The crowin the original director doesn’t seem too excited about the prospect of his film being remade.
On a Facebook post, Alex Proyas – who directed the first adaptation of The crow in 1994 – wrote that while he “takes no joy in seeing negativity about any fellow filmmaker’s work,” he thinks “the (negative) fan response (to the new film’s marketing) speaks volumes.”
“(The crow) is not just a movie,” Proyas added. “Brandon Lee died doing this, and it was finished as a testament to his lost brilliance and his tragic loss. It’s his legacy. This is how it should remain.”
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Both Crow The films are inspired by a comic book by James O’Barr. The new version stars Bill Skarsgard in the role previously played by the late Brandon Lee, a man named Eric Draven who is murdered along with his true love and then returns to the world of the living as a kind of ghostly superhero to avenge their deaths.
Lee died during production of the original Crow film when a gun was not properly primed for a sequence in which his character was shot. The propeller used in the scene still contained a bullet from a previous sequence; when a blank cartridge was inserted and fired, it ejected the trapped bullet, which struck Lee, killing him. He was just 28 years old when he died.
The crow it was completed with the use of stunt doubles and special effects; After the film became a surprise hit, Proyas went on to direct Black city, I steal, Knowingand his most recent feature film, from 2016 Gods of Egypt.
In his Facebook post, Proyas stated that he is “sure that the cast and crew really meant well” with his version of The crowregardless of your own opinion on a remake.
Here’s the official synopsis for the new film:
Bill Skarsgård takes on the iconic role of THE RAVEN in this modern reimagining of James O’Barr’s original graphic novel. Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when demons from their dark past catch up with them. Given the opportunity to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge against his killers, crossing the worlds of the living and the dead to right the wrongs.
The crow the remake is scheduled to open in theaters on June 7.
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