THE CROW Reboot Moving Forward with New Director and Writer

Regardless of the fact that this is one reboot few people actually want to see get made, news are surfacing that the project is moving forward. Two major issues that blocked the pre-production phase of this reboot have been resolved. The first, regarding the lawsuit between the Weinsteins and Relativity Media over ownership of the rights to "The Crow" has been amiably settled out of court, which means, according to a press release, that both "parties will continue to work on the film together as planned".

The second problem, that of finding a new director for the project after Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ("28 Weeks Later") dropped out, has also been solved. The new director is F. Javier Gutierrez and this would be the first major production in the spanish writer/director's resume, whose previous work includes two acclaimed fantasy shorts ("Brasil" and "Diminutos del calvario"), a very interesting apocalyptic drama ("Tres días") and the upcoming horror, "The Monkey's Paw" (currently in pre-production). Gutierrez is the third director attached to the reboot, so far.

Furthermore, it seems that Realativity Media and the Weinsteins are in negotiations with writer Jesse Wigutow to pen the script. Wigutow, who also wrote the very average "It Runs in the Family" (starring Michael Douglas and his father Kirk Douglas), also follows a long line of writers attached to the project. The first was Stephen Norrington ("Blade"), who was also attached to direct, followed by Nick Cave ("The Proposition") and Alex Tse ("Watchmen"). If the deal goes through and Wigutow starts writing the script, the only real issue left to handle is that of finding a leading man. Here, too, is a long story. Mark Wahlberg was originally offered the part, which eventually went to Bradley Cooper, who was attached to the project for a while, but then left shortly before director Fresnadillo pulled out. The troubled production is scheduled for release next year and there's still a good chance that it can meet a 2013 deadline if they move quickly. In my opinion, though, maybe they should just drop this silly reboot, since there's really no way it can ever live up to the cult status of the 1994 original and Brandon Lee's legendary performance. I've already had to live through three awful sequels. No more.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

THE CROW Reboot Moving Forward with New Director and Writer

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