PKubukeka sengathi i-tandem eyenziwe nguRidley Scott oqondisa noRussell Crowe olingisa, iyaqhubeka nokukhiqiza amafilimu amaningi. Ngemuva kwesipiliyoni esihle ababenaso ne-Gladiator, zombili impumelelo yomphakathi, abagxeki, imiklomelo kanye nokudlidliza okuhle phakathi kwabo (okungenani yilokho okuvela ezimbalini eziphonsa zombili isikhathi ngasinye lapho zibuzwa), baba ukuhlangana ukushintsha irejista futhi ngenze amahlaya anciphisanayo (Ngiyakuzonda ukubiza i-movie kodwa noma kunjalo) Unyaka omuhle, okuthi yize udlule ngaphandle kobuhlungu noma inkazimulo ngokunambitheka kwami yi-movie ethokozisayo.
Yebo, okujwayelekile i-premiere kulo nyaka we-American Gangster, ohlanganisa futhi lezi zithandani okwesithathu, kanye nomunye osindayo embonini njengoDenzel Washington (kufanele kukhunjulwe ukuthi laba badlali ababili sebesebenzisane, ngenkathi uCrowe engaziwa nakwi-movie izinwele eziphakathi ezibizwa ngeVirtuosity), manje sezinezindaba zenye iphrojekthi ezongena maduze esigabeni sokuqopha ukunikeza umbono ohluke kakhulu weRobin Hood. I-Universal Pictures iqashe uRidley Scott ukuba aqondise uNottingham, oguqula uRobin Hood abe yisigebengu esizingelwa uSheriff waseNottingham, inceku ethembekile yezomthetho ezodlalwa nguRussell Crowe. UBrian Grazer uzoba ngumdidiyeli wefilimu kanti ukwenziwa kwayo kuzoqala ngasekupheleni kuka-2008.