Wachowskis eyeing Will Smith for the 'Hood'

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The Wachowski siblings, Andrew and Lana (né Laurence), are gearing up for their next project: A modern, urban retelling of the Robin Hood legend, titled Hood. The Wachowskis wrote the script and would co-direct, as first reported by the Hollywood Reporter‘s Heat Vision Blog. Will Smith, who famously turned down the role of Neo in the Wachowskis’ The Matrix (to make Wild Wild West instead), is reportedly being considered for the lead role.

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Jon
Wed 12/08/10 5:23 PM

Do we really need ANOTHER Robin Hood? I think we all know the story…

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- Andy
  Wed 12/08/10 5:53 PM
  
  Actually, no, we DON’T “know the story.” There’s a particular version of the Robin Hood tale that’s become culturally entrenched and has been retold fifty million times.
  
  But no one, not even in the recent Crowe flick, has ever gone back to actual persons and conditions of the early 1200s that could *realistically* have given rise to the legend.
  
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  - Brett
    Wed 12/08/10 6:54 PM
    
    And Andy knows, ’cause he was THERE, dammit.
MIB
Wed 12/08/10 5:26 PM

Heh, I remember when they were known as the Wachowski “Brothers.” Had more of a ring to it than “siblings.”

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- nodnarb
  Wed 12/08/10 5:52 PM
  
  They actually use “The Wachowskis” now.
  
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  - Mr. Holloway
    Wed 12/08/10 7:09 PM
    
    I absolutely feel embarrassed that I had no idea Larry Wachowski had become a woman.
    
    (I’ve visited this site practically every day for the last few years…where were you with this info, EW?!)
Jay
Wed 12/08/10 5:31 PM

Didn’t know that the Fresh Prince was almost Neo.

Whoa…

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harry
Wed 12/08/10 5:41 PM

I hope the get big Will this time.

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Dee Jones
Wed 12/08/10 6:40 PM

This sounds terrible!

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Brett
Wed 12/08/10 6:55 PM

If he’d taken “Matrix,” would Keanu have starred in “Wild Wild West”? It couldn’t have been any worse….but at least the “hip, fly ghetto” dialogue would have been excised.

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- Mr. Holloway
  Wed 12/08/10 7:06 PM
  
  Better yet…not sure “Wild, Wild West” would’ve been made at all. (Since it was a collaboration between Smith and his MIB director Barry Sonnefield around the time where they probably felt like they could accomplish anything.)
  
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chrisP
Mon 11/14/11 3:25 AM

RE: the Real Robin Hood: Actually, there is a book called “Hood” by Stephen Lawhead that take the RH story back to its roots in 1080 – for a real hisotrically accurate account of the myth. Check it out

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