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With Russell Crowe as the Prince of Thieves
Russell Crowe has twisted Ridley Scott’s arm into working with the actor a fourth time.
Scott will direct Crowe in “Nottingham”, says Variety, a contemporary take on the old guy-in-green legend.
Universal earlier bought the spec script by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, creators of the Showtime series “Sleeper Cell,” in an auction for seven figures. Crowe was attached at that time
Crowe stars as the Sheriff of Nottingham in a revisionist take on the Robin Hood tale, with Nottingham as a noble and brave lawman who labors for a corrupt king and engages in a love triangle with Maid Marion and Robin Hood.
Production will start next year.
Scott will direct the film after he helms Leonardo DiCaprio this fall in a CIA thriller for Warner Bros., based on the David Ignatius novel “Body of Lies.” William Monahan is writing that script and Scott is producing with Donald De Line.
Crowe and Scott previously worked together on “Gladiator”, “A Good Year” and “American Gangster”.
