Following his breakthrough drama Pig, Michael Sarnoski took on his first major studio project with A Quiet Place: Day One. Once that’s in the rearview mirror, Sarnoski isn’t dialing it back down at all. Deadline reports he’ll direct The Death of Robin Hood, a dark reimagining of the outlaw’s story with Hugh Jackman and Jodie Comer attached to star.
Sarnoski will write and direct The Death of Robin Hood, which finds a battleworn, gravely injured Robin Hood in the care of a mysterious woman who could be his shot at salvation after a life of crime and murder.
So definitely not Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Actually, it sounds a lot like what Jackman did in Logan, taking a violent hero to the grim end of his days.
“It has been an incredible opportunity to reinvent and freshly innovate the story we all know of Robin Hood,” Sarnoski said in a statement. “Securing the perfect cast to transform the script to screen was essential. I could not be more thrilled and trusting in Hugh and Jodie to bring this story to life in a powerful and meaningful way.”
Jackman will be seen next as Logan in Deadpool & Wolverine. Comer has Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders alongside Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, and Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later. Both films arrive this summer, s does Sarnoski’s A Quiet Place: Day One which opens on June 28th.
