{"id":24726,"date":"2024-07-05T23:17:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T03:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24726"},"modified":"2024-07-05T23:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T03:17:33","slug":"the-crow-director-explains-its-a-very-scrappy-indie-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=24726","title":{"rendered":"THE CROW Director Rupert Sanders Explains ‘It\u2019s a Very Scrappy Indie Movie’"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

As we know, yet another film adaptation of James O\u2019Barr\u2019s graphic novel The Crow<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is in the works, this time by director Rupert Sanders<\/a>. Starring Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/a> and FKA Twigs<\/a>, the Lionsgate film will debut in theaters on August 23.

Several other adaptations had been made over the years, including Alex Proyas<\/a>\u2019s 1994 version starring the late Brandon Lee<\/a>. It quickly became a cult classic, and three other sequels were made between 1996 and 2005. The storyline of The Crow<\/strong><\/em> involves a Goth rocker named Eric Draven who comes back from the dead to avenge his death and that of his fianc\u00e9e, Shelley, both of whom had been murdered.

Brandon Lee, the sun of martial artist Bruce Lee, died during the production of the 1994 film when a prop gun misfired on the set. Sanders was recently quoted as saying that Brandon\u2019s \u201csoul is very much alive in this [new] film. There\u2019s a real fragility and beauty to his version of The Crow<\/strong><\/em>, and I think Bill [Skarsg\u00e5rd] feels like he is a successor to that.”

In a recent interview with Empire<\/em>, Sanders emphasized that his upcoming adaptation has \u201cnothing to do with Hollywood\u2026it\u2019s a very scrappy indie movie. The only reason we could to that is because it\u2019s not a studio movie.\u201d He added that he wanted to \u201cremain close to the center and the darkness and the violence that\u2019s in the graphic novel.\u201d

Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd said that he was \u201ca huge fan of the original film growing up as a kid and was so honored to take on the role of Eric Draven. But really what drew me to it was what Rupert Sanders wanted to do with it. He wanted to completely reimagine the story and the character and tailor it towards a modern audience. It\u2019s a character that I know many revere and have a strong connection to \u2014 he is unlike any I\u2019ve ever taken on before.\u201d

Despite a production budget of only $50 million, the director was quoted as saying \u201cYou have to be more adept at making things more efficiently, that are emotionally resonant, and not just spectacle.\u201d

Sanders added that he hoped his adaptation would inspire others to follow suit, declaring \u201cI really hope we\u2019re in for another kind of Easy Riders<\/strong><\/em>, Raging Bulls<\/strong><\/em> period of having to make these more down-and-dirty films that still feel like big epic movies [but that] are weirder and stranger.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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