Margot Robbie is finalizing plans to play famous Robin Hood heroine Maid Marian on the big screen – but not as part of Lionsgate’s upcoming reboot, Robin Hood: Origins.
Marian, however, is a solo movie that Robbie is set to headline as the namesake.
THR is confirming the news about Robbie committing to star in Marian, with Donald De Line and Amy Pascal producing from a script by the relative unknown, Pete Barry.
The film is thus designed to serve as something of an origin story for the Maid Marian character, similar to how Robin Hood: Origins and Guy Ritchie’s upcoming King Arthur: Legend of the Sword explore their own namesake’s journeys towards becoming legendary warriors, in their own right.