Three more join Scott's 'Robin Hood'

Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand and Alan Doyle are the latest to join the cast of Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood," the project formerly known as "Nottingham."

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Grimes is on board to play Will Scarlet, Robin's nephew and a skilled swordsman.

Durand is set to star as Little John, Hood's main helper, while Doyle is playing Alan a Dayle. Russell Crowe plays Hood, and Cate Blanchett is on board as Maid Marian.

Durand's acting credits include "Lost" and "Smokin' Aces." He will bext be seen as Frederick J. Dukes / The Blob in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."

As for Grimes, he's known for his role as Dr. Archie Morris on "ER." His credits also include "Band of Brothers" and "American Dad!." Doyle is the lead singer of Great Big Sea.

Scott most recently helmed "Body of Lies."

Ridley Scott says 'Nottingham' gets new title

The folks at MTV recently talked to Ridley Scott about his upcoming project "Nottingham," and one of the first things the filmmaker touched on was the title:

“Oh yes, I think we are just going to call it ‘Robin Hood’,” Scott told MTV. “We start in almost two months.”

Okay, with this taken care of, let's move on to the Russell Crowe playing more than one role thing. Apparently, Scott has some news to share with people about that as well:

“[Crowe as both Robin and the Sheriff of Nottingham] was an idea so far back, way back when at the time I had this proposed to me, and I read it and thought, ‘I don’t really know what it does for it, but it’s alright’,” he told MTV.

“It is better to simply have the evolution of a character called Robin Hood, who will come out of a point in the Crusades which is the end,” he added.

Scott had more to say about the film, and you can check out the whole interview here.

Daily news dose: Eva Green to star in 'Womb,' Blanchett in 'Nottingham'

Here's your daily news dose for Feb. 9, 2009:

• Eva Green is set to star in Benedek Fliegauf’s English language debut "Womb," about a widow whose desperation causes her to clone her late husband. Matt Smith is also on board. Green's credits include "Casino Royale" and "The Golden Compass." (Variety)

• Now that Sienna Miller won't be staring in Ridley Scott's "Nottingham," Cate Blanchett may take over the role of Maid Marian. "She is a wonderful actress and it would make it a much classier film if she was in it," Mark Strong told The Telegraph. Strong is on board as Sir Guy of Gisbourne.

• Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain will write "ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction," the big-screen adaptation of Kevin Grevioux's comic. The Hollywood Reporter says the film focuses on "an elite team of soldiers sent on a covert operation into hostile territory in the Middle East to stop what they soon discover to be a government-created army of the undead."

• James Mangold is in talks to direct an untitled thriller written by Sasha Jenson and Casey La Scala. The plot, according to Variety, is based on the true story of two "lawyer brothers who took on a multinational oil company and its heavyweight legal teams to rep the rights of the families of an oil rig that sank in a typhoon."