The Crow - remake
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/bradley-cooper-eyes-starring-role-177481
Bradley Cooper is in early negotiations to star in Relativity’s remake of The Crow, being directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo.
In the adaptation of the gritty black-and-white indie comic by artist James O'Barr, Cooper will play a rock musician who is murdered while trying to save his fiancée from thugs. He is resurrected by supernatural forces and seeks revenge. The role was originally played by Brandon Lee, who was killed by a freak accident during production in 1993.
Relativity is flying fast with Crow, with Fresnadillo only officially boarding the project a week ago. The Spanish director of 28 Weeks Later is said to have met with Cooper in Spain recently, where the two hit it off and shared a vision for the character and the film. Relativity would not confirm the talks but sources say Cooper, currently in theaters in Relativity’s hit thriller Limitless, is keen to board the project.
The new film is being produced by Edward R. Pressman, Jeff Most, Relativity's CEO Ryan Kavanaugh and Apaches Entertainment's Enrique Lopez Lavigne and Belen Atienza.
Production is targeted to start in the fall. Relativity’s Tucker Tooley (The Fighter) will serve as executive producer. José Ibáñez, Pressman Film Corporation’s Jon Katz and Apaches’ Jesús de la Vega will serve as co-producers.
Cooper, repped by CAA, next appears in The Hangover Part II, which opens May 26.
Wait, what? Bradley Cooper? /blinks Wait, what?
Why does a niche film from the 90s that did a fine job considering what it was need remade? This is stupid. Let's go ahead and remake the Harry Potter films - they're almost out of theatres.
There's a whole lot of truth going on in this post.
God damn, I couldn't even type that with a straight face.
Why does a niche film from the 90s that did a fine job considering what it was need remade? This is stupid. Let's go ahead and remake the Harry Potter films - they're almost out of theatres.
Welcome to America movie making where all of the producers are running out of ideas. This has been a huge trend for the past decade or so and I dont see that changing anytime soon. Nobody can come up with anything original anymore and the producers that try, end up failing usually with a rare hit here or there....but more misses more times than not.
In short, the overall America movie industry is going down the shitter. They keep churning out this rehashed bullshit. I hear a remake of the classic Red Dawn is coming out soon......or has it already? How dumb.
Its bad when the horror genre starts to remake Friday the 13ths, Nightmare on Elm Streets and Bloody Valentines. Its why ive said many many times over that the Euro horror movie scene blows Americas out of the water these days in both originality and shock factors. SAW was America's last hurrah regarding original horror - However, they ran that shit and milked it into the ground ad nauseum.
Fuck, I think another Scream is coming out soon also /sadface...............