MUMBAI: Ridley Scott‘s Robin Hood that stars Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett will be the opening-night film of the Festival de Cannes on 12 May.

The film, which also stars Max Von Sydow, Lea Seydoux and William Hurt, will be released in France on the day it screens at the festival while in the rest of the world, it will release on 14 May.

The film written by Brian Helgeland portrays the beginnings of the Robin Hood legend.

Scott is a familiar face at the festival, having been to the Riviera in 1977 with prize winner The Duellists and in 1991 with Thelma and Louise.

The festival will end on 23 May.