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Tim Minchin to play Friar Tuck in Robin Hood: Origins

February 15, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Tim Minchin has become the latest addition to the cast of Lionsgate and Summit’s Robin Hood reimagining Robin Hood: Origins, with the Australian comedian signing on to play the character of Friar Tuck.

Robin Hood: Origins is being directed by Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) and stars Kingsman’s Taron Egerton as the legendary English folk figure, who will be depicted as “a war-hardened Crusader and a Moorish commander who mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown.”

Michin joins a cast that also includes Jamie Foxx as Little John, Ben Mendelsohn as the Sheriff of Nottingham, Eve Hewson as Maid Marian, Jamie Dornan as Will Scarlett and Paul Anderson as a yet-to-be-revealed character.

SEE ALSO: Jamie Foxx describes 2018’s Robin Hood: Origins as gritty and real

Robin Hood: Origins is scheduled for release on March 23rd, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Robin Hood, Robin Hood: Origins, Tim Minchin

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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