Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Crow Remake has a new director.

Yo, the remake of The Crow is a go! Relativity Media has hired 28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to direct a "re-invention" of the 1994 comic adaptation.

Variety reports that the plan is to get production going by this fall, though no talent is attached yet -- and that apparently includes a (gulp) writer: "Fresnadillo will collaboratively develop the screenplay once a writer is attached to adapt the script from James O'Barr's comic book series," says the trade. So no script, but a fall start date? O.K. then. 

The story will once again feature Eric Draven (played by the late Brandon Lee in the original film) as he is resurrected from the dead and becomes the avenging title character.

Previously, Blade director Stephen Norrington was attached to the project and Mark Wahlberg was rumored to be involved as well. 

No comments: