'The Crow' Movie Cast News: Jack Huston to Star as 'The Crow'
"The Crow" is making a comeback. The undead avenger Eric Draven will be played by actor Jack Huston, who recently played the facially disfigured Richard Harrow in "Boardwalk Empire." The movie is a remake of the 1994 film that originally starred the late Brandon Lee as the Crow.
Jack Huston is also set to play Judah Ben-Hur in the remake of "Ben-Hur" by Paramount and MGM, as well as star in "The Longest Ride" and "Pride, Prejudice and Zombies," according to a Variety report.
Aside from Huston, it has also been reported that Jessica Findlay Brown was cast as Draven's fiancé, Shelly Webster.
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"The Crow" is based on the graphic novel of Jason O'Barr of the same title, first published in 1989. It follows the story of Eric Draven, a musician who rises from the dead to avenge his death and that of his fiancé in the hands of local thugs who worked for a local gang boss.
The remake will be directed by Corin Hardy, who signed on December 2014, after F Javier Gutierrez said he was committed to directing "The Ring 3." Hardy is known for his 2015 thriller "The Hallow" in the Sundance Film Festival.
The film will be produced by Edward Pressman, Kevin Misher, Relativity's Ryan Kavanaugh, Jeff Most and Jeff Waxman. Pressman was involved in the 1994 movie. Jason O'Barr is a creative consultant for the reboot. The film's Executive Producers include Gutierrez, Tucker Tooley, Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Dan Farah.
Production is scheduled to start in the latter part of 2015. The remake has been in the making since 2008, when one director announced his interest to do a different kind of reboot. Since then, the project has had several directors and actors attached to it, including Bradley Cooper, Channing Tatum, Mark Wahlberg, Ryan Gosling, James McAvoy and Luke Evans.
The 1994 original film is also known as a tribute to the actor Brandon Lee, who was killed during an unfortunate incident while filming.
