The Crow (2024 film)

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The Crow
Teaser poster
Directed byRupert Sanders
Screenplay by
Based onThe Crow
by James O'Barr
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySteve Annis[1]
Edited byJason Ballantine
Music byVolker Bertelmann
Production
companies
  • Davis Films
  • Hassell Free Productions
  • Electric Shadow Co.
  • Pressman Film
  • Ashland Hill Media Finance
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) (United States)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[4]

The Crow is an upcoming American

Eric Draven / The Crow, a murdered musician who is resurrected to avenge the deaths of himself and his fiancée, played by FKA Twigs
.

The film entered development in December 2008, with

Luke Evans, Jack Huston, and Jason Momoa
were all cast as Eric Draven during various points in development.

Skarsgård was announced as Draven in April 2022, along with Sanders as director. Filming began in July, occurring in Prague and Penzing near Munich.

The Crow is set to be released in the United States by Lionsgate on August 23, 2024.

Cast

Laura Birn, Sami Bouajila, and Jordan Bolger have been cast in undisclosed roles.[9]

Production

Development

On December 14, 2008, Stephen Norrington announced to Variety that he planned to write and direct a "reinvention" of The Crow. Norrington distinguished between the 1994 adaptation and his take: "Whereas Alex Proyas' original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style."[10] Ryan Kavanaugh then announced on November 23, 2009, that his company, Relativity Media, was in negotiations with Edward R. Pressman for both the film's rights and financing.[11] In July 2010, Australian musician Nick Cave was brought in to revise the script.[12] In October 2010, reports emerged that Mark Wahlberg was offered the lead role.[13]

Norrington later stepped out of the project and, on April 7, 2011, it was announced that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo had been chosen to direct the film, which has since been regarded as a remake. Tucker Tooley of Relativity was chosen to serve as executive producer, while Jose Ibanez, Jon Katz, and Jesus de la Vega were to serve as co-producers. Meanwhile, Bradley Cooper was in talks to play the lead.[14] F. Javier Gutiérrez was also in consideration to replace Norrington.[15] It was reported on April 20, 2011, that the project was stalled due to a legal battle between Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh and The Weinstein Company, who still retained the worldwide distribution rights to the series.[16][17] In late June 2011, Relativity announced their plans to continue in mid-lawsuit and had tapped Alex Tse.[18] In mid-August 2011, it was announced that Cooper had dropped out due to scheduling difficulties and Wahlberg was again up for the part, with additional rumors of Channing Tatum or Ryan Gosling possibly taking the role, as well as James McAvoy.[19][20][21] In October 2011, it was reported that Fresnadillo had departed the project as well.[22]

It was confirmed in January 2012 that Gutiérrez had signed on to direct the remake, with Edward R. Pressman, Ryan Kavanaugh, and Jeff Most on producing duties.

greenlit.[27] The director courted production designer Bo Welch, effects artist Rick Baker, musician Atticus Ross, and makeup designer Bill Corso for the film.[28][27] On April 19, 2013, it was announced that Tom Hiddleston was in talks to play Eric.[29] That same month, there were reports that Hiddleston would not be doing the film, but that Alexander Skarsgård was in talks for the part. A week later, however, Skarsgård stated that he was not attached to the film.[30]

On May 4, 2013, Deadline reported that

New Orleans, Louisiana and later in the United Kingdom.[27] In July 2014, Gutiérrez signed on to the film Rings (2017), which would force him to later drop out of directing the film.[36] In November 2014, O'Barr announced he was co-writing the screenplay with Cliff Dorfman.[37] In December 2014, the studio hired Corin Hardy to direct the film.[38] Evans told Den of Geek in an interview that he might not do the film, and it was later revealed that Evans has dropped out of the film due to other projects.[39][40][41] On February 9, 2015, O'Barr told Blastr in an interview that he was interested in Sam Witwer for the role.[42]

In October 2014, comic creator James O'Barr said: "[We're] not remaking the movie. We're re-adapting the book. My metaphor is that there is a

ComicBook.com in an interview that the film would still happen.[52]

TheWrap reported that filming on the reboot was going to start in March 2016 with Hardy on board as director.[53][54] On June 15, 2016, Deadline reported that Hardy returned to the reboot.[55] On August 10, 2016, Jason Momoa posted a photo of himself with Hardy on his Instagram account.[56][57] On September 6, 2016, TheWrap reported that Momoa was cast and filming was set to begin in January 2017.[58] On November 17, 2016, the film was retitled to The Crow Reborn, with The Hollywood Reporter reporting that Highland Film Group and Electric Shadow have acquired the rights to finance, produce, and distribute the film from Relativity but may lose both Momoa and Hardy.[59] In September 2017, it was announced that Sony Pictures would distribute the film.[60] In March 2018, the film was slated for a release date of October 11, 2019.[61] On May 31, 2018, it was announced that both director Hardy and star Momoa had exited the project.[62] Production was expected to begin later that year in Budapest.[63] On social media, Hardy revealed that he had creative differences with the rights holder Samuel Hadida of Davis Films, and that leaving the film was the "hardest decision of all".[64]

In November 2019,[65] Proyas said in an interview on a podcast of a reboot:

I personally tried to squash it every time I hear of one, not that I believe I've been able to. I think extenuating circumstances have stopped it from being made because if Hollywood wants to make something that they don't listen to schmucks like me who bring noble and moralistic issues. My point is that Brandon Lee made that movie what it is. He made that movie, he made that character. That character was not taken from a comic book, that was Brandon. And Brandon Lee died making that movie, he paid the worst price anyone could ever pay making a movie and it's his legacy. The guy would have been a huge star after that movie. He wasn't able to ever do that. That's his final testimony to his talent and that's why I finished the movie. I finished it for Brandon. After being devastated about what happened we shut down the production and I went back to Australia. Months later I went back and watched the movie and his family all the other actors, and everyone involved, said 'You've got to finish this movie because Brandon is so great in it' and he was. I was able to watch it and see how great he was and I thought then the movie deserves to be completed because it's his legacy. So that's what the movie is, it's not just a movie that can be remade. It's one man's legacy. And it should be treated with that level of respect.

Pre-production

In January 2020, the film was revived and development resumed.[66] In March 2022, Pressman reaffirmed that the film was still on track.[67] The following month, Rupert Sanders and Zach Baylin were announced as director and writer, while Edward R. Pressman and Malcolm Gray co-produced.[68] On April 1, 2022, it was announced by The Hollywood Reporter that Bill Skarsgård, whose brother Alexander was formerly in talks for the lead role, would star as Eric Draven.[4][30] In the same month, it was reported that FKA Twigs would star as Eric's fiancée, while Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell, and John Jencks joined as producers.[7] Sanders had focused on the themes of grief and morality when creating the film, wanting to create a "dark romance". He described the film's tone as being similar to a song by The Cure and wrote the script to honor the passing of Lee, describing Skarsgård's version as being a "successor". Twigs and Skarsgård did not perform together prior to filming, but attending a dinner on set while filming in Prague as Sanders was confident in their acting abilities.[69]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on July 13, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic.[70] Paperwork filed from the film's production falsely identified the project as a six-episode television series.[70][71] Filming was previously set to commence in June 2022, shooting in Prague and Munich.[4] By August 26, 2022, Danny Huston, whose nephew Jack was previously cast as Draven in March 2015, was cast in an undisclosed role.[8][46] It was also revealed that Isabella Wei joined the cast as Zadie.[6] On September 16, 2022, the film wrapped production.[70][71][72]

Post-production

In September 2022,

Bavaria, Germany.[73] The film is the first major international production to shoot at the studio.[73] By November 2022, Ashland Hill Media had financed the film's post-production.[74][75] Jason Ballantine serves as an editor.[76]

Release

The Crow is set to be theatrically released on August 23, 2024 by Lionsgate Films, in the United States.[77] It was originally scheduled for June 7, 2024.[78] The film's international distribution sales rights are represented by FilmNation Entertainment,[79] and were shopped to various buyers at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.[80][81][82]

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