Mark Wahlberg has been
offered the lead role in Relativity Media’s remake of The Crow. A big screen adaptation of the James O’Barr comic book
series, the original film was directed by Alex Proyas and is possibly best
known as the movie in which actor Brandon Lee was accidentally killed by a
loaded gun. The story followed a man named Eric Draven who is brutally murdered
and comes back to life to hunt and kill the people responsible for his and his
fiancée’s murder.
The news comes via Bloody Disgusting. Previously we learned musician / screenwriter Nick Cave had
been hired to rewrite the screenplay, penned by Stephen Norrington [Blade,
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen], who is also attached to direct. Not much news has emerged since june when producer
Edward R. Pressman stated:
"The
setting is the southwest — the Mexico/Arizona area — and an urban [setting],
Detroit or Pittsburgh or something like that…There are two locations that the film
is set. Its initial platform is in the southwest and then it moves to the big
city in the north, middle or eastern America, and then back. … The Crow itself
is a creature in this movie — it’s not just a bird…It’s got a personality and a
character. Not like Godzilla exactly, but it’s very different [and has] a more
active role in the story."
