Just a day after finally announcing a director for Relativity Media’s forthcoming reboot of The Crow, word from Den Of Geek brings news that actor Luke Evans may not portray the title role as previously mentioned in May of last year, basically citing lack of time. Evans is one of several names that were ran through the mill for who would take the lead with mentions of Tom Hiddleston and Alexander Skaragaard, and actor Bradley Cooper who at one point was featured on early concept art that never manifested.
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Corin Hardy is being tapped to direct the reboot for next Spring with a script by Cliff Dorman. The film aims at reimagining the 1994 Brandon Lee starrer based on the four-issue 1989 graphic novel by James O’Barr which initially tells the story of a rock musican who reawakens from the dead with the help of a mystical crow in order to avenge his own death and that of his beloved, Shelly, on his own terms. F. Javier Gutierrez, formally attached to helm is producing instead with a team of producers, including Jeff Most who produced the original film, with O’Barr still on board as creative consultant.
Evans’s latest appearance in Gary Shore’s Dracula Untold will get a Digital HD and Blu-ray Combo Pack/VOD release on January 20 and February 3, 2015 respectively while the actor prepares to film Ben Wheatley’s upcoming 70’s crime thriller,
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