Bill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise the Clown in the It franchise, has been cast in the long-awaited The Crow reboot as Eric Draven in a new reimagining of The Crow. Rupert Sanders will direct the picture, with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter FKA Twigs also starring. Written by Oscar nominee Zach Baylin, the revenge thriller is based on the beloved character’s original graphic novel, which was created, written and illustrated by James O’Barr.
“The Crow is beautiful, dark, poetic and at times disturbing,” says director Sanders. “It’s a story of love, loss, grief and revenge. It is a great honor to revisit James O’Barr’s iconic comic and reimagine The Crow as the foreboding voice of today.”
The picture is produced by Victor Hadida, Molly Hassell, John Jencks and Edward R. Pressman. Production companies are Hassell Free Productions, Electric Shadow Company, Davis Films and Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation in association with 30WEST.
CAA Media Finance handles the film’s domestic distribution rights.
The image is a modern reimagining of the title character, based on the James O’Barr graphic novel series first published by Caliber Comics in 1989. Director Alex Proyas brought the story to the big screen in 1994’s The Crow, which starred the late Brandon Lee and became a cult classic. The original film and its sequels continue to be distributed around the world.