Bryan Singer May Make Merry with Russell Crowe

We know that gay director Bryan Singer has really arrived in Hollywood, because every time a big-budget project gets announced, his name almost always seems to be attached.

Take the recent news about Nottingham, which casts the Sheriff of Nottingham (to be played by Russell Crowe) as a hero, and Robin Hood as a dirty, low-down thief.

With Crowe's Beautiful Mind producer Brian Grazer attached and even the writers scoring a seven-figure deal, Nottingham is officially a Very Big Deal in Hollywood.

And Singer may wind up directing it. Unless Ridley Scott does. Or Sam Raimi. That part's still up in the air.

Nottingham starts shooting at the end of the year or in early 2008, so Singer should know soon if he needs to put it on his calendar.