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Haunting first-look photos of Invoice Skarsgård and FKA Twigs within the upcoming remake of the 1994 noir thriller “The Crow” have been launched on Wednesday, bringing renewed focus and honor to the traditional’s unique star, the late Brandon Lee.
“Brandon was an unique voice and I feel he’ll at all times be synonymous with The Crow,” director of this yr’s “Crow” remake Rupert Sanders stated in an interview with Self-importance Truthful on Wednesday. “I hope he’s pleased with what we’ve finished and the way we’ve introduced the story again once more.”
Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, originated the position of the vengeful Eric Draven in “The Crow,” the Alex Proyas-directed supernatural thriller based mostly on the comedian e book collection by James O’Barr. In March 1993, 28-year-old Lee was accidentally shot and killed by a jammed prop gun on the movie’s set.
“His soul may be very a lot alive on this movie,” Sanders stated of Lee this week.
The primary-look photographs launched on Wednesday showcase Skarsgård’s model of Draven, with a punk haircut and methodically-placed tattoos from head to toe. His signature black make-up is an eerie reminder of Lee’s Draven. Singer FKA Twigs can be seen within the photographs, taking part in Draven’s love curiosity Shelly.
Whereas the 1994 movie has turn into one thing of a cult traditional, Sanders’ model of the movie is a contemporary reimagining and veers from O’Barr’s supply materials. Regardless of the variations, the “Snow White and the Huntsman” director advised Self-importance Truthful that his take remains to be a tribute to the reminiscence of Lee.
“Clearly, it was a horrible tragedy,” Sanders stated of the star’s premature loss of life, including that “it’s undoubtedly one thing that we’ve at all times had in thoughts by the making of the movie.”
Describing Lee’s unique tackle Draven as a efficiency that possessed “fragility and wonder,” Sanders stated he thinks that Skarsgård – identified for his chilling rendition of Pennywise the Clown within the “It” remakes – “appears like he’s a successor to that.”
Sanders’ “Crow” follows Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and his fiancée Shelly, who’re brutally murdered when Shelly’s darkish previous catches up with them.
“Given the prospect to avoid wasting his real love by sacrificing himself,” an official synopsis reads, “Eric units out to hunt cruel revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the dwelling and the useless to place the incorrect issues proper.”
“The Crow” is ready to premiere in theaters on June 7.