Another 2026 box office flop is heading to streaming after a short theatrical run. The Uprising, which was briefly marketed in the U.S. as The Uprising: The Rise of Robin Hood, will stream exclusively on Peacock in early November. While it’s become common for theatrical releases to hit streaming after just a few months, even the worst-performing films generally start with Video on Demand services like Prime Video and Apple TV, where rentals cost $20 or more.
It seems The Uprising will be skipping this step entirely. The movie was released in U.S. theaters on Sept. 10, 2026, before grossing an unimpressive $8.2 million against a $20 million budget. More pertinent to film fans, The Uprising received somewhat mixed reviews from critics and audiences alike.
Only 57% of Rotten Tomatoes critics liked the picture, while 65% of Rotten Tomatoes user ratings were positive. While the film received praise for its performances, relevant social critique, and action, it was criticized for messy execution and a bland aesthetic. Those who didn't catch it in theaters can decide for themselves when the movie hits Peacock on Nov. 6.
The Uprising is based on England's 1381 Peasants’ Revolt. It follows “The Ploughman” (Andrew Garfield), a disgruntled farmer still mourning his wife and children in the wake of the Black Death plague. When Richard II’s government decides to raise taxes against the peasantry, The Ploughman leads an uprising against the Crown.
Paul Greengrass wrote and directed the film. He’s known for Captain Phillips and the Bourne movies. Just weeks before The Uprising hit theaters, the movie's U.S. distributor, Focus Features, attempted a pivot.
After initially framing the film as a realistic historical drama, Focus abruptly rebranded The Uprising with the subtitle “The Rise of Robin Hood” and released new trailers with Garfield’s character wielding a bow while dressed in green. The distributor also released a new summary for the movie that read: "Set against the true events of the Uprising that helped inspire the legend of Robin Hood, [Andrew Garfield's character] forms an army of the people to face the King's might in a fight for justice." However, the movie's U.K. distributor, Entertainment Film Distributors, completely contradicted this Robin Hood framing, writing in a statement to Metro that "The Uprising is a historical epic about the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, not Robin Hood. The U.K. marketing campaign does not make any reference to Robin Hood.
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