According to reports from Deadline, Lionsgate has acquired the distribution rights to The Crow, the new film adaptation of James O'Barr's comic book, previously transposed for film by Alex Proyas in 1994 with Il corvo - The Crow, cult film starring Brandon Lee.
Written by Zach Baylin and directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman, Ghost in the Shell), The Raven will be released in 2024, at a date to be determined.
This new project stars Bill Skarsgård, a Swedish actor known for his role as Pennywise in the films It (2017) and It - Chapter Two (2019) by Andy Muschietti. The cast also includes Danny Huston (30 Days of Darkness), Laura Birn, FKA twigs, Sami Bouajila, david Bowles (Army of Thieves), Isabella Wei, and Jordan Bolger (Don't Knock on That Door).
The screenplay, on the other hand, is by Zach Baylin.
James O'Barr's comic tells the story of Eric Draven, a musician whose troubled and tormented soul returns to avenge not only his own death but also that of his fiancée.
