The Wachowskis Writing And Set To Direct ‘Hood,’ A Modern Robin Hood Tale
Andy and Lana Wachowskihave been mulling a couple of possible directorial projects, chief among them their’hard-R gay Iraq War love story’Cobalt Neural 9, and anadaptationof David Mitchell’s novelCloud Atlas.
Now they’ll reportedly do something completely different:Hood, “a modern, urban” version of the Robin Hood story.
THRreports the deal, saying they’ve written the script and will direct for Warner Bros. withJoel Silver(The Matrix,Speed Racer) once again producing. No one is cast yet, but actors includingWill Smithhave reportedly been contacted. That’s all the detail we’ve got.
I know thatCN-9was slow to find funding, but the idea that the siblings would adaptCloud Atlasseemed a lot more promising than any new version ofRobin Hood. This is unquestionably a far more easily marketable movie thanCloud Atlaswould be, especially if they get a name like Will Smith.
But really? A newRobin Hood? Comparing this to the recent Ridley Scott movie with Russell Crowe is likely pointless, but without knowing any more details, this sounds at best like a ‘wait and see’ situation rather than an interesting project. And the title plus the ‘urban’ setting…it almost seems like a joke. Is this what the critical and financial failure ofSpeed Racerhath wrought?
And what ofCloud Atlas? When that wasfirst announcedwe heard thatTom Tykwerwas writing and would possibly direct. If he ends up directing the movie, I’d be quite happy. But would the attached cast (Tom Hanks, Natalie Portman, Halle Berry) stick around?
[image of the Wachowskis and Arianna Huffington above comes from anearly shootforCN-9.]
