First look At Bill Skarsgård In Lionsgate’s Remake Of The Crow
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Our first look at Lionsgate’s remake of The Crow starring Bill Skarsgård has emerged from the darkness
Vanity Fair has shared our first look at Lionsgate’s divisive remake of THE CROW. The film, starring Bill Skarsgård is swooping into cinemas on June 7th, and with the clock ticking down to release, the studio is eager to ensure we are all ready to reunite with a legend. Skarsgård steps into the role of goth rocker Eric Draven, who, along with his lover, Shelly, is brutally murdered when the demons of Shelly’s past catch up with them. Existing in the purgatory realm somewhere between the living and the dead, Eric sets out to avenge their deaths and becomes the ghostly macabre entity known as The Crow. Check out the first look below.
Although director Rupert Sanders promises his version of the property to be a fresh take on James O’Barr’s source material, fans will already be comparing it to the original movie from 1994. The original film starred Brandon Lee, who tragically died on the set after a firearms stunt went tragically wrong. As a result, the work is viewed as sacred ground. A hallowed project and fitting epitaph to Lee’s life that was so tragically cut short. And the fanbase will defend the film in their droves.
Thankfully, Sanders is all too aware of the commitment fans have made to Lee’s version. The director is eager to stress that he considers his film to be a tribute of sorts to Lee’s memory. Which will be a hard balance to find. But undeterred, he opened up and bared his soul to Vanity Fair. Read on for his comments.
“Obviously, it was a terrible tragedy, and it’s definitely something that we’ve always had in mind through the making of the film,” he says. “Brandon was an original voice and I think he will always be synonymous with The Crow and I hope he’s proud of what we’ve done and how we’ve brought the story back again. His soul is very much alive in this film. There’s a real fragility and beauty to his version of the Crow, and I think Bill feels like he is a successor to that.”
SYNOPSIS
Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgard) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.
The Crow swoops into cinemas on June 7th, 2024. Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell, John Jencks, and Edward R. Pressman are producing. Dan Farah serves as executive producer.
Will you be checking this out? Or is the one remake too far for Hollywood? Sound off in the comments below.
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