The reboot that no one is asking for looks like it may be moving forward. A revisiting of director Alex Proyas’ 1994 Miramax picture, The Crow, was previously in the works through Relativity Media. Since the Weinsteins distributed the original through Miramax and had contracts claiming ownership of all rights to The Crow, they filed suit against Relativity seeking “injunctive relief,” ie ceasing all The Crow-related production. Not to be intimidated, Relativity fired counter-claims.
Things haven’t gone particularly well for the reboot as directors have come and gone, writers have signed on and then dropped out, and principal actors have been offered roles but have ultimately left the project. In short, it’s been a mess. One bright spot in production is that both sides of the lawsuit have settled amicably. While the good news is that this brings The Crow reboot closer to reality, the bad news is that this brings The Crow reboot closer to reality. Hit the jump to read the press release.
For what it’s worth, I believe it’s sacrilegious to even consider a reboot of The Crow, just as it was more than unnecessary to make three horrendous sequels. Check out the press release about the lawsuit settlement below:
“The lawsuit between Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company concerning THE CROW has been amicably settled out of court, and the parties will continue to work on the film together as planned. In addition, Relativity Media has dismissed all of its claims against The Weinstein Company for any wrongdoing regarding the release and distribution of NINE, and The Weinstein Company has dismissed all of its claims against Relativity Media.”
Keep up with all of our continuing coverage on The Crow reboot. Feel free to let us know how you feel about the reboot in the comments. Fire it up! Fire it up!
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Russell Brand IS The Crow!
No he aint!!!!
The Crow should not be remade! But a sequel with Eric Draven coming back again (Joseph gordon levitt, or maybe Depp, i’d like to see.
…Easy, I was just having some fun.
JGL would be a great fit for the project.
Hell…I hope not!
Vincent Gallo IS Funboy!
Craig Robinson IS Police Sgt. Albrecht!
Somehow I doubt they will ever be able to out-due the original. The Crow is just a masterpiece, and it can’t be touched.
But, if they make a new Crow film that manages to be good and at least come close then what the heck, maybe it’ll be a hit and bring some kids to the original. I’m a firm believer in the fact that no matter how bad shoot-offs can become, they can’t ever taint the quality of the original.
Unnecessary, but considering they are remaking every other crap movie from the 40s-80s why not throw in a remake of a quality film? Just a testament to how much people liked the original, that it has spawned so many sequels and now a remake even though they have all been bad haha.
…in all seriousness people, I would bet the shirt off my back that this will be offered to Taylor Lautner….(Robert Pattinson’s probably turned it down already.)
…and with Katy Perry as Sarah Draven-Crow, the hero’s lost love…..
The only superhero Johnny Depp was born to do.
How bout the kid from Friday night lights? I forget his name he’s got that John Carter movie or something coming out
Tony Jaa
Heath Ledger would have made a fantastic Eric Draven. RIP Brandon Lee and Heath Ledger.
Brandon Lee would have been an awesome Neo as well. Yes Ledger would have been good for Draven as well.
after taking a shit i like to not wipe my ass entirely as a few hours later with the combination of sweat the aroma from my ass will be absolutely amazing…so when i go to pick my ass from the itch of the shit remnants i’ll have the best smelling finger in the world. ya’ll should try this, the smell is like ecstasy!
Johnny Depp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!