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Bill Skarsgård plays Little John (credited as Edward) in Michael Sarnoski's grim reimagining The Death of Robin Hood, as an aging Robin Hood fights a life of crime, is gravely injured, and offered a chance at salvation, with Skarsgård delivering a transformative, Pennywise-era performance.
Hugh Jackman discusses his grim, nihilistic take on Robin Hood in The Death of Robin Hood, directed by Michael Sarnoski for A24. Shot on location in Northern Ireland, the film explores how myths become tools to justify violence and questions whether the legend is a fabrication. Jackman praises Sarnoski’s distinctive voice, recalls grueling makeup and mud-soaked shoots, and notes his ongoing appetite for risky, boundary-pushing projects; The Death of Robin Hood opens June 19, 2026.
From Robin Hood’s violent, subversive roots in 12th-century ballads to a sanitised, noble hero in Henry VIII-era chronicles and 20th-century cinema, new revisionist works—most notably Michael Sarnoski’s The Death of Robin Hood and Amy S Kaufman’s The Traitor of Sherwood Forest—reclaim his dark origins, portraying him as a man shaped by and shaping power through storytelling, with grim violence and ambiguous ethics that echo today’s political climate.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Frank Scheck reviews The Death of Robin Hood as a dour, mood-heavy revisionist take led by Hugh Jackman. The film casts Robin as a brutal historical outlaw rather than a folk hero, pairing restrained performances with heavy atmosphere, stark visuals, and graphic violence. Despite strong writing and directing by Michael Sarnoski, the movie drags and offers little revelatory insight into its antihero, leaving audiences fatigued rather than enlightened.