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e e e e e e e e Robin Hood is a 2018 American action adventure film directed by Otto BST and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly from a story by Chandler it is a modern retelling of the Robin Hood Legend and follows his training by John to steal from the sheriff of notingham the film stars Taran ederton as Robin and features Jamie Fox Ben mend son Eve Houston Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles returning home to England to learn the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham Melone has seized his family estate Aristocrat Robin of Loxley joins forces with frier tuck mintion and little John Fox a fierce Arabian Warrior who wants to put an end to the Crusades armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood Loxley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the sheriff of his money and take away his power the film was announced in February 2015 with ederton signing on as the lead role that September Houston Fox and Melone all joined the cast Over the following year and principal photography began in February 2017 lasting through May Robin Hood was released by lion gate on November 21st 2018 the film received negative reviews from critics and gross $86 million against a production budget of $100 million three due to its label as a critical and Financial flop in addition to its modern take on classic Source material numerous Publications compared the film to 2017's unsuccessful King Arthur legend of the sword 45 Robin Hood was nominated for three razis for worst remake worst supporting actor for Fox and worst picture Lord Robin of lockley an aristocrat and an English Longbow Master lives in Nottingham and enjoys a good life with his lover Maran before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the sarens 4 years later Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his Commander guy of gisborn from executing unarmed prisoners including a teenage boy despite the pleading of the boy's Father which prompts Gisborne to send Robin back home under accusations of treasonous conduct when he returns to nodding him Robin learns from his old friend frier tuck that the sheriff had officially declared him Dead 2 years prior seizing his land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal Franklin the citizens were Exile from the city and into the coal mine town across the river investigating the slags robin Witnesses the commoner's planning to rise against the government that oppresses and exploits them and learns that Maran is now involved with their aspiring leader will Tillman Robin is prevented from contacting her by the prisoner whose son he tried to save the man then introduced produces himself as Yahya which he says can be translated to John and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing back the money taken from the people Maran seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive but Jon advises him not to tell her of his plans for her own protection through a grueling training regimen in his now decrepit manner Robin improves his skills in archery and combat and begins stealing the riches that the sheriff has extorted from the town's people earning the nickname the hood while concealing his activities by masquerading as a frivolous Playboy Lord who supports the sheriff's regime during a party in the Cardinals honor attended by Robin Maran and will Maran and Robin discover the war is a ploy of the church which is also funding the sarason Army to defeat the king and claim total power after his death jborn and his men raid the slags at the sheriff's behest to find the hood Maran attempts to intervene despite Will's objections and Crosses path with the hood whom she discovers as Robin by recognizing his voice Jon is captured by jborn and tortured by the sheriff but refuses to reveal the Hood's identity when the sheriff uses Jon's Faith against him he threatens him with the promise that his eyes and face will soon be the last he sees Robin reveals himself to the commoners at Marian's urging and is embraced as their leader upsetting will will leads a riot to distract the sheriff's men while Robin intercepts a caravan transport in the sheriff's Fortune out of Nottingham due to be delivered to the sarasin Army Robin then leads the town's people in a battle against the sheriff and his corrupt forces during the confrontation Robin shares a kiss with Maran which will witness his moments before he is scarred by a Molotov cocktail angered by Marian's love for Robin he abandons her and the revolution When the tide of the battle begins turning in the sheriff's favor Robin surrenders to avoid further Bloodshed and is taken to the Sheriff's Castle to be executed one of the guards is actually John who previously escaped his cell and he claims revenge on the sheriff by hanging him by the chain on a massive sensor burner Robin and John flee to reunite with Maran and the town's people who assisted them taking Refuge as Outlaws in Sherwood Forest sharing their reclaimed loot meanwhile the Cardinal approaches a vengeful will and offers him the chance to claim the power vacuum in notingham if he is loyal to the church WIll is appoint Ed the new sheriff and Brands Robin and his followers criminals Robin defiantly challenges will to come after him the project was first announced on February 26 2015 with a script written by Joby Harold to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's a panway Productions it became the third Robin Hood based script in development behind development deals previously announced at both Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures six this script was expected to be taken by Sony to merge it with it other project six lion skate acquired the distribution rights to the film on March 19th it was then titled Robin Hood Origins seven on June 4th lion skates set auto bathers to direct the film which DiCaprio and Jennifer davidon killer and of aan way would produce along with Harold and Tor tunnel of safe house pictures eight casting on July 31st deadline Hollywood revealed that several actors were circling for the lead role in including Taran ederton Jack hustin Jack rer and Dylan O'Brien nine basil ewanick would also produce the film through his Thunder Road pictures nine later on August 6th it was reported that ederton was at the top of the list for the lead role and he was in early talks with the studio however it was predicted that he might not sign on to star in the film because of scheduling issues with the sequel to Kingsmen the Secret Service 10 on September 30th The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that ederton had signed with shooting to begin in February 2016 but that he was in conflict with the kingsman sequel which was scheduled to begin production in April 11 later in mid October it was confirmed that the scheduling issues had been settled between both Studios and that Lionsgate would now begin Robin Hood's production right after ederton wrapped on Kingsman likely at the end of summer 2016 12 on October 15 2015 Eve Houston was chosen for the role of maid Maran 13 on January 11th 2016 it was announced that Jamie Fox had been cast to play the role of Little John the leader of the marry men 14 on September 19th 2016 it was reported that Jamie Dornan had joined the cast to play well Scarlet half brother of hood member of Mary men and husband of Marian 15 in November 2016 the film's title was announced to be Robin Hood with Paul Anderson cast for an unspecified role which might be a Darkly toned character 16 on December 13th it was reported that Ben melon had been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham 17 and on February 14th 2017 it was announced that Tim mention had been cast as frier tuck 18 filming filming began on February 20th 2017 at different locations in duik Croatia 1920 and in ly and Eastern Paris France in the a Notre Dame du rainy 21 further ation shooting along with principal Studio filming took place in Budapest Hungary when those facilities were lost in a fire the remaining Studio filming transferred to the cite du cema complex north of Paris France 22 filming concluded on May Robin Hood gross $3.8 million in the United States and Canada and $54 million in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $ 84.8 million against a production budget of $100 million to deadline Hollywood calculated the film Lost the studio 83.7 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues 27 in the United States and Canada Robin Hood was released alongside Creed Roman 2 and Ralph breaks the internet as well as the wide expansion of green book and was projected to gross $135 million from 2827 theaters in its 5-day opening weekend 28 the film made $3.2 million on its first day including $1.2 million from early previews $800,000 from Tuesday night previews and an additional $400,000 from Advanced Monday night screenings it went on to debut to $9.1 million a 5-day total of $14.2 million finishing 7eventh at the box office with a production budget of around $100 million deadline Hollywood already listed the film as a box office bomb blaming the poor reviews and recycled property for in its second weekend the film made $4.7 million dropping 48% and falling to eth 29 critical response on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it holds an approval rating of 15% based on 167 reviews with an average rating of 3 9/10 the website's critical consensus reads Robin Hood robs from rich source material but is ultimately just another poor attempt to needlessly Gussy up a classic tale with amped up action and modern special effects 30 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 28 critics indicating generally unfavorable reviews 31 audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B on an A plus to f scale while postra reported filmgoers gave it a 75% positive score but a low 43% definite recommend four in his one for star review Rolling Stones Peter Travers wrote arriving just in time to win a place among the year's worst films Robin Hood robs you of two hours while Glenn Kenny of the New York Times said that the film strains to be relevant Jamie Fox must have lost a bet the plot is twisty in a profun way the action predictably explosive the sought after exhilaration non-existent four Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian summarized the film as a beardless and Bloated prequel which should be outlawed 32 Michael O Sullivan writing for the Washington Post described the film as amounting to a chilly and flavorless frappe of historical speculation revisionist folklore and every lazy action movie cliche ever written and further characterized the dialogue and costumes as three razis at the 39th golden raspberry Awards producers Jennifer Davidson and Leonardo DiCaprio were nominated for worst picture and For Worse prequel remake ripoff or sequel Razzy while Jamie Fox was nominated for worst supporting actor 34 however the film did not win any of these razis with all three categories being awarded to the film hommes in Watson ederton has also starred in several biographical films portraying military officer Edward br rain in the drama Testament of Youth 2014 the titular ski Jumper in the sports film Eddie the eagle 2016 and singer Elton John in the musical Rocketman 2019 the last of these earned him a Golden Globe award for best actor he has since sted as Jimmy Keane in the miniseries Blackbird 2022 for which he was nominated for a prime time Emmy Award and as Hank Rogers in the biopic Tetris 2023 ederton was born in birkenhead on the 10th of November in 1989 23 his mother worked in Social Services while his father ran a bed and breakfast near Liverpool four both of them are Liverpool natives five he has two younger half sisters four although born in England ederton considers himself to be Welsh through and through and is fluent in both Welsh and English 67 edgerton's parents divorced when he was two and he subsequently moved with his mother to the Welsh island of angle SE where he went to primary School 35 the family then relocated to abist withth when he was 12 years old three he became lonely due to losing childhood friends eight he began acting at age 15 nine which he later explained was as much about trying to be social and make friends as it was an interest in acting eight he attended the Royal Academy of dramatic art from which he graduated in 2012 ederton performed in a Stage production of the play The Last of the hofman's at the National Theater in London in 2012 10 after appearing in the crime drama series Lewis he was cast as the lead role in Matthew Von's kingsman the Secret Service an action comedy film adaptation of the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Miller and Dave Gibbons in 2013 51 he portrayed British army officer Edward Britain in the 2014 biographical drama film Testament of Youth earning a nomination for best British newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival one and 213 Kingsmen the Secret Service was released in 2015 garnering highly favorable reviews that described it as fun stylish and subversive as well as grossing over $400 million 1 1845 writing for th RP James Rocky deemed ederton to be a naturally charismatic presence with smarts behind his smile as Gary egy Unwin a recruit for an Espionage organization 16 ederton Rose to fame with the role five he starred in the crime film legend that same year four ederton at the 2018 Global education and skills Forum at the 69th British Academy film Awards in 2016 ederton received a nomination for the ba Rising Star Award 17 in the same year he played ski jumper Eddie the eagle in the aonomus biographical Sports film and voice Johnny a passionate gorilla in the animated musical film sing 518 ederton reprised the role of exy in the film kingsman the Golden Circle a sequel to kingsman the Secret Service released the following year it drew a mixed response from critics 19 and 2018 he starred in the crime drama film Billionaire Boys Club and played the title character in the action adventure film Robin Hood 2021 both films were failures commercially and with critics eight ederton later specified that Robin Hood was not the film he had signed up to create and that it had lost it Vision 21 he attributed his involvement in Billionaire Boys Club and Robin Hood to monetary reasons eight recognition 2019 present ederton starred as singer Elton John in the biographical musical film rocket men he learned to play the piano for the part and sang Live in each take during filming nine the film was released in 2019 receiving positive reviews and the actor's portrayal of John earned praise 2223 The Washington Post an Hornady opine that ederton exerts a steadying singularly charismatic force in the role while Richard Lawson a Vanity Fair described his portrayal as nuanced and emotionally intelligent while still loose carried with Verve and Agility 2425 ederton won the Golden Globe Award for best actor Motion Picture musical or comedy for his performance 26 he also garnered a British Academy film award nomination for best actor in a leading role and a Grammy award award nomination for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for his work on the film's soundtrack 270 280 29 that same year ederton narrated the audiobook version of Jon's autobiography me and the two performed on stage together several times 3031 also in 2019 Edon voice mov troll in the Animated Series mov Valley and Ryan in the fantasy series The Dark Crystal age of resistance 3233 he surprised the role of Johnny and sing to which released in 2021 34 ederon starred in the play coock by Mike Bartlett directed by Marian Elliott and held at the ambassador's theater in the West End the production marked his West End debut 35 after missing performances due to fainting on stage during the first night of performances in March 2022 and testing positive for co9 later that month ederton exited for personal reasons the following month 3d6 37 the production of Garner mixed critical reception with edgerton's performance gaining praise 38 the Guardians arifa Akbar wrote he is especially affecting in his romantic desperation 39 Edon executive produced and portrayed American drug dealer Jimmy Keane in the miner's black bird an adaptation of kean's memoir in with the devil it premiered on Apple TV Plus in 2022 8 reviewing the series Salon gadar of the AV club wrote that ederton Aces Jimmy's Duality while switching from being overtly confident to silently breaking down 40 he received a nomination for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie 41 the following year ederton portrayed entrepreneur Hank Rogers in the biographical film Tetris about the video game of the same name which also released on Apple TV plus 42 loveia jar of The Hollywood Reporter commended him for playing Rogers with an Earnest goofiness 43 ederton will next star in the Netflix Thriller film Caron 44 and in the Apple TV plus miniseries Firebug Eric Marlin Bishop born December 13th 1967 234 known professionally as Jamie Fox is an American actor singer and comedian he received a claim for his portrayal of Ray Charles and the film Ray 2004 winning the Academy Award baath Screen Actors Guild award and Golden Globe Award for best actor that same year he was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in the crime film collateral Fox gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color until the shows end in 1994 following this success he was given his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show in which he starred co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001 he gave gained prominence for his film roles in booty call 1997 Ali 2001 Jarhead 25 Dream Girls 26 Miami Vice 2006 Horrible Bosses 2011 jangle unchain 2012 Annie 2014 baby driver 2017 and soul 2020 he played the super villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 224 and Spider-Man no way home 2021 for playing Walter mcmillion in just Mercy 2019 he received a Screen Actor gu award nomination FOX also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s he earned two number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with his features on the singles slow jams by Twista alongside cone West and Gold Digger by the former his single blame it won him the Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals four of his five Studio albums have charted in the top 10 of the US billboard 200 unpredictable 2005 which topped the chart intuition 28 best night of my life 2010 in Hollywood a story of a dozen roses 2015 since 2017 fox has served as the host and executive producer of the fox game show Beach Shazam in 2021 he wrote his autobiography act like you got some sense born in Terell Texas five Fox is the son of Daryl Bishop renamed shahad abdillah following his conversion to Islam who sometimes worked as a stock broker and Louise Anette tly Dixon shortly after his birth Fox was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents Esther 7 Marine Nelson a domestic worker and Nursery operator and Mark tally a yard worker 89 he has had little contact with his birth parents who are not part of his upbringing 10 he was raised in the black quarter of Terell which at the time was a racially segregated Community ten he has often acknowledged his Grand mother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success 811 Fox began playing the piano when he was 5 years old 12 he had a strict Baptist upbringing 813 and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church 10 his natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader when his teacher use him as a reward if the class behaved well Fox would tell them jokes he attended Terell High School where he received top grades and played basketball and football as quarterback his ambition was to play for the Dallas Cowboys and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards one 14 he also sang in a band called Leather and Lace 10 After High School Fox received a scholarship to United States International University where he studied Musical and Performing Arts composition 115 Fox first told jok s at a comedy club's open mik night in 1989 after accepting a girlfriend's dare when he found that female comedians were often called first to perform he chose the stage name of Jamie Fox which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases one that6 with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Red Fox 16 Fox joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991 where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Red's friend and cooworker leanda page following a recurring role in The Comedy drama sitcom Rock 17 Fox went on to star in his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show from 1996 to 2001 which he also co-created and produced through his company Fox whole Productions and was aired on the WB Network FOX made his film debut in the 1992 comedy toys his first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday where he was cast as a hard partying quarterback at partly because of his own football background eight during filming Fox fought with co-star LL Cool J W 9 in 2001 Fox starred opposite Will Smith in Michael man's biographical drama Ali 3 years later Fox plate Taxi Driver Max duracher in the Man film collateral alongside Tom Cruz for which he received outstanding reviews critic Roger eert praised Fox's performance stating that Jamie Fox's work is a revelation I've thought of him in terms of Comedy booty call Breaking All the Rules but here he steps into a dramatic lead and is always convincing and involving 20 he went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance 8 in 1994 Fox released an album on the fox record label entitled peep this which was not commercially successful in 2003 Fox made a cameo in Benzino's music video for would you which features lissar McCoy and Mario winens 20032 2006 career stardom Fox and con West performing gold digger in 2003 Fox featured on the rapper Twista song Slow Jams together with kane west which reached no one on the S Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and hash three on the UK singles chart his second collaboration with Kanai West gold digger in which Fox sang the Ray Charles influence I got a woman hook then went straight to no one on the Billboard Hot 100 remaining there for 10 weeks in 2005 Fox featured on the single Georgia by Atlanta rappers ludicrous and Field Mob which sampled Ray Charles Hit Georgia on My Mind Fox would also portray Ray Charles in a biographical film Ray 2004 for which he won the Academy Award for best actor 8 and a bafta award for best actor in a leading role Fox is the third male in history after Barry Fitzgerald and Al Pacino to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies collateral and Ray in 2005 Fox was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 21 Fox released his second studio album unpredictable in December 2005 it debuted at no two selling 598 th000 copies in its first week 22 rising to no one the following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies 23 to dat the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the raia 2425 the album also charted on the UK album's chart where it peaked at no nine 26 Fox became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a no one album in the US joining Frank Sinatra being cross and Barbara strand Fox's first single from the album the title track unpredictable featuring ludicrous peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart the track samples Wildflower by New Birth the second of single from the album was DJ play A Love Song which reunited Fox with twister in the UK the second single was Extravaganza which saw Fox once again collaborate with cone West although Fox did not feature in the song's music video fox promoting stealth in July 2005 at the 26 Black Entertainment Television BET Awards Fox won best due collaboration with cone West for Gold Digger and Tide with Mary Jay biges be without you for video of the year on December 8th 2006 Fox received four gramy Award nominations which included best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary J blig best R&B album for unpredictable best rap performance by a duo or group for Georgia by ludicrous and Field Mob featuring Jamie Fox and best rap song collaboration for unpredictable featuring ludicrous following on from these successes fox went on to appear in the box office hits Jarhead Miami Vice and Dream Girls which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood 200 7 2009 intuition Fox's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 27 brought him the lead role in the action thriller film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper Jason baitman Jennifer Garner and ashref baram in September 27 Fox was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame it was one of the most amazing days of my life said Fox 27 in April 2009 Fox played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist a few months later in October 29 he played a starring role alongside Gerard Butler in the Thriller Law Abiding Citizen in 2007 his company Fox King entertainment signed deals with MTV and VH1 28 Fox released his third album titled intuition in 2008 featuring kane west Tai Neo Lil Kim and T Payne the album's first single Just Like Me featuring Tai was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner which featured an appearance by actress Tera GP Henson the second single blame it featured T pay and became a top five single on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number one single on the Billboard Hot r&b/hip hop songs chart the song received many accolades for Fox including a Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards the Blame It music video directed by Hype Williams features cam appearances by Forest Whitaker Samuel L Jackson Ron Howard Quincy Jones and his Jarhead co-star Jake gyllen Hall amongst others Fox's musical career has also included a number of collaborations in 2007 he recorded the song she goes all the way with Country Superstars Rascal Flats for their still feels good album Fox performed backing vocals for artist songwriter tank he featured alongside the dream on PES please excuse my hand he also appeared alongside fabulous on the remix of Neo's Miss Independent Fox collaborated with rapper The Game on the track around the world FOX also featured on Tai's single live in the sky from the album King on January 22nd 27 Fox launched the Foxhole a channel on serious satellite radio featuring talk radio programs standup comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers as well as much of Fox's own material Fox's own talk radio variety program the Jamie Fox show airs Friday evenings on the Foxhole with guests including musicians actors and fellow comedians co-hosts have included Johnny Mack Speedy Claudia Jordan the poetes Lewis dicks IET Wilson TDP and Tyron Turner on the April 17th to9 episode of The Jamie Fox show Fox and his co-host made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singer Miley Cyrus 29 several days later Fox issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in response to Growing public outcry and televised criticism by Cyrus's father country singer Billy Ray Cyrus 30 on April 6th 2009 Fox a longtime fan of country music perform the George Strait song You Look So Good In Love at the George Straight artist of the decade Allstar concert Jamie Fox hosted the 2009 BET awards ceremony on June June 28th 2009 which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson who had died 3 days prior to the show as well as performing blame it with Tay and she got her own with Neo and Fabulous Fox opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's Beat It dance routine and close the show with a cover of the Jackson fives I'll be there with Neo we want to celebrate this black man he belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else said Fox during the ceremony 2010 2012 career progression in April 2011 Fox voiced the cartoon Canary Nico in the movie Rio during the summer of 2011 Fox was involved as a producer of in the flow with aan Crockett on Fox 31 Fox released his fourth album best night of my life on December 21st 2010 32 featuring The Singles winner featuring Justin Timberlake and Tai living better now featuring rapper Rick Ross and fall for your type featuring rapper Drake 32 on October 7th the RCA music group announced that it was disbanding Jay records along with arer records and Jive Records meaning that all artists including Fox previously signed to the three labels will release their future material on the RCA records brand 3D 334 in 2011 Jamie Fox also featured on the rapper pitbulls album Planet Pit in the song Where Do We Go Robin Hood is a 2018 American action adventure film directed by Otto BST and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly from a story by Chandler it is a modern retelling of the Robin Hood Legend and follows his training by John to steal from the Sheriff of Nottingham the film stars Taran ederton as Robin and features Jamie Fox Ben Melone Eve Houston Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles returning home to England to learn the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham Melone has his family estate Aristocrat Robin of Loxley joins forces with frier tuck minion and little John Fox a fierce Arabian Warrior who wants to put an end to the Crusades armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood lockley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the sheriff of his money and take away his power the film was announced in February 2015 with ederton signing on as the lead role that September Houston Fox and Melone all joined the cast Over The Following year and principal photography began in February 2017 lasting through May Robin Hood was released by lion skate on November 21st 2018 the film received negative reviews from critics and gross $86 million against the production budget of $100 million three due to its label as a critical and financial flop in addition to its modern take on classic Source material numerous Publications compared the film to 2017's unsuccessful King Arthur legend of the sword 45 Robin Hood was nominated for three razis for worst remake worst supporting actor for Fox and worst picture Lord Robin of lockley an aristocrat and an English Longbow Master lives in notingham and enjoys a good life with his lover Maran before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the Sison 4 years later Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his Commander guy of Gisborne from executing unarmed prisoners including a teenage boy despite the pleading of the boy's Father which prompts jborn to send Robin back home under accusations of treasonous conduct when he returns to Nottingham Robin learns from his old friend frier tuck that the sheriff had officially declared him dead two years prior seizing his land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal Franklin the citizens were exiled from the city and into the coal mine town across the river investigating the slags robin Witnesses the commoner planning to rise against the government that oppresses and exploits them and learns that Marian is now involved with their aspiring leader will Tillman Robin is prevented from contacting her by the prisoner whose son he tried to save the man then introduces himself as Yahya which he says can be translated to John and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing back the money taken from the the people Maran seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive but JN advises him not to tell her of his plans for her own protection through a grueling training regimen in his now decrepit manner Robin improves his skills in archery and combat and begins stealing the riches that the sheriff has extorted from the town's people earning the nickname the hood while concealing his activities by masquera as a frivolous Playboy Lord who supports the sheriff's regime during a party in the Cardinals honor attended by Robin Maran and will Maran and Robin discover the war is a ploy of the church which is also funding the sarason Army to defeat the king and claim total power after his death jborn and his men raid the slags at the sheriff's behest to find the hood Maran attempts to intervene despite Will's objections and Crosses paths with the hood whom she discovers as Robin by recognizing his voice JN is captured by jborn and tortured by the sheriff but refuses to reveal the Hood's identity when the sheriff uses Jon's Faith against him he threatens him with the promise that his eyes and face will soon be the last he sees Robin reveals himself to the commoners at maran's urging and is embraced as their leader upsetting will will leads a riot to distract the sheriff's men while Robin intercepts a caravan transporting the sheriff's Fortune out of Nottingham due to be delivered to the sarasin Army Robin then leads the town's people in a battle against the sheriff and his corrupt Force hces during the confrontation Robin shares a kiss with Maran which will witness his moments before he is scarred by a Molotov cocktail angered by Marian's love for Robin he abandons her and the revolution When the tide of the battle begins turning in the sheriff's favor Robin surrenders to avoid further Bloodshed and is taken to the Sheriff's Castle to be executed one of the guards is actually John who previously escaped his cell and he claims revenge on the sheriff by hanging him by the chain on a massive sensor burner Robin and John flee to reunite with Maran and the town's people who assisted them taking Refuge as Outlaws in Sherwood Forest sharing their reclaimed loot meanwhile the Cardinal approaches a vengeful will and offers him the chance to claim the power vacuum in nodding him if he is loyal to the church WIll has appointed the new sheriff and Brands Robin and his followers criminals Robin defiantly challenges will to come after him the project was first in announced on February 26th 2015 with a script written by Joby Harold to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's a panway Productions it became the third Robin Hood based script in development behind development deals previously announced both Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures six's script was expected to be taken by Sony to merge it with its other project six lion skate acquired the distribution rights to the film on March 19th it was then titled Robin Hood Origins seven on June 4th lion skates set auto bathers to direct the film which DiCaprio and Jennifer Davidson killer and of aan way would produce along with Harold and Tory tunnel of safe house pictures a casting on July 31st deadline Hollywood revealed that several actors were circling for the lead role including Taran ederton Jack hustin Jack rer and Dylan O'Brien nine basil ewanick would also produce the film through his Thunder Road pictures nine later on August 6th it was reported that ederton was at the top of the list for the lead role and he was in early talks with the studio however it was predicted that he might not sign on to star in the film because of scheduling issues with the sequel to Kingsmen the Secret Service 10 on September 30th The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that ederton had signed with shooting to begin in February 2016 but that he was in conflict with the kingsman sequel which was scheduled to begin production in April 11 later in mid October it was confirmed that the scheduling issues had been settled between both Studios and that lines gate would now begin Robin Hood's production right after ederton wrapped on Kingsman likely at the end of summer 2016 12 on October 15 2015 Eve Houston was chosen for the role of ma Maran 13 on January 11th 2016 it was announced that Jamie Fox had been cast to play the role of Little John the leader of the merry men 14 on September 19th 2016 it was reported that Jamie Dornan had joined the cast to play will Scarlet half brother of hood member of Mary men and husband of Marian 15 in November 2016 the film's title was announced to be Robin Hood with Paul Anderson cast for an unspecified role which might be a Darkly toned character 16 on December 13th it was reported that Ben Melone had been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham 17 and on February 14th 2017 it was announced that Tim mention had been cast as frier tuck 18 filming filming began on February 20th 2017 at different locations in Du brodnik Croatia 1920 and in L rainy in eastern Paris France in the AG Notre Dame du rainy 21 further location shooting along with principal Studio filming took place in Budapest Hungary when those facilities were lost in a fire the remaining Studio filming transferred to the S du CA complex north of Paris France 22 filming concluded on May Robin Hood gross $3.8 million in the United States and Canada and $54 million in other territories for a total worldwide gross of $ 84.8 million against a production budget of $100 million Two deadline Hollywood calculated the film Lost the studio 83.7 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues 27 in the United States and Canada Robin Hood was released alongside Creed Roman 2 and Ralph breaks the internet as well as the wide expansion of green book and was projected to gross $135 million from 2827 theaters in its 5-day opening weekend 28 the film made $3.2 million on its first day including $1.2 million from early previews $800,000 from Tuesday night previews and an additional $400,000 from Advanced Monday night screenings it went on to debut to $91 million a 5-day total of $14.2 million finishing seventh at the box office with a production budget of around $100 million deadline Hollywood already listed the film as a box office bomb blaming the poor reviews and recycled property for in its second weekend the film made $4.7 million dropping 48% and falling to eth 29 critical response on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it holds an approval rating of 15% based on 167 reviews with an average rating of three 9/10 the website's critical consensus reads Robin Hood robs from rich source material but is ultimately just another poor attempt to needlessly Gussy up a classic taale with amped up action and modern special effects 30 on Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 28 critics indicating generally unfavorable reviews 31 audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B on an A plus to f scale while postra reported filmgoers gave it a 75% positive score but a low 43% definite recommend four in his one forar review Rolling Stones Peter Travers wrote arriving just in time to win a place among the year's worst films Robin Hood robs you of two hours while Glenn Kenny of the New York Times said that the film strains to be relevant Jamie Fox must have lost a bet the plot is twisty in a perfunctory way the action predictably explosive the sought after exhilaration non-existent for Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian summarized the film as a beardless and Bloated prequel which should be outlawed 32 Michael O Sullivan riding The Washington Post describ the film as amounting to a chilly and flavorless frappe of historical speculation revisionist folklore and every lazy action movie cliche ever written and further characterized the dialogue and costumes as anacronismo at the 39th golden raspberry Awards producers Jennifer Davidson and Leonardo DiCaprio were nominated for worst picture and for For Worse prequel remake ripoff or sequel Razzy while Jamie Fox was nominated for worst supporting actor 34 however the film did not win any of these razis with all three categories being awarded to the film hommes and Watson ederton has also starred in several biographical films portraying military officer Edward Britain in the drama Testament of Youth 2014 the titular ski Jumper in the sports film Eddie the eagle 2016 and singer Elton John in the musical Rock him in 2019 the last of these earned him a Golden Globe award for best actor he has since starred as Jimmy keing in the miniseries Blackbird 2022 for which he was nominated for a prime time Emmy Award and as Hank Rogers in the biopic Tetris 2023 ederton was born in birkenhead on the 10th of November 1989 23 his mother worked in Social Services while his father ran a bed and breakfast near Liverpool four both of them are Li poool natives five he has two younger half sisters four although born in England ederton considers himself to be Welsh through and through and is fluent in both Welsh and English 67 edgerton's parents divorced when he was two and he subsequently moved with his mother to the Welsh island of Angel SE where he went to Primary School 35 the family then relocated to abist withth when he was 12 years old three he became lonely due to losing childhood friends eight he began acting at age 15 nine which he later explained was as much about trying to be social and make friends as it was an interest in acting eight he attended the Royal Academy of dramatic art from which he graduated in 2012 ederton performed in a Stage production of the play The Last of the hofman's at the National Theater in London in 2012 10 after appearing in the crime drama series Lewis he was cast as the lead role in Matthew Von's kingsman the secret service an action comedy film adaptation of the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Miller and Dave Gibbons in 2013 51 he portrayed British army officer Edward Britain in the 2014 biographical drama film Testament of Youth earning a nomination for best British newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival 1 and 213 Kingsmen the Secret Service was released in 2015 garnering highly favorable reviews that described it as fun styl and subversive as well as grossing over $400 million 1 1845 writing for thp James Rocky deemed ederton to be a naturally charismatic presence with smarts behind his smile as Gary egy Unwin a recruit for an Espionage organization 16 ederton Rose to fame with the role five he starred in the crime film legend that same year for ederton at the 2018 Global education and skills forum at the 69th British Academy film Awards in 2016 ederton received a nomination for the ba Rising Star Award 17 in the same year he played ski jumper Eddie the eagle in the aonomus biographical Sports film and voice Johnny a passionate gorilla in the animated musical film Singh 518 ederton reprised the role of egy in the film kingsman the Golden Circle a sequel to Kingsmen the Secret Service released the following year it drew a mixed response from critics 19 and 2018 he starred in the crime drama film Billionaire Boys Club and played the title character in the action adventure film Robin Hood 2021 both films were failures commercially and with critics 8 ederton later specified that Robin Hood was not the film he had signed up to create and that it had lost its Vision 21 he attributed his involvement in Billionaire Boys Club and Robin Hood to monetary reasons eight recognition 2019 present Edon starred as singer Elton John in the biographical musical film rocket men he learned to play the piano for the part and sang Live in each take during filming nine the film was released in 2019 receiving positive reviews and the actor's portrayal of John earned praise 2223 The Washington Post Ann Hornady opined that ederton exerts a steadying singularly charismatic force in the role while Richard LW in a Vanity Fair described his portrayal as nuanced and emotionally intelligent while still loose carried with Verve and Agility t425 ederon won the Golden Globe Award for best actor Motion Picture musical or comedy for his performance 26 he also garnered a British Academy film award nomination for best actor in a leading role and a Grammy award nomination for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for his work on the film's soundtrack 270 28029 that same here ederton narrated the audiobook version of J's autobiography me and the two performed on stage together several times 3031 also in 2019 Edon voice M troll in the Animated Series mman Valley and Ryan in the fantasy series The Dark Crystal age of resistance 3233 he reprised the role of Johnny and sing 2o which released in 2021 34 ederon starred in the play coock by Mike Bartlett directed by Maran Elliott and held at the ambassador's theater in the West End the production marked his West End debut 35 after missing performances due to fainting on stage during the first night of performances in March 2022 and testing positive for covid-19 later that month ederton exited for personal reasons the following month 3D 637 the production of Garner mixed critical reception with edgerton's performance gaining praise 38 the Guardians arifa Akbar wrote he is especially affecting in his romantic desperation 39 Edon executive produced and portrayed American drug dealer Jimmy Keane in the miner's black bird an adaptation of kean's memoir in with the devil it premiered on Apple TV Plus in 2022 eight reviewing the series Salone gajar of the AV club wrote that ederton Aces Jimmy's Duality while switching from being overtly confident to silently breaking down 40 he received a nom ntion for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie 41 the following year ederton portrayed entrepreneur Hank Rogers in the biographical film Tetris about the video game of the same name which also released on Apple TV plus 42 loveia jar of The Hollywood Reporter commended him for playing Rogers with an Earnest goofiness 43 ederton will next star in the Netflix Thriller film carryon 44 and in the Apple TV plus miniseries Firebug Eric Marlin Bishop born December 13th 1967 234 known professionally as Jamie Fox is an American actor singer and comedian he received a claim for his portrayal of Ray Charles and the film Ray 2004 winning the Academy Award bafta Screen Actors Guild award and Golden Globe Award for best actor that same year he was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in the crime film collateral Fox gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color until the shows end in 1994 following this success he was given his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show in which he starred co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001 he gained prominence for his film roles in booty called 1997 Ali 2001 Jarhead 25 Dream Girls 26 Miami Vice 2006 Horrible Bosses 2011 jangle Unchained 2012 Annie 2014 baby driver 2017 and soul 2020 he played the super villain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 224 and Spider-Man no way home 2021 for playing Walter mcmillion in just Mercy 2019 he received a Screen Actor Guild award nomination FOX also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s he earned two number one sing on the Billboard Hot 100 with his features on the singles slow jams by Twista alongside cone West and Gold Digger by the former his single blame it won him the Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals four of his five Studio albums have charted in the top 10 of the US billboard 200 unpredictable 2005 which topped the chart intuition 28 best night of my life 2010 and Hollywood a story of a dozen Rose is 2015 since 2017 fox has served as the host and executive producer of the fox game show beat Shazam in 2021 he wrote his autobiography act like you got some sense born in Terrell Texas five Fox is the son of Daryl Bishop renamed shahad abila following his conversion to Islam six who sometimes worked as a stock broker and Louise Anette tly Dixon shortly after his birth Fox was adopted and raised by his mother's adopted parents Esther 7 Marine Nelson a domestic worker and Nursery operator and Mark T a yard worker 89 he has had little contact with his birth parents who are not part of his upbringing 10 he was raised in the black quarter of terot which at the time was a racially segregated Community ten he has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success 811 Fox began playing the piano when he was 5 years old 12 he had a strict Baptist upbringing 813 and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church ten his natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader when his teacher used him as a reward if the class behaved well Fox would tell them jokes he attended Terrell High School where he received top grades and played basketball and football as quarterback his ambition was to play for the Dallas Cowboys and he was was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards one day 14 he also sang in a band called Leather and Lace 10 After High School Fox received a scholarship to United States International University where he studied Musical and Performing Arts composition 115 Fox first told jokes at a comedy club's open mik night in 1989 after accepting a girlfriend's dare when he found that female comedians were often called first to perform he chose the stage name of Jamie Fox which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases 1 16 with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Red Fox 16 Fox joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991 where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Red's friend and co-worker leanda pagee following a recurring role in The Comedy drama sitcom Rock 17 Fox went on to star in his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show from 1996 to 2001 which he also co-created and produced through his company Foxhole Productions and was aired on the WB Network FOX made his film debut in the 1992 comedy toys his first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday where he was cast as a hard partying quarterback ate partly because of his own football background eight during filming Fox fought with co-star LL Cool J what 19 in 2001 Fox starred opposite Will Smith in Michael man's biographical drama Ali 3 years later Fox played Taxi Driver Max duracher in the Man film collateral alongside Tom Cruz for which he received outstanding reviews critic Roger eert praised Fox's performance stating that jimie Fox's work is a revelation I've thought of him in terms of Comedy booty call Breaking All the Rules but here he steps into a dramatic lead and is always convincing and involving eving 20 he went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance eight in 1994 Fox released an album on the fox record label entitled peep this which was not commercially successful in 2003 Fox made a cameo in Benzino's music video for would you which features lissar McCoy and Mario winens 20032 2006 career startom Fox and Cone West performed gold digger in 2003 Fox featured on the rapper Twista song Slow Jams together with cone West which reached no one on the S Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and hash three on the UK singles chart his second collaboration with kane west gold digger in which Fox sang the Ray Charles influenced I got a woman hook then went straight to no one on the Billboard Hot 100 remaining there for 10 weeks in 2005 fo Fox featured on the single Georgia by Atlanta rappers ludicrous and Field Mob which sampled Ray Charles Hit Georgia on My Mind Fox would also portray Ray Charles in a biographical film Ray 2004 for which he won the Academy Award for best actor 8 and a bafta award for best actor in a leading role Fox is the third male in history after Barry Fitzgerald and Al Pacino to receive two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies collateral and Ray in 2005 Fox was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 21 Fox released his second studio album unpredictable in December 2005 it debuted at no to selling 598 th000 copies in its first week 22 rising to no won the following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies 23 to dat the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the raia 2425 the album also charted on the UK albums chart where it peaked at no nine 26 Fox became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a no one album in the US joining Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby and Barbara strand Fox's first single from the album the title track unpredictable featuring ludicrous peaked in the billboard caught 100 top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart the track samples Wildflower by New Birth the second a single from the album was DJ play A Love Song which reunited Fox with twister in the UK the second single was Extravaganza which saw Fox once again collaborate with cone West although Fox did not feature in the song's music video fox promoting stealth in July 2005 at the 26 black Entertainment Television BET Awards Fox won best due collaboration with cone West for Gold Digger and tied with Mary J biges be without you for video of the year on December 8th 2006 Fox received four Grammy Award nominations which included best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary Jay blig best R&B album for unpredictable best rap performance by a duo or group for Geor by ludicrous and Field Mob featuring Jamie Fox and best rapsong collaboration for unpredictable featuring ludicrous following on from these successes fox went on to appear in the box office hits Jarhead Miami Vice in Dream Girls which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood 20072 2009 intuition Fox's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 27 brought him the lead role in the action thriller film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper Jason baitman Jennifer Garner and Ashraf Barrow in September 27 Fox was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame it was one of the most amazing days of my life said Fox 27 in April 209 Fox played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist a few months later in October 29 he played a starring role alongside Gerard Butler in the Thriller Law Abiding Citizen in 2007 his company Fox King entertainment signed deals with MTV and VH1 28 Fox released his third album titled intuition in 2008 featuring kanie West Tai Neo Lil Kim and T Payne the album's first single Just Like Me featuring Tai was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner which featured an appearance by actress Tera GP Henson the second single blame it featured T pay and became a top five single on the billboard Hot 100 and a number one single on the Billboard Hot r&b/hip hop songs chart the song received many accolades for Fox including a Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards the Blame It music video directed by Hype Williams features Cameo appearances by Forest Whitacre Samuel L Jackson Ron Howard Quincy Jones and his Jarhead co-star Jake gyllenhal amongst others Fox's musical career has also included a number of collaborations in 2007 he recorded the song she goes all the way with Country Superstars Rascal Flats for their still feels good album Fox performed backing vocals for artist songwriter tank he featured alongside the dream on PES please excuse my hands he also appeared alongside fabulous on the remix of Neo's Miss Independent Fox collaborated with rapper The Game on the track around the world FOX also featured on Tai's single live in the sky from the album King on January 22nd 27 Fox launched the Foxhole a channel on serious satellite radio featuring talk radio programs standup comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers as well as much of Fox's own material Fox's own talk radio variety program the Jamie Fox show airs Friday evenings on the Foxhole with guests including musicians actors and fellow comedians co-hosts have included Johnny Mack Speedy Claudia Jordan the poetes Lewis dicks IET Wilson TDP and Tyron Turner on the April 17th to9 episode of The Jamie Fox show Fox and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singer Miley Cyrus 29 several days later Fox issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in response to Growing public outcry and televised criticis ISM by Cyrus's father country singer Billy Ray Cyrus 30 on April 6th 2009 Fox a longtime fan of country music perform the George Strait song You Look So Good In Love at the George Straight artist of the decade Allstar concert Jamie Fox hosted the 2009 BET awards ceremony on June 28th 2009 which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson who had died 3 days prior to the show as well as performing blame it with Tay and she got her own with Neo and Fabulous Fox opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's Beat It dance routine and close the show with a cover of the Jackson fives I'll be there with Neo we want to celebrate this black man he belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else said Fox during the ceremony 201022 career progression in April 2011 Fox voiced the cartoon Canary Nico in the movie Rio during the summer of 2011 Fox was involved as a producer of in the flow with aan Crockett on Fox 31 Fox released his fourth album best night of my life on December 21st 2010 32 featuring The Singles winner featuring Justin Timberlake and Tai living better now featuring rapper Rick Ross and fall for your type featuring rapper Drake 32 on October 7th the RCA music group announced that it was disbanding Jay records along with arer records and Jive Records meaning that all artists including Fox previously signed to the three labels will release their future material on the RCA records brand 3D 334 in 2011 Jamie Fox also featured on the rapper Pitbull's album Planet Pit in the song Where Do We Go Robin Hood is a 2018 American action adventure film directed by Otto BST and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly from a story by Chandler it is a modern retelling of the Robin Hood Legend and follows his training by John to steal from the Sheriff of Nottingham the film stars Taran ederton as Robin and features Jamie Fox Ben Melone Eve Houston Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles returning home to England to learn the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham Melone has seized his family estate Aristocrat Robin of lockley joins forces with frier tuck minin and little John Fox a fierce Arabian Warrior who wants to put in end to the Crusades armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood lockley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the sheriff of his money and take away his power the film was announced in February 2015 with ederton signing on as the lead role that September Houston Fox and Melone all joined the cast Over the following year and principal photography began in February 2017 lasting through May Robin Hood was released by lion skate on November 25th first 2018 the filmm received negative reviews from critics and gross $86 million against a production budget of $100 million three due to its label as a critical and financial flop in addition to its modern take on classic Source material numerous Publications compared the film to 2017's unsuccessful King Arthur legend of the sword 45 Robin Hood was nominated for three razis for worst remake worst supporting actor for Fox and worst picture Lord Robin of lockley an aristocrat and an English Longbow Master lives in Nottingham and enjoys a good life with his lover Marian before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the sarens four years later Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his Commander guy of gisborn from executing unarmed prisoners including a teenage boy despite the pleading of the boy's Father which prompts J born to send Robin back home under accusations of treasonous conduct when he returns to Nottingham Robin learns from his old friend frier tuck that the sheriff had officially declared him dead two years prior seizing his land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal Franklin the citizens were exiled from the city and into the coal mine town across the river investigating the slags robin Witnesses the commoners planning to rise against the government that app presses and exploits them and learns that Marian is now involved with their aspiring leader will Tillman Robin is prevented from contacting her by the prisoner whose son he tried to save the man then introduces himself as Yahya which he says can be translated to John and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing back the money taken from the people Maran seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive but Jon advises him not to tell her of his plans for her own protection through a grueling training regimen in his now decrepit manner Robin improves his skills in archery and combat and begins stealing the riches that the sheriff has extorted from the town's people earning the nickname the hood while concealing his activities by masquerading as a frivolous Playboy Lord who supports the sheriff's regime during a party in the Cardinals honor attended by Robin Marian and will Marian and Robin discover the war is a ploy of the church which is also funding the sarason Army to defeat the king and claimed total power after his death jborn and his men raid the slags at the sheriff's behest to find the hood Maran attempts to intervene despite Will's objections and Crosses paths with the hood whom she discovers as Robin by recognizing his voice Jon is captured by jborn and tortured by the sheriff but refuses to reveal the Hood's identity when the sheriff uses Jon's Faith against him he threatens him with the promise that his eyes and face will soon be the last he sees Robin reveals himself to the commoners at maran's urging and is embraced as their leader upsetting will will leads a riot to distract the sheriff's men while Robin intercepts a caravan transporting the sheriff's Fortune out of Nottingham doe to be delivered to the sarason Army Robin then leads the town's people in a battle against the sheriff and his corrupt forces during the confrontation Robin shares a kiss with Maran which will witness his moments before he is scarred by a Molotov cocktail and angered by Marian's love for Robin he abandons her and the revolution When the tide of the battle begins turning in the sheriff's favor Robin surrenders to avoid further Bloodshed and is taken to the Sheriff's Castle to be executed one of the guards is actually John who previously escaped his cell and he claims revenge on the sheriff by hanging him by the chain on a massive sensor burner Robin and John flee to reunite with Maran and the town's people who assisted them taking Refuge as Outlaws and sure would Forest sharing their reclaimed loot meanwhile the Cardinal approaches a vengeful will and offers him the chance to claim the power vacuum in nodding him if he is loyal to the church WIll has appointed the new sheriff and Brands Robin and his followers criminals Robin defiantly challenges will to come after him the project was first announced on February 26th 2015 with a script written by Joby Harold to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's a panway Productions it became became the third Robin Hood based script in development behind development deals previously announced at both Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures six's script was expected to be taken by Sony to merge it with its other project six lion skate acquired the distribution rights to the film on March 19th it was then titled Robin Hood Origins 7even on June 4th lion skate set auto BS to direct the film which DiCaprio and Jennifer Davidson killer and of aan way would produce a along with Harold and Tory tunnel of safe house pictures a casting on July 31st deadline Hollywood revealed that several actors were circling for the lead role including Taran ederton Jack Huston Jack rer and Dylan O'Brian nine basil ewanick would also produce the film through his Thunder Road pictures nine later on August 6th it was reported that ederton was at the top of the list for the lead role and he was in early talks with the studio however it was predicted that he might not sign on to star in the film because of scheduling issues with the sequel to Kingsmen the Secret Service 10 on September 30th The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that ederon had signed with shooting to begin in February 2016 but that he was in conflict with the kingsman sequel which was scheduled to begin production in April 11 later in mid October it was confirmed that the scheduling issues had been settled between both Studios and that Lionsgate would now be begin Robin Hood's production right after ederton wrapped on Kingsman likely at the end of summer 2016 12 on October 15 2015 Eve Houston was chosen for the role of maid Maran 13 on January 11th 2016 it was announced that Jamie Fox had been cast to play the role of Little John the leader of the merry men 14 on September 19th 2016 it was reported that Jamie Dornan had joined the cast to play will Scarlet half brother of hood me of Mary men and husband of Maran 15 in November 2016 the film's title was announced to be Robin Hood with Paul Anderson cast for an unspecified role which might be a Darkly toned character 16 on December 13th it was reported that Ben melon had been cast as the Sheriff of Nottingham 17 and on February 14th 2017 it was announced that Tim menchin had been cast as frier tuck 18 filming filming began on February 20th 2017 at different locations in Du brodnik Croatia 1920 and in low rainy in eastern Paris France in the AL Notre Dame du rainy 21 further location shooting along with principal Studio filming took place in Budapest Hungary when those facilities were lost in a fire the remaining Studio filming transferred to the site du cema complex north of Paris France 22 filming concluded on May Robin Hood grossed $3.8 million in the United States and Canada and $54 million in other territories for a total worldwide grow of $84.6 million against a production budget of $100 million to deadline Hollywood calculated the film Lost the studio 83.7 million when factoring together all expenses and revenues 27 in the United States and Canada Robin Hood was released alongside Creed Roman to and Ralph breaks the internet as well as the wide expansion of green book and was projected to gross $135 million from 2827 theaters in its 5-day opening weekend 28 the film made $3.2 million on its first day including $1.2 million from early previews $800,000 from Tuesday night previews and an additional $400,000 from Advanced Monday night screenings it went on to debut to $9.1 million a 5-day total of $14.2 million finishing 7th at the box office with a production budget of around $100 million deadline Hollywood already listed the film as a box office bomb blaming the poor reviews and recycled property four in its second weekend the film made $4.7 million dropping 48% and falling to eth 29 critical response on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it holds an approval rating of 15% based on 167 reviews with an average rating of 3 9/10 the website's critical consensus reads Robin Hood robs from rich source material but is ultimately just another poor attempt to needlessly Gussy up a classic tale with amped up action and modern special effects 30 on Metacritic the film has awaited average score of 32 out of 100 based on 28 critics indicating generally unfavor reviews 31 audiences pulled by cinemascore gave the film an average grade of B on an A plus to f scale while postra reported filmgoers gave it a 75% positive score but a low 43% definite recommend four in his one for star review Rolling Stones Peter Travers wrote arriving just in time to win a place among the year's worst films Robin Hood robs you of two hours while Glenn Kenny of the New York Times said that the film strains to be relevant Jamie Fox must have lost a bet the plot is twisty in a perfunctory way the action predictably explosive the sought after exhilaration non-existent for Peter Bradshaw of the Guardians summarized the film as a beardless and Bloated prequel which should be outlawed 32 Michael O Sullivan writing for the Washington Post described the film as amounting to a chilly and flavorless frappe of historical speculation revisionist folklore and every lazy action movie cliche ever written and further characterized the dialogue and costumes as anacronismo at the 39th golden raspberry Awards producers Jennifer Davidson and Leonardo DiCaprio were nominated for worst picture and For Worse prequel remake ripoff or sequel Razzy while Jamie Fox was nominated for worst supporting actor 34 however the film did not not win any of these razis with all three categories being awarded to the film Holmes and Watson ederton has also starred in several biographical films portraying military officer Edward Britain in the drama Testament of Youth 2014 the titular ski Jumper in the sports film Eddie the eagle 2016 and singer Elton John in the musical Rocketman 2019 the last of these earned him a Golden Globe award for best actor he has since starred as Jimmy Keane in the miniseries Blackbird 2022 for which he was nominated for a prime time Emmy Award and as Hank Rogers in the biopic Tetris 2023 ederton was born in birkenhead on the 10th of November 1989 23 his mother worked in Social Services while his father ran a bed and breakfast near Liverpool four both of them are Liverpool natives five he has two younger half sisters for although born in England ederton considers himself to be Welsh through and through and is fluent in both Welsh and English 67 edon's parents divorced when he was two and he subsequently moved with his mother to the Welsh island of Angel SE where he went to Primary School 35 the family then relocated to abist withth when he was 12 years old three he became lonely due to losing childhood friends eight he began acting at age 15 nine which he later explained was as much about trying to be social and make friends as it was an interest in acting eight he attended the Royal Academy of dramatic art from which he graduated in 2012 ederton performed in a Stage production of the play The Last of the hofman's at the National Theater in London in 2012 10 after appearing in the crime drama series Lewis he was cast as the lead role in Matthew Von's kingsman the Secret Service an action comedy film adaptation of the comic book The Secret Service by Mark Miller and Dave Gibbons in 2013 51 he portrayed British army officer Edward Britain in the 2014 biographical drama film Testament of Youth earning a nomination for best British newcomer at the BFI London Film Festival 1 and 213 Kingsmen the Secret Service was released in 2015 garnering highly favorable reviews that described it as fun stylish and subversive as well as grossing over $400 million 1 1845 writing for th RP James Rocky deemed ederton to be a naturally charismatic presence with smarts behind his smile as Gary egy Unwin a recruit for an Espionage organization 16 ederton Rose to fame with the role five he starred in the crime film legend that same year four ederton at the 2018 Global education and skills Forum at the 69th British Academy film Awards in 2016 ederton received a nomination for the ba Rising Star Award 17 in the same year he played ski jumper Eddie the eagle in the aonomus biographical Sports film and voice Johnny a passionate gorilla in the animated musical film sing 518 ederton reprised the role of egy in the film kingsman the Golden Circle a sequel to Kingsmen the Secret Service released the following year it drew a mixed response from critics 19 and 2018 he starred in the crime drama film Billionaire Boys Club and played the title character in the action adventure film Robin Hood 2021 both films were failures commercially and with critics 8 ederton later specified that Robin Hood was not the film he had signed up to create and that it had lost its Vision 21 he attributed his involvement in billionaire boy club and Robin Hood to monetary reasons eight recognition 2019 present ederton starred as singer Elton John in the biographical musical film Rocketman he learned to play the piano for the part and sang Live in each take during filming nine the film was released in 2019 receiving positive reviews and the actor's portrayal of John earned praise 20223 the Washington Post Anne Hornady opined at ederton exerts a steadying singularly charismatic force in the role while Richard loss in a Vanity Fair described his portrayal as nuanced and emotionally intelligent while still loose carried with Verve and Agility 2425 ederton won the golden Globe Award for best actor Motion Picture musical or comedy for his performance 26 he also garnered a British Academy film award nomination for best actor in a leading role and a Grammy award nomination for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for his work on the film soundtrack 27028 29 that same year ederton narrated the audiobook version of John's autobiography me and the two performed on stage together several times 3031 one also in 2019 ederon voice M troll in the Animated Series mman Valley and Ryan in the fantasy series The Dark Crystal age of resistance 3233 he reprised the role of Johnny and sing 2 which released in 2021 34 ederton starred in the play coock by Mike Bartlett directed by Marian Elliott and held at the ambassador's theater in the West End the production marked his West End debut 35 after missing performances due to to fainting on stage during the first night of performances in March 2022 and testing positive for covid-19 later that month ederton exited for personal reasons the following month 3D 637 the production of Garner mixed critical reception with edgerton's performance gaining praise 38 the Guardians arifa Akbar wrote he is especially affecting in his romantic desperation 39 ederon executive produced and portrayed American Drug dealer Jimmy Keane in the miniseries Blackbird an adaptation of kean's memoir in with the devil it premiered on Apple TV plus and 2022 eight reviewing the series Salone gajar of the AV club wrote that ederton Aces Jimmy's Duality while switching from being overtly confident to silently breaking down 40 he received a nomination for the prime time Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a limited or Anthology series or movie 41 the following year ederton trayed entrepreneur Hank Rogers in the biographical film Tetris about the video game of the same name which also released on Apple TV plus 42 loveia jar of The Hollywood Reporter commended him for playing Rogers with an Earnest goofiness 43 ederton will next star in the Netflix Thriller film carry on 44 and in the Apple TV plus miniseries Firebug Eric Marlin Bishop born December 13th 1967 234 for known professionally as Jamie Fox is an American actor singer and comedian he received a claim for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray 2004 winning the Academy Award bafta Screen Actors Guild award and Golden Globe Award for best actor that same year he was nominated for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in the crime film collateral Fox gained his career breakthrough as a featured player in the sketch comedy show In Living Color until the shows end in 1994 following this success he was given his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show in which he starred co-created and produced from 1996 to 2001 he gained prominence for his film roles and booty called 1997 oie 2001 Jarhead 25 Dream Girls 26 Miami Vice 2006 Horrible Bosses 2011 jangle unchain 2012 Annie 2014 baby driver 2017 and soul 2020 he played the supervillain Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 224 and Spiderman no way home 2021 for playing Walter mcmillion in just Mercy 2019 he received a Screen Actor Guild award nomination FOX also embarked on a successful career as an R&B singer in the 2000s he earned two number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 with his features on the singles slow jams by Twista alongside cone West and Gold Digger by the former his single blame it won him the Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals four of his five Studio albums have charted in the top 10 of the US billboard 200 unpredictable 2005 which topped the chart intuition 28 best night of my life 2010 in Hollywood a story of a dozen roses 2015 since 2017 fox has served as the host and executive producer of the fox game show beat Shazam in 201 21 he wrote his autobiography act like you got some sense born in Terell Texas five Fox is the son of Daryl Bishop renamed shahad abila following his conversion to Islam six who sometimes worked as a stock broker and Louise Anette tly Dixon shortly after his birth Fox was adopted and raised by his mother's adoptive parents Esther 7 Marie Nelson a domestic worker and Nursery operator and Mark tally a yard worker 89 he has had little contact with his birth parents who were not part of his upbringing ten he was raised in the black quarter of Terell which at the time was a racially segregated Community ten he has often acknowledged his grandmother's influence as one of the greatest reasons for his success 81 Fox began playing the piano when he was 5 years old 12 he had a strict Baptist upbringing 813 and as a teenager was a part-time pianist and choir leader in Terrell's New Hope Baptist Church ten his natural talent for telling jokes was already in evidence as a third grader when his teacher used him as a reward if the class behaved well Fox would tell them jokes he attended Terrell High School where he received top grades and played basketball and football as quarterback his ambition was to play for the Dallas Cowboys and he was the first player in the school's history to pass for more than 1,000 yards one day 14 he also sang in a band called Leather and Lace 10 After High School Fox received a scholarship to United States International University where he studied Musical and Performing Arts composition 115 Fox first told jokes at a comedy club's open mike night in 1989 after accepting a girlfriend's dare when he found that female comedians were often called first to perform he chose the stage name of Jamie Fox which he felt was ambiguous enough to disallow any biases one in 16 with his surname being a tribute to the black comedian Red Fox 16 Fox joined the cast of In Living Color in 1991 where his recurrent character Wanda also shared a name with Red's friend and co-worker lwanda page following a recurring role in The Comedy drama sitcom Rock 17 Fox went on to star in his own sitcom the Jamie Fox show from 1996 to 2001 which he also co-created and produced through his company Fox whole Productions and was aired on the WB Network Fox made his film debut in the 1992 comedy toys his first dramatic role came in Oliver Stone's 1999 film Any Given Sunday where he was cast as a hard partying quarterback ate partly because of his own football background ate during filming Fox fought with co-star LL Cool J what 9 in 2001 Fox starred opposite Will Smith and Michael man's biographical drama Ali 3 years later Fox plate Taxi Driver Max stater in the Man film collateral alongside Tom Cruz for which he received outstanding reviews critic Roger eert praised Fox's performance stating that jimie Fox's work is a revelation I've thought of him in terms of Comedy booty call Breaking All the Rules but here he steps into a dramatic lead and is always convincing and involving 20 he went on to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his performance 8 in 19 1994 Fox released an album on the fox record label entitled peep this which was not commercially successful in 2003 Fox made a cameo in Benzino's music video for would you which features lissar McCoy and Mario winens 20306 career startom Fox and Cone West performing gold digger in 2003 Fox featured on the rapper Twista song Slow jamed together with cone West which reached no one on the S Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and hash three on the UK singles chart his second collaboration with Kan West gold digger in which Fox sang the Ray Charles influenced I got a woman hook then went straight to no one on the Billboard Hot 100 remaining there for 10 weeks in 2005 Fox featured on the single Georgia by Atlanta raer ludicrous and Field Mob which sampled Ray Charles Hit Georgia on My Mind Fox would also portray Ray Charles in a biographical film Ray 2004 for which he won the Academy Award for best actor 8 and a bafta award for best actor in a leading role Fox is the third male in history after Barry Fitzgerald and Al Pacino to received two acting Oscar nominations in the same year for two different movies collateral and Ray in 2005 Fox was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 21 Fox released his second studio album unpredictable in December 2005 it debuted at no to selling 598 th000 copies in its first week 22 rising to no won the following week and selling an additional 200,000 copies 23 to dat the album has sold 1.98 million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the ra 2425 the album also charted on the UK albums chart where it peaked at no nine 26 Fox became the fourth artist to have both won an Academy Award for an acting role and to have achieved a no one album in the US joining Frank Sinatra Bing Crosby and Barbara strand Fox's first single from the album the title track unpredictable featuring ludicrous peaked in the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles and also made the UK Top 20 singles chart the track samples Wildflower by New Birth the second single from the album was DJ play A Love Song which reunited Fox with twister in the UK the second single was Extravaganza which saw Fox once again collaborate with cone West although Fox did not feature in the song's music video fox promoting stealth in July 2005 at the 26 Black Entertainment Television BET Awards Fox won best due collaboration with kane west for Gold Digger and tied with Mary Jay blig be without you for video of the year on December 8th 2006 Fox received four Grammy Award nominations which included best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals for Love Changes featuring Mary J blig best R&B album for unpredictable best rap performance by a duo or group for Georgia by ludicrous and Field Mob featuring Jamie Fox and best rapsong collaboration for unpredictable featuring ludicrous following on from these successes fox went on to appear in the box office hits Jarhead Miami Vice and Dream Girls which lifted his profile even higher as a bankable star in Hollywood 20072 2009 intuition Fox's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 27 brought him the lead role in the action thriller film The Kingdom opposite Chris Cooper Jason bitan Jennifer Garner and Ashraf Barrow in September 27 Fox was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame it was one of the most amazing days of my life said Fox 27 in April 2009 Fox played the lead role in the dramatic film The Soloist a few months later in October 29 he played a starring role alongside Gerard Butler in the Thriller Law Abiding Citizen in 2007 his company Fox King entertainment signed deals with MTV in VH1 28 Fox released his third album titled intuition in 2008 featuring kanie West Tai Neo Lil Kim and T Payne the album's first single Just Like Me featuring Tai was promoted by a video directed by Brett Ratner which featured an appearance by actress Tera GP Henson the second single blame it featured T pay and became a top five single on the Billboard Hot 100 and a number one single on the Billboard Hot r&b/hip hop songs chart the song received many accolades for Fox including a Grammy award for best R&B performance by a duo or group with vocals at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards the Blame It music video directed by Hype Williams features Cameo appearances by Forest Whitacre Samuel L Jackson Ron Howard Quincy Jones and his Jarhead co-star Jake Gyllenhaal amongst others Fox's musical career has also included a number of collaborations in 2007 he recorded the song she goes all the way with Country Superstars Rascal Flats for their still feels good album Fox performed backing vocals for artist songwriter tank he featured alongside the dream on PES please excuse my hands he also appeared alongside fabulous on the remix of Neo's Miss Independent Fox collaborated with rapper The Game on the track around the world FOX also featured on Tai single live in the sky from the album King on January 22nd 27 Fox launched the Foxhole a channel on serious satellite radio featuring talk radio programs standup comedy albums and music primarily by African-American performers as well as much of Fox's own material Fox's own talk radio variety program the Jamie Fox show airs Friday evenings on the Foxhole with guests including musicians actors and fellow comedians co-hosts have included Johnny Mack Speedy Claudia Jordan the poetes Lewis dicks IET Wilson TDP and Ty Turner on the April 17th to9 episode of The Jamie Fox show Fox and his co-hosts made several sexually suggestive and disparaging jokes regarding the teenage singer Miley Cyrus 29 several days later Fox issued a public apology on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in response to Growing public outcry and televised criticism by Cyrus's father country singer Billy Ray Cyrus 30 on April 6th 2009 Fox a longtime fan of country music perform the George Strait song You Look So Good In Love at the George Straight artist of the decade Allstar concert Jamie Fox hosted the 2009 BET awards ceremony on June 28th 2009 which featured several tributes to pop star Michael Jackson who had died three days prior to the show as well as performing blame it with t pay and she got her own with Neo and Fabulous Fox opened the show with a rendition of Jackson's Beat It dance routine and close the show with a cover of the Jackson fives I'll be there with Neo we want to celebrate this black man he belongs to us and we shared him with everybody else said Fox during the ceremony 201022 career progression in April 2011 Fox voiced the cartoon Canary Nico in the movie Rio during the summer of 2011 Fox was involved as a producer of in the flow with a fan Crockett on Fox 31 Fox released his fourth album best night of my life on December 21st 2010 32 featuring The Singles winner featuring just in Timberlake and Thai living better now featuring rapper Rick Ross and fall for your type featuring rapper Drake 32 on October 7th the RCA music group announced that it was disbanding Jay records along with arer records and Jive Records meaning that all artists including Fox previously signed to the three labels will release their future material on the RCA records brand 3D 334 in 2011 Jamie Fox also featured on the rapper pitbulls album Planet Pit in the song Where Do We Go Robin Hood is a 2018 American action adventure film directed by ototo BST and written by Ben Chandler and David James Kelly from a story by Chandler it is a modern retelling of the Robin Hood Legend and follows his training by John to steal from the Sheriff of Nottingham the film star is Taran Ed as Robin and features Jamie Fox Ben Melone Eve Houston Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles returning home to England to learn the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham Melone has seized his family estate Aristocrat Robin of lockley joins forces with frier tuck Mion and little John Fox a fierce Arabian Warrior who wants to put an end to the Crusades armed with arrows and dubbed Robin Hood lockley leads a band of oppressed rebels in a daring plan to rob the sheriff of his money and take away his power the film was announced in February 2015 with ederton signing on as the lead role that September Houston Fox and Melone all joined the cast Over the following year and principal photography began in February 2017 lasting through May Robin Hood was released by lion gate on November 21st 2018 the film received negative reviews from critics and gross $86 million against a production budget of $100 million three due to its label as a critical and financial flop in addition to its modern take on classic Source material numerous Publications compared the film to 2017's unsuccessful King Arthur legend of the sword 45 Robin Hood was nominated for three razis for worst remake worst supporting actor for Fox and worst picture Lord Robin of lockley an aristocrat and an English Longbow Master lives in Nottingham and enjoys a good life with his love Maran before he is drafted by the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham to fight in the Third Crusade against the sarens 4 years later Robin becomes disillusioned with the Crusades when he fails to prevent his Commander guy of Gisborne from executing unarmed prisoners including a teenage boy despite the pleading of the boy's Father which prompts jborn to send Robin back home under accusations of treasonous conduct when he returns to Nottingham Robin learns from his old friend frier tuck that the sheriff had officially declared him Dead 2 years prior seizing his land and wealth to continue funding the war effort at the behest of the corrupt Cardinal Franklin the citizens were exiled from the city and into the coal mine town across the river investigating the slags robin Witnesses the commoners planning to rise against the government that oppresses and exploits them and learns that Maran is now involved with their aspiring leader will Tillman Robin is prevented from contacting her by the prisoner whose son he tried to save the man then introduces himself as Yahya which he says can be translated to John and proposes that he and Robin work to end the war by stealing back the money taken from the people Maran seeks Robin upon learning that he is alive but Jon advises him not to tell her of his plans for her own protection through a grueling training regimen in his now decrepit manner Robin improves his skills in archery and combat and begins stealing the riches that the Sher has extorted from the town's people earning the nickname the hood while concealing his activities by masquerading as a frivolous Playboy Lord who supports the sheriff's regime during a party in the Cardinals honor attended by Robin Maran and will Maran and Robin discover the war is a ploy of the church which is also funding the sarason Army to defeat the king and claim total power after his death jborn and his men raid the slags at the sheriff's behest to find the hood Mary and attempts to intervene despite Will's objections and Crosses paths with the hood whom she discovers as Robin by recognizing his voice JN is captured by jborn and tortured by the sheriff but refuses to reveal the Hood's identity when the sheriff uses Jon's Faith against him he threatens him with the promise that his eyes and face will soon be the last he sees Robin reveals himself to the commoners at maran's urging and is embraced as their leader upsetting will will leads a riot to distract the sheriff's men while Robin intercepts a caravan transporting the sheriff's Fortune out of Nottingham due to be delivered to the sarason Army Robin then leads the town's people in a battle against the sheriff and his corrupt forces during the confrontation Robin shares a kiss with Maran which will witness his moments before he is scarred by a Molotov cocktail angered by Marian's love for Robin he abandons her and the revolution When the tide of the battle begins turning in the sheriff's favor Robin surrender to avoid further Bloodshed and is taken to the Sheriff's Castle to be executed one of the guards is actually John who previously escaped his cell and he claims revenge on the sheriff by hanging him by the chain on a massive sensor burner Robin and John flee to reunite with Maran and the town's people who assisted them taking Refuge as Outlaws in Sherwood Forest sharing their reclaimed loot meanwhile the Cardinal approaches a vengeful will and offers him the chance to claim the power vacuum in Nottingham if he is loyal to the church WIll has appointed the new sheriff and Brands Robin and his followers criminals Robin definely challenges will to come after him the project was first announced on February 26th 2015 with a script written by joob heral to be produced by Leonardo DiCaprio's a panway Productions it became the third Robin Hood based script in development behind development deals previously announced at both Walt Disney Pictures and Sony Pictures six script was expected to be taken by Sony to merge it with its other project six lion skate acquired the distribution rights to the film on March 19th it was then titled Robin Hood Origins seven on June 4th lion skat set auto bathers to direct the film which DiCaprio and Jennifer davidon killer and of aan way would produce along with Harold and Tory tunnel of safe house pictures a casting on July 31st deadline Hollywood revealed that several actors were circling for the lead role including Taran ederton Jack hustin Jack rer and Dylan O'Brien nine basil ewanick would also produce the film through his Thunder Road pictures nine later on August 6