‘Nottingham’ postponed

  

Too bad, so sad….Ridley Scott’s ‘Nottingham,’ starring long time collaborator Russell Crowe,  has been postponed indefinitely. Universal said in a statement that the film, which had an August start date, was shut down due to a “cloud of the SAG strike”, “the film’s forest locations need to be green,” and  the project’s script.  “The current version of the screenplay,” the studio said, “is not yet where the studio and the filmmakers want it to be in terms of realizing the full value of the story. Universal could have moved forward with one of these challenges, but the confluence of the three caused the studio to reconsider and take the time for all conditions to be optimal.”  Having read the  Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reiff script, even with the Brian Helgeland rewrite, I think Universal’s worries are justified.

Produced jointly by Universal and Imagine Entertainment, ‘Nottingham’  is a different variation on Robin Hood’s notorious bad guy.  Even though no new production date has been set, Crowe, Scott, Imagine, and Universal are still attached to the project.  This October, look for Russell Crowe in  ‘Body of Lies,’ the fourth collaboration with Ridley Scott.