Margot is set to portray Queen Elizabeth in Mary Queen of Scots! Check out the article by The Hollywood Reporter below.

Margot Robbie to Play Queen Elizabeth in ‘Mary Queen of Scots’

Saoirse Ronan also is set for the Josie Rourke-directed feature.

Margot Robbie will play royalty in the upcoming drama, Mary Queen of Scots.

The Suicide Squad star has been cast as Queen Elizabeth opposite Saoirse Ronan’s Mary Stuart in the Working Title and Focus Features project.

Mary Queen of Scots will take on the historical family rivalry between Elizabeth and Mary, when the latter attempted to overthrow her cousin’s seat on the English thrown.

Josie Rourke will direct from a script by Michael Hirst and Penelope Skinner. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Liza Chasin are set to produce.

Robbie has become one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actresses, as well as producer under her LuckChap Entertainment banner. Her upcoming projects include the assassin movie Terminal, A.A. Milne biopic Goodbye Christopher Robin and Tonya Harding movie, I, Tonya. 

She is repped by CAA, Australia’s Aran Michael, Management 360 and Jackoway Tyerman.

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The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Margot has officially joined Marian.

Margot Robbie to Star in Sony’s Robin Hood Stand-Alone Drama ‘Marian’

She will play the titular maiden who leads her people after the death of Robin Hood and becomes a legend herself.

Margot Robbie is officially Marian, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The Suicide Squad actress will star in the Sony drama centering on the maiden of Robin Hood folklore. Donald De Line, Amy Pascal and Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment will produce from a script by Pete Barry. Rock Shaink is also producing through his Romark Entertainment.

Marian unfolds after the death of Robin Hood, the love of her life. The titular maiden then picks up his cause to lead her people into a pivotal war that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom, but also see her don the mantle of the man she loved. In the process, she rises as a legend herself.

Marian is one of a handful of Robin Hood-related projects in the works. Lionsgate’s origin story starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx and Jamie Dornan is set for a March 2018 debut, and visual effects supervisor Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull will begin shooting a futuristic take later this year. A modern-day series called A Burglar’s Guide to the City is also in the works from Alex Kurtzman and Justin Lin for CBS.

Robbie’s upcoming films also include Miramax’s figure skating biopic I, Tonya; Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad stand-alone Gotham City Sirens; Sony’s live-action/CGI hybrid film Peter Rabbit; and Fox Searchlight’s A.A. Milne film on the origin of Winnie the Pooh. The actress and Lucky Chap are repped by Management 360, CAA and attorney Jeff Bernstein. Robbie is also repped by Aran Michael Management.

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