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A couple new set pictures have been released from Ridley Scott’s upcoming Film Robin Hood. (check more out here)

Robin Hood stars Russell Crowe (in his 5th collaboration with Scott) as Mr R. Hood, Cate Blanchett, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, William Hurt and Danny Hudson also feature.

To be honest I’m too sure about this, I really like Russell Crowe for me he is one of the best actors living actors, he has shown a number of times he can play this sort of roll brilliantly, I am also impressed by his dedication to this role and the supporting cast (Mark Strong is one the most underrated actors of our generation) is quality. The main problem I have is that another non British actor is playing another British icon (not to mention the rest of the cast being very non British), I believe over the last 2 decades this country has produced enough quality actors to play roles such as Robin Hood and Sherlock Holmes, there are a number of British actors that would be great as Robin Hood – Christian Bale(maybe Batman, John Connor and Robin Hood would be pushing it), Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell (he’s from Nottingham!), Paddy Considine, Dominic West, Daniel Craig, Jim Sturgess and Tim Roth to name a few.

I’m probably being a little unfair, Imagine Entertainment in this current financial climate are spending  over $130 million on this film, they want to at least know they’ve got a bankable Oscar winner in Russell Crowe. Also Ridley Scott is a GREAT Director who obviously knows a lot more about creating classic films than me – this is the man who brought the world Alien, Blade Runner and American Gangster! I guess we’ll have to wait and see, the teaser trailer should be released late December/January and the Film is due for release on May 14, 2010