“The Death of Robin Hood” Delivers Lots of Gore and Brooding

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This may not be the legend we grew up with, but there's an awful lot that's familiar in the first trailer for The Death of Robin Hood.

With lots of nighttime scenes lit by fire, shots of men who regret their past sins, and some truly gory kills, you've seen a lot of this before. Whether's it's The Green Knight, The Northman, or even Braveheart, there's not much new here. But of course, all those movies are pretty good, so a decidedly less cheery version of the legend of Robin Hood could be excellent.

There's reason to have faith, given writer-director Michael Sarnoski's first film Pig. His debut was a modern revenge tale with one of Nicolas Cage's best performances ever. I missed his A Quiet Place prequel, but it also earned solid reviews. The film has already courted controversy, though that was due to certain corners of the internet wildly overreacted to the poster, which included the tagline "He Was No Hero." Some people took that to mean A24 had greenlit an "actually, the rich people were the good guys" version of the story, which just proves folks just need to log off.

Hugh Jackman stars as the older, dying Robin Hood, with Bill Skarsgård as Little John. The cast also includes Jodie Comer, Murray Bartlett, and Noah Jupe.

The Death of Robin Hood shoots its shot some time in 2026. Check out the trailer here.

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About Kip Mooney

Like many film critics born during and after the 1980s, my hero is Roger Ebert. The man was already the best critic in the nation when he won the Pulitzer in 1975, but his indomitable spirit during and after his recent battle with cancer keeps me coming back to read not only his reviews but his insightful commentary on the everyday. But enough about a guy you know a lot about. I knew I was going to be a film critic—some would say a snob—in middle school, when I had to voraciously defend my position that The Royal Tenenbaums was only a million times better than Adam Sandler’s remake of Mr. Deeds. From then on, I would seek out Wes Anderson’s films and avoid Sandler’s like the plague. Still, I like to think of myself as a populist, and I’ll be just as likely to see the next superhero movie as the next Sundance sensation. The thing I most deplore in a movie is laziness. I’d much rather see movies with big ambitions try and fail than movies with no ambitions succeed at simply existing. I’m also a big advocate of fun-bad movies like The Room and most of Nicolas Cage’s work. In the past, I’ve written for The Dallas Morning News and the North Texas Daily, which I edited for a semester. I also contributed to Dallas-based Pegasus News, which in the circle of life, is now part of The Dallas Morning News, where I got my big break in 2007. Eventually, I’d love to write and talk about film full-time, but until that’s a viable career option, I work as an auditor for Wells Fargo. I hope to one day meet my hero, go to the Toronto International Film Festival, and compete on Jeopardy. Until then, I’m excited to share my love of film with you.