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Whether you are a scholar of English folklore with a framed map of Sherwood Forest in your home or someone who half-remembers seeing a Robin Hood movie at some point in your life (Sean Connery? Kevin Costner? Errol Flynn? A cartoon fox?), The Death of Robin Hood,<\/em> starring Hugh Jackman<\/a>, Jodie Comer<\/a>, and Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/a>, is still made for you. The new film, from A24 and director Michael Sarnoski, is headed to theaters in 2026, and Entertainment Weekly <\/em>has a first look.<\/p>\n “What I love so much about Mike\u2019s vision of Robin Hood is that the script delivered power, and it examines how power can be used for good or bad,” Jackman tells EW about taking on the role. And the striking image above proves that his Robin Hood looks unlike any we’ve seen before. “Robin Hood is a real man in our story. With all the scars, the pain, the regret, and yes, the love. Mike\u2019s story has weight to it. For me, it\u2019s beautiful and human.”<\/p>\n Writer-director Sarnoski, hot off A Quiet Place: Day One<\/em>, and before that the indie breakout Pig<\/em>, has spent the better part of a year in Northern Ireland working on the project. “You can be as familiar with earlier versions as you want,” says the filmmaker, now working in Los Angeles, explaining that “you’ll be carried along to understand what this version is, because the performances are so specific and so different from what you’ve seen before.”<\/p>\n Though Sarnoski is hesitant to share too much about the plot \u2014 even raising an “oh, does he?” eyebrow at the accepted wisdom that Robin Hood “steals from the rich and gives to the poor” \u2014 the title suggests that the legendary character is at the end <\/em>of his life, and reflecting on his past. “He was this murderous outlaw who did a lot of terrible things, and was kind of monstrous. But he’s lived long enough to see this folklore get created about him. He’s figuring out how he feels about that, about being portrayed as a hero when he knows what he really was.”<\/p>\n