'The Crow' Reboot gets a New Director

Unlike James O'Barr's comic book hero, a reboot of The Crow has found difficulty returning from the dead. A rebook/remake of the original Alex Proyas-directed film has been in the works forever, with a load of names attached on both sides of the camera. Most recently it was F. Javier Gutierrez on board to direct with Luke Evans set to play slain rocker, Eric Draven, but now a new director has taken charge while Evans' name is curiously absent.

Deadline reports music video director Corin Hardy will take over The Crow, having been recommended to producer Edward Pressman by none other than Edgar Wright. Hardy won Wright over with his animated short film, Butterfly, and will now make his feature debut on the fanboy favorite. Gutierrez dropped out in order to direct The Ring 3.

So what about Luke Evans? Is she still set to play the titular spirit of revenge? That seems to be unclear as he's not mentioned anywhere in Deadline's report. Evans' profile has increased dramatically since he agreed and it's possible he's moved on.  We'll see if things remain stable enough for filming to begin in the spring as planned.

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'The Ring 3' Has Found a Director in F. Javier Gutierrez

It's like 2002 all over again. That was when Hollywood was in the midst of a J-horror remake craze with highly-successful movies like The Ring and The Grudge, both scaring up profitable sequels, as well. A few weeks ago we learned Takashi Miike's Audition was getting a redo, and Sam Raimi is developing a reboot of The Grudge. But Paramount has had the most success with The Ring, and although it has been nearly a decade since the last film, they have found a director to head up a third.

F. Javier Gutierrez, who is attached to direct a reboot of The Crow, is now set to helm The Ring 3. It's expected to be in 3D and will likely center on people who are killed after watching a cursed video tape. Can they at least upgrade it to a cursed Blu-Ray? Gotta keep up with the times.  The first film earned $249M with Gore Verbinski directing, followed by Hideo Nakata's $160M-grossing sequel. Both movies starred Naomi Watts and there's no word if she's been approached for the next one.

That's all we know and really, do we need to know anything else? Color me less than excited about a return to a fad I hoped Hollywood was done with. [THR]

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