Tom
Hiddleston in The Crow Remake
After
a lot of trouble The Crow remake, now seems like a possibility. In 2011 with an
already chosen director (Juan Carlos Fresnadillo from 28 Week Later), The Crow
reboot got shot down by The Weinstein Company which sued the producers of the
reboot at Relativity Media, claiming that the ownership of the property’s
distribution rights were theirs.
“Weinstein
lawyers … are attempting to reclaim distribution rights [for The Crow].
According to the lawsuit, “Kavanaugh decided that Relativity would not perform
that contract and will purport to sell TWC’s distribution rights to others here
and overseas in willful breach of the contract.”
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To
which Relativity Media responded:
“This
is yet another typical litigation stunt from the Weinsteins, who have a long
history of threatening lawsuits with the sole purpose of intimidation. If
served, Relativity will seek immediate dismissal. While we expect these types
of antics from the Weinsteins, we are shocked that a lawyer of Mr. Fields’
caliber would make such false, reckless and intentionally harmful statements to
the press about Relativity and Mr. Kavanaugh. We intend to seek appropriate
remedies for this misconduct. Clearly, this is a feeble attempt to create a
press stir and a malicious effort to interfere with Relativity’s development of
the project.”
At
that stage, actor Bradley Cooper was the man chosen to play the lead. He was
already in talks to play the main character, but another project got in the way
and he was bye, bye.
Then
finally the court case got settle, but the director changed from Juan Carlos
Fresnadillo to F. Javier Gutierrez. Producer Edward Pressman said that
“The
original 1994 “Crow” film holds a special place in my heart. The current film
is a “reinvention” of James O’Barr’s graphic novel for the 21st Century. We’re
thrilled to have teamed with director Javier Gutierrez and screenwriter Jesse
Wigutow on this story, which remains true to the core of Eric Draven’s plight
for revenge.“
But
without the main lead there is no movie, so there was the rumor that James
McAvoy could play the part, but with the X-Men movies and other projects it’s doubtful
that the actor even if interested could find an opening in the schedule for
this problematic project.
Now
it’s Tom Hiddleston to be involved with the project that has gotten its wings
clipped so many times. Apparently Tom is already taken meetings with the
producers and even “sent them a makeup test that he did on his own in London”.
So
let’s wait and see if the involvement of Tom Hiddleston in the project makes it
fly or not.
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