Old Man Robin Hood — Hugh Jackman does it again

When Kevin Costner played Robin Hood at 36 in the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, detractors said he was too old for the role. He was playing the British legendary figure in his familiar story after Sean Connery had played Robin as an old man at age 46 in the 1976 movie Robin and Marian (and Russell Crowe would do it again at age 46 in 2010’s Robin Hood movie). Widely viewed as the definitive version, the 1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood starred Errol Flynn at age 29. Now at 57 Hugh Jackman is wearing the quiver in the next version of Old Man Robin Hood. And he looks a lot like another well-known archer, Old Man Oliver Queen aka Green Arrow, from the pages of Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, and Ande Parks’ Green Arrow comic book story arc “Quiver,” featuring an aged hero back from the dead.

What looks like a dark, moody story of a violent end for the man who stole from the rich to give to the poor, The Death of Robin Hood twists the narrative to see Robin as a lifelong villain, washed up and bitter in his final days. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, who is slated to helm a movie adaptation of video game Death Stranding, expect an indie voyage for Jackman instead of the usual big-budget vehicle for the celebrated actor.