Andrew Garfield’s The Uprising Sends Mixed Signals on Robin Hood Connection
Focus Features’ upcoming film “The Uprising,” starring Andrew Garfield, has unveiled a significant plot twist in its marketing campaign. Originally presented as a drama centered on the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, recent promotional materials now reveal the film is actually a Robin Hood origin story. The updated title—“The Uprising: The Rise of Robin Hood”—appeared on the film’s official social media, accompanied by the tagline: “To the rich, he was an outlaw. To the people, he was a hero.” Promotional imagery shows Garfield’s character dressed in the iconic green hood associated with the legendary outlaw.
This revelation represents a dramatic departure from the film’s previous publicity efforts, which contained no mention of any Robin Hood connection. The marketing shift suggests either a strategic repositioning to broaden audience appeal or that the element was intentionally withheld until this point in the promotional cycle. The narrative appears to weave together the historical Peasants’ Revolt with the Robin Hood mythology rather than presenting a straightforward historical drama.
The film is scheduled for theatrical release on September 11, 2026.