Although the release date for The Raven has been pushed back a month, thatâs allowed Relativity to give us more looks at the property, like this new poster. Itâs not quite as ink-soaked or blood-soaked as previous efforts and resembles more of a phoenix than a raven, but itâs stylish nonetheless. Hereâs what you need to know about the posters weâve rounded up today:
- Director James McTeigueâs The Raven stars John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe, who joins a detective (Luke Evans of Immortals) to stop a killer whoâs committing crimes based on Poeâs works.
- The Imposter, a documentary film by director Bart Layton (Locked Up Abroad) that follows a young Frenchman who posed as a Texas familyâs 16-year-old son who had been missing for three years
- From director Rodrigo Cortes (Buried) comes Red Lights, a paranormal thriller that questions the supernatural and whether a world-renowned psychic is actually gifted or just a charlatan. The film stars Robert De Niro, Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver and Elizabeth Olsen.
Hit the jump to check out the full-size posters.
First up is the new poster for The Raven:
Be sure to catch up with all of our previous coverage here. Hereâs the synopsis for The Raven:
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer whoâs using Poeâs own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaperâpart of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.
Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poeâs writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the authorâs help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murdererâs next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before itâs too late.
Hereâs a poster for The Imposter (via IMPAwards):
Finally, hereâs the Spanish poster for Red Lights (via IMPAwards):
Be sure to check out Mattâs review of the film from Sundance 2012 here.