A24 is bringing a decidedly darker Robin Hood to theaters this summer — and not the legend you remember. The Death of Robin Hood, written and directed by Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig), stars Hugh Jackman as a battle-worn outlaw forced to reckon with his own mythology and a lifetime of violence.
The film finds Robin Hood gravely injured after what he believes will be his final battle, laid low in the hands of a mysterious woman (Jodie Comer) who offers him a chance at salvation. Sarnoski frames the legend not as a hero but as something far more complicated. “He was this murderous outlaw who did a lot of terrible things and was kind of monstrous,” Sarnoski told Entertainment Weekly. “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.”
Joining Jackman and Comer are Bill Skarsgård (IT Chapter One, Boy Kills World), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus), and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place). The ensemble and Sarnoski’s track record signal something tonally much closer to dark genre filmmaking than the swashbuckling adventure the name might suggest — an impression the official trailer fully confirms.
The Death of Robin Hood opens in theaters on June 19, 2026. Tickets and more information are available at a24films.com.
