In an interview on Australian radio, Russell Crowe has revealed that Ridley Scott’s untitled Robin Hood film is set to adopt the simple, and probably effective, title of “Robin Hood.”
“I think it’s just going to be ‘Robin Hood,’ said Crowe, who will portray the iconic title character. “We had a meeting prior to Christmas and the studio were talking about ‘Nottingham’ as a title being well known now and having been discussed for 18 months in the highest levels of press and marking and stuff like that. And it was a good, what they call, a solid gold name. And the question came up ‘But is it better than ‘Robin Hood’? and everyone just shook their heads and said ‘No it’s not.'”
The interviewer further reveals that Crowe had previously spoken of the problems that his 2005 film “Cinderella Man” had with it’s own title. Crowe was of the belief that the effeminate connotations with Ron Howard film’s title affected its box office performances and that it may have been more effective to have named it “Braddock.”
“Robin Hood” is currently undertaking principal photography in Wales after finishing off in England. The film is scheduled to finish shooing in August and is seemingly on track for the tentative release date of May 14th, 2010. [via Dark Horizons]