Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Drops Out of ‘The Crow’
The proposed reboot of the 1994 Alex Proyas film, The Crow, is a project with a perpetual revolving door, it seems. It was only a couple of months ago that Bradley Cooper stepped away from starring in the movie. Now, the film has also lost its director. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) has backed out of the project, rumored to be taking on a reboot of Highlander.
Fresnadillo had replaced original director Stephen Norrington, who had been working from a script by Nick Cave on The Crow. When Cave was removed from the project, Norrington followed, and Fresnadillo was working from a script by Watchmen co-writer Alex Tse. Fresnadillo and Tse had lined up Cooper to star, but Cooper dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Interestingly, Cooper stepped away from The Crow to work with Alex Proyas on Paradise Lost.
Now, the hunt is on again for a new director, with F. Javier Guitierrez (Before the Fall) mentioned as a possibility.
Proyas’ The Crow is a cult classic that saw the tragic death of its star, Brandon Lee, in an accidental shooting on set. It spawned two sub-par sequels and a 1998 TV series. Whether a proposed reboot actually happens apparently remains to be seen.
(via Twitch)
“The Crow” must NEVER be remade.