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Director drops out of The Crow, Luke may follow

posted 10 years ago by Kellza
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As part of the massive worldwide promotion for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, Luke Evans was in town and we were lucky enough to have a chat about his role as Bard the Bowman, facing off against dragons and many other things.

The full interview will be live soon, but at the very end we asked him about the long mooted reboot of The Crow, which had not long ago failed to get off the ground when Bradley Cooper was attached to star. Evans had since signed up to the project, but it looks likely that history is about to repeat itself.

When we asked him if The Crow was still progressing, he said the following:

"It’s not, no. No at the minute The Crow is not, not for me, I think it’s a little… I mean I’m sure it’s going to go ahead at some point, but I have other projects that are greenlit and ready to go and projects that I’m very interested in and you know, I can’t wait much longer! [laughs]"

More’s the pity that whatever issues are happening behind the scenes, they’ve halted any progress and as such, the very busy Mr Evans is being scheduled out of the project.

This comes off the back of news that director F Javier Gutierrez has become the latest to drop out of The Crow reboot. Deadline reports that Corin Hardy is being linked with taking on the job of helming the movie. It may well be that Hardy's first job is to find a new leading actor...

http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/the-crow/241844/luke-evans-may-be-dropp ing-out-of-the-crow-too

[–] Brandy703 10 years ago

Yeah I just read that, oh well. I'm dissapointed since I'm a big fan of The Crow and Luke. This reminds me of what a fan said months ago. He said that Brandon's spirit will not let this film be made; he will disrupt it. Granted that is folklore, however, it still just popped into my mind right now.

[–] Poetist 10 years ago

So sorry to hear that, but it wasn't as if I was surprised, though.

This reminds me of what a fan said months ago. He said that Brandon's spirit will not let this film be made; he will disrupt it. Granted that is folklore,

It's bad folklore, because the Crow has been remade before, so I don't see how Brandon's spirits is stopping things.

[–] Brandy703 10 years ago

Yeah, it didn't stop the series. However, I'm still disappointed.😢

[–] Kellza 10 years ago

He says in this radio interview that he most likely won't do it because of scheduling conflicts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVfyZ_kSIkg

[–] Poetist 10 years ago

Well, it's official:

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/402821-luke-evans-officially-dep arts-the-crow-remake

[–] Brandy703 10 years ago

Wtf??

http://www.justjared.com/2015/02/08/henry-cavill-luke-evans-make-the-baftas-so-much-hotter/

[–] Poetist 10 years ago

Wow, Brandy, I don't know what to make of that, except maybe, Luke has to contractually commit to the movie. He can't say he isn't doing the movie.

Perhaps, he has to put it out there that he has other projects and waiting on the film will create hardship. So, the "No, I will not do the Crow, because I have other projects" comes out to keep it kosher.

I guess that's what he has to do to play the game.

Update: I did notice that the movie was taken off of his IMDB page.

[–] Poetist 9 years ago

Apparently, it was a good move to drop out of the Crow. I checked on that page, and it said this:

Tied up in litigation again.