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Friday, July 19, 2013

SDCC '13: "The Crow" Make-Over

F. Javier Gutiérrez and comic series creator James O'Barr showed up for a Comic-Con panel updating progress for the long in development reboot of The Crow." starring Luke Evans.

Gutiérrez says pre-production kicks off in October, and they are "soft prepping" right now. It's Gutiérrez's take on the character that changed O'Barr's mind about doing the reboot:

"What brought me around after twenty years was Javier. Before talking with him, I was 110% against it. There was no point or need for a reboot. In my mind, you could throw a $100 million at it, put Johnny Depp in it and had Ridley Scott direct and it wouldn't top what Alex Proyas and Brandon Lee did. I explained all of that the minute Javier arrived."

The 1994 film from director Proyas-that became more known for the on set death of its star Brandon Lee, follows rock musician Eric Draven who is murdered while trying to save his fiancee from thugs. He is resurrected by supernatural forces and seeks revenge. That film spawned three sequels, The Crow: City of Angels, The Crow: Salvation, and The Crow: Wicked Prayer, as well as a short-lived TV series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven starring Mark Dacascos.

O'Barr changed his mind due to the fact that the that the new film won't be a remake:

"It's not a remake of the original. It's a new interpretation. Of course, we have to fill some parts and new elements, but there was so much beauty and passion to the original. A lot in there we could do that was never done. That's the main thing that captured my attention. We can do something original. The darkness, the beauty, the violence and love. That's what got me excited. A lot of fans responded to the original movie, but this is going to be different. This is going to give them some good gifts. We're going to pull some stuff from the original comic that's going to be tough and we're going to do it in an original and artistic way."

While we don't know yet how Evans will look as Eric Draven, O'Barr created a poster especially for this year's Comic Con which likely offers up a good idea of the character's look in the film.

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