Taron Egerton and Jamie Foxx set to steal the show in a sharp new adaptation of Robin Hood, coming to cinemas this Winter – here's what you need to know. Something to make men (and women) merry this winter: Robin Hood is returning to the big screen for the second time in a decade on 21 November.

While most contemporary scholars have failed to turn up solid clues, medieval chroniclers took for granted that a historical Robin Hood lived and breathed during the 12th or 13th century. The details of their accounts vary widely, however, placing him in conflicting regions and eras.

The film stars Taron Egerton as Robin, and features Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, Eve Hewson, Tim Minchin and Jamie Dornan in supporting roles.

Redgrave will play the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, mother of King John, in Scott's retelling of the Hood myth, which stars Russell Crowe as the Sheriff of Nottingham alongside Cate Blanchett as Maid Marian.