UPDATE! POSSIBLE MAJOR SPOILER!

I'll tease you no more, as I've gotten another source to spill on the casting of Robin Hood: he's Russell Crowe. And so is the Sherriff. 

Yes, they're the same guy.

I just spoke to an anonymous source who has read the current scriptment, and I'm told that while the concept is cool, there needs to be some writing  done to make it all work out.

Like I said, it's a whole different spin on the Robin Hood revisionism. I can't wait to see how it's all done.

Original article follows...

What's the deal with Nottingham? Ridley Scott's revisionist take on the legend of Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe as a sympathetic Sherriff of Nottingham, was zooming along in pre-production, but things have suddenly halted. The movie is set to pick up again some time next year at the earliest, with 'script concerns, location logistics and current labor unrest' being given as the reasons behind the delay. Fans of Scott will be no doubt surprised by this, as the director has shown again and again his ability to get his movie ship sailing smoothly once he gets it underway.

So what are the reasons behind the delay? I've heard nothing but good things from people behind the scenes - they were very excited about how things were shaping up. Other rumors have also reached my ears and I have begun to wonder if it isn't 'script concerns' that are slowing things down but rather 'script changes.' I can't print what I've been told (yet), but there may be some changes to the concept that will set the whole film on its ear... in a very interesting way. This new take on the story would require a very large rewrite on the script, and thus the delay.

If this rumor is true, expect to be quite surprised by the Robin Hood casting announcement.