The Wachowskis Working on Modern Day Robin Hood Adaptation

Posted by on December 8th, 2010   Filed under: Action, Fantasy, Rumours
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Over the past year or so, we’ve been hearing reports that Andy and Lana Wachowski are hard at work on their follow-up to Speed Racer, a top secret Iraqi war movie called CN-9 (short for “Cobalt Neural 9″). It is sounding like it will be a complete 180 from the light tone of Speed Racer, as the story reportedly involves a homosexual relationship between a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi man and a plot to assassinate George W. Bush. While they continue to remain tight-lipped about this film, this week we have learned that the Wachowskis are also developing another project right now that may offer a new take on Robin Hood. What’s more, Will Smith may potentially be involved.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new movie is tentatively titled Hood, and it will be a “modern, urban take on the Robin Hood myth.” They have apparently written the script and also plan to direct it themselves. The project is currently being set up at Warner Brothers, and I think we can probably assume their buddy Joel Silver is taking on some sort of producer role.

Not much is known about the project, but they have apparently reached out to Will Smith for a role in the film. Could he join Russell Crowe and Kevin Costner as the latest Hollywood star to steal from the rich and give to the poor? I’m certainly curious to see what a modern take on Robin Hood would be like, although I can see a lot of potential for disaster here too. Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood just came out earlier this year, but hey, that’s never stopped Hollywood before. Are you a fan of The Wachowskis’ work? Do either of these far out projects sound promising to you, or are they just losing their minds?



  • Mike

    that picture is fantastic

  • Fatbologna

    That picture explains in whole why the 2 Matrix sequels turned out the way they did. Dude looks like an Ecstacy-induced rave nightmare I met on the beaches of Thailand back in ’97.

  • Gil

    modern day robin hood sounds uninteresting, but we’ll see.
    on another note, i still remember how people were getting shit on all over the web for bringing up the cross-dressing thing and how people in hollywood stated that the rumors were bullshit about larry. when the fuck do we get our apology for being right, and technically being called blind?

  • dude can ware and f*ck whatever he wants as long as he gives me entertainment

  • The title “Hood” and casting of Will Smith tells me that not only will this be modern, but an “urban” take on Robin Hood. It sounds both uniteresting and possibly even offensive. I saw Speed Racer for the first time a short while ago, and I liked it. I also liked Bound, and I loved the first Matrix, but the Matrix sequels and some of these “future projects” makes me think that these guys may have hit their creative peak already. CN-9 sounds awful, and so does this.

    I have faith that they still have some good movies in them that they can make, but these don’t sound like the good ones.

  • Mark in Ottawa

    The dude’s look on the left says it all.

    Yikes.

    “She” must be a Habs fan …..

  • Bas

    Wanting to dress like a woman is one thing, dressing like Red Fraggle is another.

  • Goon

    I thought the cross dressing thing was true but the “Lana” and sex change was absolutely not.