Luke Evans May be Dropping Out of THE CROW
It seems like there has been a huge shake up with The Crow reboot production. Yesterday we learned that director F. Javier Gutiérrez was replaced with music video director Corin Hardy. Now it looks like Luke Evans is going to drop out of the project, which really sucks, because he would have been awesome in the movie.
Den of Geek recently had the opportunity to talk to Evans and they asked him for an update on what was going on with the movie. His response wasn't a positive one:
“It’s not [progressing], 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!”
It sounds to me like he's been waiting around for something to happen with the film, but since nothing has, he's ready to move on. If Evans does leave, it would be a huge blow to the project. Before Evans came on board, Mark Wahlberg, Bradley Cooper, James McAvoy, and Tom Hiddleston were all either attached to the project or up for the part.
I don't blame Evans for wanting to leave though. he was cast in the film back in 2012, and I imagine things can get frustrating when development of a film is stalled and changes keep getting made.
The script for the film was written by Cliff Dorfman. James O’Barr, the creator of the original comic, will serve as creative consultant. According to O'Barr, the plan was to make a page-for-page adaptation of the book. I'm not sure if that's still the plan now that the movie has a new director.
Production was supposed to start spring 2015, but who knows what will happen at this point?