Right about now I don’t think there are too many people who feel we need yet another adaptation of Robin Hood, but hey, since when has that ever stopped Hollywood? In addition to Ridley Scott’s upcoming film which is currently in production right now with Russell Crowe in the lead role, there was also the recent Robin Hood BBC series, and then of course back in the ’90s we had both Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and the Mel Brooks parody Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Nonetheless, producers Charles Roven and Richard Suckle (The International, Scooby-Doo) are determined to put their own twist on the story by moving it to the future. Rocket Robin Hood anyone?

According to the Risky Biz Blog, Atlas Entertainment and Hollywood Gang have set up the project at Warner Brothers, with Danish commercial director Nicolai Fulgsig signed on to direct. (He is the man behind the Sony Bravia commercial with the bouncy balls being dropped down a hill in San Francisco.) Jason Hall (Spread, Blacklight) will write the flick, which will be “set in a dystopian London and center on a band of thieves whose activities restore hope to the city’s embattled population”. Okay, I have to admit, this could be kind of cool. Heck, maybe this is what Ridley Scott should have been doing with his version of Robin Hood? I’ve embedded Fulgsig’s Sony Bravia spot after the jump.