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(CelebNMusic247-News) James McAvoy Set To Star In The Crow Remake

There’s new word that there may be a new Crow in the midst!

X-Men actor James McAvoy may follow in the goth footsteps of Lee, Vincent Pérez, Mark Dacascos, Eric Mabius, and Edward Furlong and become the new star to take the role of The Crow, according to Bloody Disgusting.

The Crow originally made its debut with Bruce Lee’s son Brandon Lee as the lead, but Lee was mysterious injured during the filming during the murder scene. Apparently his stomach protection was “defective” and he died from internal bleeding after gunshot explosives were set off on his abdomen.

To this day his death dubbed accidental is just another mysterious death in Hollywood, because something like that should never happen when film scenes that involve shooting.

The film still released and quickly became a cult classic that remains a goth favorite, especially with it’s amazing soundtrack. It was one of Brandon’s best works as an actor, unfortunately it was his last.

To recap:

The Crow has not had a pleasant relationship with the big screen. Based on James O’Barr‘s comic book series about a man coming back from the dead to avenge his fiancée’s murder, Alex Proyas‘ 1994 adaptation was a hit, but it also resulted in the death of star Brandon Lee, who died from an injury he sustained during filming. There were three sequels plus a short-lived TV series with different actors playing The Crow.

Here’s the drop on the The Crow and the issues that have been circling the remake being shot.

A reboot of The Crow has been stuck in development hell for years. Back in 2010, Stephen Norrington (Blade) was attached and Mark Wahlberg was offered the lead. The package fell apart, and then in 2011, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) got in the director’s chair with Bradley Cooper in negotiations to star. Six months after coming on board, the film still didn’t have a lead, and Fresnadillo dropped out. Then there was a lawsuit between Relativity and The Weinsteins, which was settled last January. Soon after, F. Javier Gutierrez came on board to direct with Jesse Wigutow penning the script.