Warner Bros has hired Michael Ross to rewrite the futuristic Robin Hood project that has commercials director Nicolai Fuglsig attached to helm. The film is being produced by Charles Roven, Richard Suckle and Gianni Nunnari. Jason Dean Hall wrote the first draft of a drama set in dystopian London, about the band whose brazen thievery restores hope in the beleaguered population. Ross recently adapted the video game Just Cause for producers Eric Eisner and Adrian Askarieh. CAA dnd Management 360 rep both Ross and Fuglsig.
Warner Bros’ Futuristic Robin Hood Tale Gets Rewrite From Michael Ross
By MIKE FLEMING | Tuesday August 2, 2011 @ 10:52am EDTTags: Charles Roven, Gianni Nunnari, Michael Ross, Robin Hood, Warner Bros
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Laser sighted crossbows?
And, as this is in the future in a dystopian London…will Maid Marion now become Mistress Marion in a tight leather body clinging ninja suit wielding a whip?
A “futuristic” spin? Krantz Films beat Warner Bros by 45 years – ‘Rocket Robin Hood’ forever!
hold it…you realize there was a cartoon on tv in Canada in the 1970s called ‘Rocket Robin Hood’ right?….laser arrows…hoverpony jousting…you get the idea?
Lawyer UP!
So what if there was?
Ideas are not copyrightable. The idea of a futuristic robin hood that has been made into a story doesn’t prevent others from writing a story with the same idea.
Woohoo! Rocket Robin Hood Reborn!
The first thing that came to my mind when I read this was “V for Vendetta”. There is something compelling about a well done Dystopian tale set in England. The original ‘Farenheight 451 was made in England.