The first Disney film for Keira Knightley, whom would later go on to star in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film franchise from Disney, as Elizabeth Swan.
Little John is the only major member of the Merry Men not accounted in the story and the character is presumed to have died or moved on at the time of these events.
The film could had been a feature-length pilot for a television series.
The film picks up years after the known events of the Robin Hood myth.
Keira Knightley had to slater when Knightley played another bow-carrying heroine in "King Arthur."