"Nottingham" Delayed: Leaves Need to be Green

Well, here’s a fun little wacky-news bite. Production on Russell Crowe’s upcoming Nottingham film has been postponed because the leaves in Sherwood Forest are the wrong color.

Crowe plays the Sheriff of Nottingham, with Sienna Miller as Maid Marion in the Ridley Scott-directed movie. (Is it appropriate here to say I hope she doesn’t steal Crowe away from whomever he’s with right now? Nah, I guess not.)

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Anyway, Wenn News is reporting that filming has been delayed until next year because the leaves in the woodland area where the Robin Hood legend was born would have turned brown by the end of filming.

A source told Britain’s Daily Express, “The thing about the leaves is absolutely true. It may sound silly, but Sherwood Forest needs to be green. It’s central to the plot. They could have filmed in the autumn, but the post-production team would have had to retouch every leaf and that alone would have blown the budget.”

And ok, I also heard that the looming threat of an actor’s strike has something to do with it, too. The movie is now slated for a November 2009 release.

Image: Russell Crowe, Fox 2000 Pictures, 2006