Danny Huston joins Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood"

Source: Yahoo/Reuters

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a role fit for a member of Hollywood royalty, Danny Huston will play King Richard I in the untitled Robin Hood movie starring Russell Crowe as the mythical hero.

Production on the Imagine/Universal film is underway in England with Ridley Scott at the helm.

Huston will step into the shoes of the historical figure King Richard, who became known as Richardthe Lionheart because of his exploits in the ThirdCrusade.

Huston, the son of director John Huston, appeared this summer on the big screen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," playing Wolverine's nemesis William Stryker, and recently finished work on "Clash of the Titans," in which he plays Poseidon.

(Editing by DeanGoodman at Reuters)

New set photos from Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" (2010)

Source: Slash Film

First look at Russel Crowe in Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood"

I'm not sure about this. Crowe certainly makes a great leading man in an action/adventure film, but he seems a bit...old for the part. The Robin Hood character of lore always struck as someone young and lively. I'm also not crazy about the casting of Cate Blanchett as Lady Marion, although she'll probably give a better performance than Scott's first choice (Sienna Miller).