Bill Skarsgård in The Crow. © Lionsgate
After Total Recall, Mortal Kombat And Point Breakit’s the turn of another cult film from the 1990s to taste the joys of the remake: The Crow. A new feature film which sees Bill Skarsgård take over from the late Brandon Lee in the lead role, and which is revealed in a dark first trailer.
Bill Skarsgård on the path to revenge
This new film is still based on the original graphic novel by James O’Barr (published in 1989), and tells the story of Eric Draven, brutally murdered along with his fiancée Shelly, who is resurrected by a mystical raven.
Endowed with superhuman powers, he then undertakes a dark quest for revenge against those responsible for the death of his beloved.
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Directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City), the first adaptation from 1994 enjoyed macabre popularity mainly thanks to the death, during filming, of its star Brandon Lee, accidentally killed by a revolver loaded with blanks. Over the decades, the film has created a community of fans.
Stuck in development hell for over 15 years, this The Crow new version intends to start from scratch, and presents itself as a reboot of the franchise, after three films and a series released in the 1990s and 2000s, and which went relatively unnoticed.
Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs in The Crow. © Lionsgate
Directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Hunter) and written by Zach Baylin (Bob Marley: One Love) and William Josef Schneider, The Crow promises to be even darker and more violent than the original film.
Alongside Bill Skarsgård (That), we find the Frenchman Sami Bouajila (Robbers, Native), Danny Huston (The Sons of Man) and singer FKA Twigs.
The official poster of The Crow. © Lionsgate
The Crow will be released in cinemas on June 5, 2024.