episode.

How do you feel about the fact that Guy is so evil, yet so beloved at the same time?
I think it could be the thing of loving to hate the bad guys. I suppose the difficulty with a character like this is that I feel sometimes that I've failed to alienate people enough and maybe I've let them into his psyche too much. But I had to try and find a way to forgive him for what he does. I think it stems from the fact that I made him have some kind of faith. It's a private faith. I liked the idea that there was somebody who could go out and slaughter people and then go home and say his prayers. Which perhaps gives him a glimmer of humanity or compassion. It's his failing in the show, but maybe that's what people feel gives him the potential to be redeemed.

See Bits & Bobs best of Richard Armitage with a list of great clips to watch HERE!