The Crow reboot is a go, with Bill Skarsgård starring as the gothic superhero.
Four years on from Jason Momoa and director Corin Hardy's failed attempt at reviving the cult classic movie – the late Brandon Lee played murdered musician Eric Draven in 1994's original – The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the movie will shoot this June in Prague and Munich.
Rupert Sanders, known for films including Snow White and the Huntsman and Ghost in the Shell, is down to direct.
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Meanwhile, Entertainment Weekly reports that award-winning musician FKA twigs will also be joining the cast.
"When Rupert approached us with his vision for the film, we saw immediately it is an exhilarating, modern story for audiences unlike anything we've experienced yet in cinema," said producer Molly Hassell.
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"Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs are a perfect fit for that vision."
Created by comic book writer James O'Barr in the late '80s, The Crow centres on Draven and his fiancée Shelly Webster, who are assaulted and killed by a street gang when their car breaks down.
A crow taps on the former's gravestone, awakening Draven, which begins a sequence of horrific vengeance on those who took everything from him.
Back in 2018, when his and Momoa's passion project fell apart just weeks before filming was scheduled to start, Hardy posted an emotional statement in response.
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"I knew from the off, that the idea of making a new version of The Crow was never going to be for everyone, because it is a beloved film. And I say that as someone in love with it myself," he said.
"But I poured everything I had into the last 3.5 years of work, to try & create something which honoured what the Crow stood for; from James O'Barr's affecting graphic novel, to Alex Proyas's original movie, with great respect to Brandon Lee and with the desire to make something bold and new, that myself, as an obsessive fan, could be proud of.
"And with @prideofgypsies Jason Momoa, and my amazing team of artists & film-makers, we came SO close. But sometimes, when you love something so much, you have to make hard decisions."
Skarsgård's other upcoming projects include Boy Kills World, an action thriller, and the fourth John Wick movie.
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