MGM+ has launched the primary have a look at their new adaptation of Robin Hood, which sees Sean Bean as The Sheriff of Nottingham, Connie Nielsen as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and Jack Patten because the titular hero.
You’ll be able to watch the trailer under:
The solid additionally consists of Lauren McQueen (Marian), Lydia Peckham (Priscilla of Nottingham), Marcus Fraser (Little John), Henry Rowley (Will Gamewell), Erica Ford (Ralph), Steven Waddington (Earl of Huntingdon), Richard Lintern (Bishop) and Angus Fortress-Doughty (Friar Tuck).
Patten performs Rob, a Saxon forester’s son who rises because the chief of a band of insurgent outlaws, Rob is torn between his want for vengeance and his love for a Norman lady, Marian.
Bean performs the Sheriff of Nottingham, a statesman, a strategist, and a builder of Nottingham itself. A loving father, a politician, and cousin to King Henry II, he navigates the harmful tides of energy, going through not solely an outlaw within the woods but additionally the ambitions of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Norman Barons that encompass him. Crafty and pragmatic, he’s a person who guidelines with an iron hand, not out of cruelty, however an unshakable perception that the regulation, as Normans see it, should be preserved.
Official Synopsis:
In Twelfth-century England, Saxons reside underneath the crushing rule of Norman energy. Amongst them is Robert of Locksley, the son of a forester, whose life is shattered when his household is stripped of their ancestral residence and his father is executed by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Gifted with the longbow, Rob grows from grief into revolt, his destiny endlessly entwined with Marian, a noblewoman torn between loyalty to her household and her love for him. As tensions rise, Rob gathers a band of outlaws round him — women and men with little in widespread however their Saxon heritage and want to combat tyranny. In Sherwood Forest, they wage warfare in opposition to corruption and injustice, drawing the ire of Sheriff, Barons, and Norman royalty alike. What begins as vengeance transforms into one thing far better: the legend of Robin Hood, a logo of defiance whose battle will form the destiny of England itself.
An epic journey, Robin Hood brings a contemporary vitality to the basic story of the roguish outlaw hero who stole from the wealthy and gave to the poor, and the epic love story between him and a brave and daring Marian. It’s a good, sweeping, romantic journey that brings historic authenticity, psychological depth, and a heightened give attention to the connection between Rob and Marian to the beloved story.
Creator and govt producer John Glenn says on the sequence, “It is vitally grounded in historic accuracy. We did a ton of analysis in that manner and it’s an origin story. That is the story of a boy changing into a person, after which that man changing into an outlaw, and that outlaw a legend. It’s extra Peaky Blinders in tone than every other Robin Hood I’ve seen.”
Robin Hood begins on November 2nd with a two-episode debut on MGM+.
