The new A24 Hugh Jackman movie, titled The Death of Robin Hood, is getting mixed reactions. The film, which is directed by Michael Sarnoski, is scheduled to hit United States theaters next week.
Sarnoski previously directed 2021’s Pig and 2024’s A Quiet Place: Day One. His new movie is an adaptation of a 17th-century ballad titled Robin Hood’s Death, with Jackman (The Sheep Detectives, X-Men) playing the titular character. The cast also includes Jodie Comer (28 Years Later, Free Guy), Bill Skarsgãrd (It: Welcome to Derry, Barbarian), Murray Bartlett (The White Lotus, Opus), and Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place, Hamnet).
What are people saying about The Death of Robin Hood?
The Death of Robin Hood has now screened for some critics, and reactions to the film are starting to pop up online. Some viewers aren’t too high on the movie, with Next Best Picture’s Matt Neglia calling it a “grim march to an inevitable conclusion” that is “bleak even by Michael Sarnoski’s standards.” Bitesize Breakdown founder Nick van Dinther called it a “long and arduous watch” that features a “vague and disconnected story.”
Others, however, are feeling more positively toward the movie, with critic Courtney Howard saying it is a “bold” and “brutal” film that is a “kinetic, brilliant new generational legend and a profound rumination on mortality.” Meanwhile, critic Junior Felix called it “ferociously EPIC” and said that it is “hands down one of the years best.”
The synopsis for The Death of Robin Hood reads, “Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.”
The Death of Robin Hood will be released on June 19, 2026, by A24.
Originally reported by Brandon Schreur at ComingSoon.
