THE CROW Remake Has a New Director
The Crow remake that was being developed by director F. Javier Gutiérrez has a new director. According to THR, Relativity Media has hired Corin Hardy to direct the movie. Hardy is is a music video director who has a "love for horror and special effects." Does that make him the right guy for the job? He made his feature film debut with a movie called The Hallow, which will be released next year and is about "a scientist and his family who move to the countryside and must fight off vicious creatures living in the woods."
Sounds like a cool movie, but does the filmmaker have what it takes to bring The Crow to life on the big screen? That has yet to be seen. The movie will be directly based on the comic book created by James O’Barr, who is also working on the development of the film. Its been made clear that this will stay true to the comics and will not be a remake of the the Alex Proyas-directed film. You can read about O'Barr's vision of the film here.
The story follows a man who returns from the grave as The Crow on a mission to avenge his wife’s murder so that his soul can finally rest. I have no idea how this movie is going to turn out, but the fact that O'Barr is on board gives me hope. There was no reason given as to why Gutiérrez was replaced.