Finally some updates about a new, Stephen Norrington's version of The Crow!
This time, it's kind of official announcement, because it comes from producer Edward Pressman who said that Norrington has finished the script for the film and they are moving forward with casting.
Check out the rest of the details of the movie based on James O'Barr's graphic novel and comics about “a dead rocker whose spirit returns to seek vengeance on the men who killed him and raped his girlfriend.”
So, producer Edward Pressman shared that Norrington has finished the script, he thinks that it's “terrific,” and that they hope to begin filming the movie some time later this year. Pressman added that they do have an offer out to a “major actor” and that Norrington's vision is much different than that of Alex Proyas (starring Brandon Lee), who handled the 1994 film.
Let us remind you that Stephen Norrington is best known for directing Blade and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. On the other hand, he has also done work in make-up and special effects on titles like Aliens, Alien and Feast, so no wonder Pressman pointed out that The Crow remake will actually look very different:
“The Crow itself is a creature in this movie, it's not just a bird; it's got a personality and a character. Not like Godzilla exactly, but it's very different and has a more active role in the story.
Obviously it's a different time and a different idea, but I think Stephen is a very talented fellow and I'm very excited to work with him. I think it's a very different conception than the original film. After the first ‘Crow,' there were so many other films that were inspired by it, by its look. Steve is an artist himself, and he's created a very different visual idea.”
He also said that the “setting is the southwest – the Mexico/Arizona area – and an urban, Detroit or Pittsburgh or something like that,” he described. “There are two locations that the film is set. Its initial platform is in the southwest and then it moves to the big city in the north, middle or eastern America, and then back.”
As we said, there's no news yet of who will play the lead role of Eric, though casting is reportedly underway, with a “major actor” offered the part, and “things moving ahead very aggressively, with the aim of doing the film this year.”The Crow Remake
Finally some updates about a new, Stephen Norrington's version of The Crow!
This time, it's kind of official announcement, because it comes from producer Edward Pressman who said that Norrington has finished the script for the film and they are moving forward with casting.
Check out the rest of the details of the movie based on James O'Barr's graphic novel and comics about “a dead rocker whose spirit returns to seek vengeance on the men who killed him and raped his girlfriend.”
So, producer Edward Pressman shared that Norrington has finished the script, he thinks that it's “terrific,” and that they hope to begin filming the movie some time later this year. Pressman added that they do have an offer out to a “major actor” and that Norrington's vision is much different than that of Alex Proyas (starring Brandon Lee), who handled the 1994 film.
Let us remind you that Stephen Norrington is best known for directing Blade and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. On the other hand, he has also done work in make-up and special effects on titles like Aliens, Alien and Feast, so no wonder Pressman pointed out that The Crow remake will actually look very different:
“The Crow itself is a creature in this movie, it's not just a bird; it's got a personality and a character. Not like Godzilla exactly, but it's very different and has a more active role in the story.
Obviously it's a different time and a different idea, but I think Stephen is a very talented fellow and I'm very excited to work with him. I think it's a very different conception than the original film. After the first ‘Crow,' there were so many other films that were inspired by it, by its look. Steve is an artist himself, and he's created a very different visual idea.”
He also said that the “setting is the southwest – the Mexico/Arizona area – and an urban, Detroit or Pittsburgh or something like that,” he described. “There are two locations that the film is set. Its initial platform is in the southwest and then it moves to the big city in the north, middle or eastern America, and then back.”
As we said, there's no news yet of who will play the lead role of Eric, though casting is reportedly underway, with a “major actor” offered the part, and “things moving ahead very aggressively, with the aim of doing the film this year.”
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No offense but I heard who they want to do it and honestly I am far from impressed. And they’re saying its a remake but its not a remake. Make up your minds. It sounds more to me, like they’re doing a total new movie and keeping Eric Draven’s name in it. I mean, its cool that they make the Crow a character with a personality like in the book, but still….the rest sounds terrible.
League of Extraordinary Gentleman was a flop, and Blade was decent but wasn’t spectacular or a cult classic like the Crow is.
Honestly, they need an actor who can look sad but also is edgy and poetic, because lets face it Eric Draven is a poetic character.
I would suggest Jackson Rathborne or Steven Strait for the part, rather than the actor they went to for it.
This whole thing, in my opinion is a huge mistake.
I think that they just need to leave a good thing alone. They already ruined the name with all those terrible sequels and now they want to remake it but not remake it. I’m tired of some of these remakes, they cant come up with any new ideas so they have to mess with old ones. You cant replace Brandon Lee
This just further fuels the fact that Hollywood is running out of ideas. It’s rather sickening!
I hope they will be very careful recreating this movie.I agree that this is a HUGE!!!!!!!!MISTAKE!LEAVE IT BE!!!!I will go and see it,when it`s done,but it will never be as good as the first movie was.NEVER!!!The first one has a soul,that movie was poetic,dark,passionate,full of emotions.I think that what ever happens,will not effect the first one with Brandon,but it is never going to be as good as THE CROW was.Finger`s crossed!Hollywood is so getting old!!!!
I hope they make the remake at least one millionth as good as the original! I read on imdb that they may cast Cillian Murphy as Eric Draven and I’m thinking “WTF- this guy looks nothing like what Eric does!” sure, he’s got dark hair, but here’s the thing: In The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, the cops describe as having long hair and hispanic, Murphy is white!
In my opinion, Cory Monteith or Steven Strait should play Eric Draven.
What annoys me is that nobody is really thinking about who will play Sarah, Shelley, Top Dollar (lead gang member)etc. All they ever talk about is “Eric this” and “Eric that”! (No offense, Eric is my fave character in The Crow, but nobody will ever be able to play Eric as well as Brandon Lee :( )
In conclusion, they’d better stick to the same plot and pick good actors to play the characters or I’ll be really annoyed!!!!!
James Franco. He has portrayed sadness in Tristan and Isolde, plus his insanity as The Artist Franco on General Hospital. I would love to see him as the next crow since it’s going to happen might as well be somebody good. Even Orlando Bloom might do it but I think Franco would rake in the most money.
What the f***! Brandon is turning in his grave.
I’ve honestly looked forward to a remake of the Crow for years. I read the graphic novel when I was 14 and it was still just a 4 part comic book series, before being pressed into the novel.
I’m sorry but, who are all of you purists who are saying that they “need to leave a good thing alone”? A good thing? Really? First of all,the gang leader was black, not white and didn’t have a creepy Asian woman around him. Eric only picked off a few bad guys individually before the big battle towards the end. There was no sword fighting, the attack and rape took place on the side of a highway (not an apartment) the Crow did have this ethereal connection and character type in the novel that, I felt, was important to the plot. But hey, who needs plot, right? Who needs plot when you take the Officer Albrect character (who was white, not black) and give him a major role in the movie while he had 4 panels in the novel. All of the poetry is gone, all of the lyrics are gone and all of the dark passion was destroyed…
I’m sorry but the 1st Crow was good, but it was far from great. Now, 19 years later, with movies being done in visually stunning ways (Sin City, The Spirit, Avatar) I think a Crow remake (with please Dear God!!! more attention paid to James O’Barr’s origianl vision) is exactly what we need.
By and by, Eric isn’t even a “rocker” in the novel. They never say what he does and in 1 panel when he comes home in boots with a lunch pail it almost looks like he does construction.
if you listen to the commentary on the crow dvd you will understand why they made the changes. the crow does not need to be remade its not dated or anything its incredibally faithfull to the comic book and a remake would just trample on bradon lees memory.
I loved the soundtrack from the original and I hope that they just maybe offer a throwback in that respect, like possibly a segment of “Burn” by the Cure.
I think the original movie was good, it was missing the poetic aide a bit but Brandon Lee made it a great movie. I definately hope someone more like Steven strait will play him. Someone who knows to show sorrow and poetic personality. I would be absolutely honored to play the part myself.
i still can’t believe they are still thinking of doing this. in my opinion Cory Monteith is no near related to the charater. a glee kid sining can’t stop believing isn’t even a considered pick to take the role Eric Draven, it would be pretty pathetic. The closes that i can think of capturing a hint of essence of Eric Stuart Townsend, or Steven Strait is a possibility. But in reality no one would be close to Brandon Lee’s performance. like Igor mentioned The Crow is poetic, dark, passionate, full of emotions, It is going to be a difficult task to capture that.
Elliot is right, The Crow was far from great or faithful to the books. T-bird was the main guy, not some knife-nut who likes to smoke eyeballs. There was no “Devil’s Night” crap. They were killed on the roadside when his 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda broke down. He did kill Tom-Tom with a sword but that’s not really a sword fight. Eric cutting himself with a straight razor which is why he wrapped his forearms in electrical tape. The bird talked to him. They deleted the Skull Cowboy which was an integral part of the story. Oh and his name wasn’t Draven, just Eric(not a big deal but true nonetheless). These all may seem minor but as a whole they completely alter the source material. Fact is Brandon Lee is the only thing that saved it. Funny part is i have friends who were on that set and have told me several times that Brandon was more and more displeased with how the movie was turning out as it progressed. That said, as an avid crow follower since 1989 i would love to see a proper remake and I would love to see Cilian Murphy play Eric! I would however like for the studio to wait For the release of The Crow: Author’s Edition to see what is added to amplify the story. O’barr has said more pages on the relationship of Eric and Shelley are added to help justify the violence. which could help make this story more acceptable to more movie goers.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!
Let me be the new Eric Draven.
Let my pics be the judge, but yeah. Everyone please lets save this film by getting an actual fan in as ED.
why cant we just wait till the movie comes out it could be as good as the tv show in my option the tv show was better than the movies
Hey Anthony!
Do you enjoy getting slapped? ‘Cause I’m going to slappa-die-slap you if you don’t stop saying nonsense like the tv show was better then the movie. The TV show was utter SHAIT!!!! The movie was okay but lets go back to the source and create a morphine addicted dancer anti-hero who comes back from the dead to avenge his girlfriend getting raped and murdered. Times have changed, I think we are ready for a realistic gritty version of the Crow that stays true to the comic!
Sounds like they are taking the orginal idea and twisting it into something different. I’m fine with that.. but give it a different name. And yes, I am a Crow “purist”. I fell in love with the comic years before it was made into a movie. And I LOVE the original movie. I have seen all the others as well (some I liked, others I didn’t).
Just leave it alone!!!
if they are gonna remake the crow i think they should use an unknown actor. noone can be as good as brandon lee. i am the biggest fan of the crow i saw it exactly 50 time at the movies (i counted) then i bought it right away and saw it who knows how many times i still watch it every once in a while till this day it has to be my favorite movie. i dont think any known actor can do justice to the role and since this movie has so many fans it wont do it any justice if a know acter plays the role. i believe if u get a good unknown actor it may be more believable and as we all know the best movies are the ones u can get into and i dont believe that if u have a well know actor u can do that.
Since I see this thing may get done after all, I am going to chime in with who I think should play the lead. The original with Brandon is a classic and outdoing him will be tough, but someone mentioned on another site that CHRIS ANGEL has the look, build and brooding character to play the part. I’m not a big fan of Angel and quite frankly, he irks me, but I have to admit – I think CHRIS ANGEL IS ERIC DRAVEN!
too many lame crows out there but no one can touch brandon lee crow. Stephen Norrington does not impress me. blade and the league of Extraordinary Gentleman was not bad but not good where i would want to watch it again. and honestly I think he would fall short unless he get a hand of frank miller or robert rodriguez. Great movies need a hand like frank, he got help with sin city and 300. where they have a good dark and bit sinster twist. — if he does it well kudos. i love suprises. bunch of remakes like batman began was a great suprise. the best of luck stephen norrington
I have to come in again and add that I think those who desire Jackson Rathborne to play Eric are kind of too much in love with his pretty boy looks, because personally, he looks way too vaginal to me and Steven Strait? Seriously? C’mon man, he looks just like Ralph Macchio or one of those sissy Twilight guys!
People, please understand that this is THE CROW! Not your effeminate Hollywood production aimed at teenage girls or sissy boys who LOVE Twilight and such – THIS IS THE CROW!!
I still stand by Chris Angel.
Whatever you may think of him, he is not a pretty, sissy boy and neither is ERIC DRAVIN!!!!
*DRAVEN.