Robin Hood has been done many times before – in fact I’ve lost count of the number of reincarnations. Those that come to mind are the Disney-fied Robin Hood from 1973 with Robin and his band of merry men portrayed as woodland animals; Kevin Costners likeable depiction in 1991 along with Morgan Freeman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves; and the not-so-well received Robin Hood television series from the BBC back in 2006. So there’s been quite a few to date. This time Russell Crowe takes over the role as the legendary hero, check out the trailer below.

So what can we expect to be different from the other hundred times this story has been told? Perhaps it will be somewhat like 2004′s King Arthur - darker, bloodier more savage than any story of King Arthur that was told before.

All the characters that we associate with Robin Hood such as Maid Marian, Little John, King Richard, Prince John, Sheriff of Nottingham, all make an appearance in this story, so it’s more than likely that we can expect a retelling of this classic tale –  the story of how the archer Robin becomes Robin of the Hood.

I personally love these new modern re-envisioning of old stories. I think modern technology has finally got to a point where it’s possible to make these old stories seem far more believeable than they did before. So I can’t wait for this to hit theatres this year.

Russell Crowe is joined by Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Danny Huston, Mark Strong and Kevin Durand and of course none other than Ridley Scott directs.

The Film Buzz Anticipation Rating: 7.5/10

UK Cinema Release Date: 14th May 2010

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer’s: Brian Helgeland, Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris

Links: IMDB, Official Site