Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Rashin gamsuwa da Scott game da rubutun ya sa ya jinkirta yin fim, kuma a cikin 2008 an sake rubuta shi a cikin labarin game da Robin Hood ya zama mai bin doka; a wani lokaci an yi la'akari da Crowe don rawar biyu a matsayin Robin da Sheriff. Scott ya watsar da wannan ra'ayi na ƙarshe kuma "Nottingham" an sake masa suna don nuna ra'ayi na al'ada. A watan Yuni, an hayar da marubucin wasan kwaikwayon Brian Helgeland don sake rubuta rubutun ta Reiff da Voris. Mai gabatarwa Marc Shmuger ya bayyana cewa Scott yana da fassarar daban-daban na labarin daga "rubutun, [wanda] yana da sheriff na Nottingham a matsayin "" mai binciken binciken bincike. Scott ya tsara rubutun, yana nuna Sheriff na Nottingham a matsayin hannun Richard Lionheart na hannun dama, wanda ya koma Ingila don yi wa Yarima John hidima bayan kisan gillar Richard. Kodayake Scott ya ji John "a zahiri yana da wayo sosai, ya sami mummunan rap saboda ya gabatar da haraji don haka shi ne mummunan mutumin a cikin wannan", kuma Sheriff zai kasance tsakanin "kuskuren biyu" na sarki mai cin hanci da rashawa da kuma wanda ya sabawa doka. An nemi wurare a Arewa maso Gabashin Ingila ciki har da Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, da Kielder Forest. An yi niyyar yin wani ɓangare na yin fim a Northumberland. A sakamakon da
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