The contradiction on the campaign
The Uprising had been presented as a historical war film about England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt, with Andrew Garfield's character credited as Ploughman. TheWrap documented a late change in the U.S. campaign: the film's social accounts attached the phrase “Witness the Rise of Robin Hood” to a clip on August 24, and Dolby repeated the line on an August 26 poster. Focus Features' own page takes a narrower position, saying the revolt helped inspire the Robin Hood legend without directly identifying a character as Robin Hood.
What the U.K. distributor says
Entertainment Film Distributors, which handles the October 9 U.K. release, told Metro that The Uprising is about the Peasants' Revolt and is not about Robin Hood. It also said its British campaign does not invoke Robin Hood. That statement conflicts with the plain implication of the U.S. tagline, but it does not independently disclose Garfield's character name or explain whether the wording reflects story content, historical inspiration or a late marketing strategy. Focus and the U.K. distributor did not clarify the discrepancy for TheWrap.
The honest conclusion before release
The verified development is the contradiction itself. There is still no reliable basis to state that Garfield plays Robin Hood or that the legendary outlaw appears as a character. Viewers can instead distinguish three established facts: the film dramatizes the 1381 revolt, Focus describes that revolt as an inspiration for the legend, and current U.S. materials invite audiences to connect the protagonist with Robin Hood. A direct character description, filmmaker explanation or the finished film could settle the question. Until then, headlines that convert the tagline into casting confirmation would go beyond the evidence.