The man who directed the first “Blade” movie, Stephen Norrington has signed on to bring “The Crow” back to the big-screen according to Variety. Norrington will write and direct the upcoming big-screen reinvention of the popular comic book series.
“The Crow” will end a long sabbatical for Norrington. After directing “Blade” and “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” Norrington has been on a break from Hollywood.
Norrington said he felt demoralized by “Gentlemen”, and the accomplished sculptor spent the next five years writing and working on his art. He made a deal to direct “Clash of the Titans†for Warner Bros., but left the project, he said, because he was “unable to excite Warner Bros. with my take, or influence the screenplay to any comfortable extent.†That pic goes into production early next year with Louis Leterrier at the helm.
Norrington resolved to focus on independent projects, and sparked to an approach on “The Crow†from Relativity production chief Tucker Tooley and Pressman. Norrington had a relationship with Pressman when they came close to making “Mutant Chronicles†several years ago. Both embraced Norrington’s vision of the antihero, which Norrington said will be different than the film Proyas made.
“Whereas Proyas’ original was gloriously gothic and stylized, the new movie will be realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style,†Norrington said.
“Here, in the natural habitat of the undead, we find the reanimation avatar, a crow, sitting over the grave of its intended…Let’s see what happens if we stick a thumb up its bum!”
Flames of hate are already lit here. The guy butchers League and now he wants to do the same to the Crow?!
As my mom used to say “Dont make me cut a bitch!”
Mom always had a way with words.