Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris' original script "Nottingham" was described as "Sherlock Holmes in Sherwood" or "CSI: Sherwood Forest", which turned the traditional story on its head by portraying the Sheriff of Nottingham in a more sympathetic light as a forensic detective, and Robin Hood as more of a villain. The script immediately drew the attention of Russell Crowe, who was keen to play the Sheriff. The script was sold overnight to Ron Howard's production company Imagine Entertainment after a bidding war, and Ridley Scott was soon attached as producer and director. However, Scott demanded extensive re-writes by Brian Helgeland because he wanted a more action-driven story, and wanted the Sheriff of Nottingham to be a more conflicted character. However, Scott also rejected Helgeland's version, which supposedly had the Sheriff and Robin Hood being the same person. New re-writes were done by British playwright Paul Webb and later by Tom Stoppard, who re-worked the story while the movie was already being filmed. Reportedly, $6.7 million was spent on the script and subsequent re-writes, during which the Sheriff character (played by Matthew Macfadyen) was reduced to a bit-part. Not much of the original screenplay survived except for a bigger role for maid Marion, but despite this, Reiff and Voris still retained a story credit.

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