Robin Hood: Sherwood Defenders

The brooding pace and relative silence that characterize writer-director Michael Sarnoski’s The Death of Robin Hood is more evocative of his standout debut film Pig than it is his far more mainstream A Quiet Place: Day One, making this elegiac but brutal period piece his most niche and least accessible film yet. Still, its heady mix of mournful drama and murderous action certainly distinguish it from the litany of other Robin Hood films in existence.

Having given us a powerful portrayal of the final days of Wolverine in Logan, Hugh Jackman now turns to another iconic character nearing his end in The Death of Robin Hood, and we got the first look at a new clip this weekend at IGN Live. The clip focuses on this film's older version of Robin Hood, now pondering his dark life of crime and murder, and finding his past catching up to him in the form an enemy who challenges him in a particular fiery setting. On hand to speak about the film was director Michael Sarnoski, whose previous work includes the acclaimed Nicolas Cage movie, Pig, and A Qui