Overview
- Focus Features briefly promoted the film as The Uprising: The Rise of Robin Hood before deleting those U.S. posts after pushback from distributors and critics.
- Andrew Garfield, who plays an unnamed Ploughman, said the Robin Hood element is an emergent influence in the story rather than a literal reveal.
- Early reviews published on Sept. 9 are mixed and the film holds roughly a 55 percent Rotten Tomatoes rating with critics praising performances and battle staging but faulting Paul Greengrass’s handheld camera work, pacing, and narrative clarity.
- The Uprising dramatizes the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt and features historical figures such as Wat Tyler and John Ball and it opens in U.S. theaters on Sept. 11, 2026.
- The late marketing flip and divisive reviews could shape opening-week audience turnout and word-of-mouth because the film blurs historical drama with folkloric suggestion rather than offering a clear Robin Hood origin story.