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[Interview] Director and Star of ‘The Raven’ Talk ‘Saw’, Gore, Drugs and ‘Sherlock Holmes’!!

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Posted by EvanDickson on October 07, 2011 @ 10:24pm
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Cusack10711 [Interview] Director and Star of The Raven Talk Saw, Gore, Drugs and Sherlock Holmes!!

Today is the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe’s death and to commemorate the event there’s a whole lot of The Raven action going on. While marking a death date rather than a birth date may seem macabre, considering the subject at hand it seems more than appropriate.

Earlier this morning the trailer hit and a little bit later a group of journalists was ushered onto a conference call with the film’s director James McTeigue and star Luke Evans to discuss the film.

“Evans plays a detective who partners with Poe (John Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.”

Hit the jump to check out some excerpts from the interview interspersed with some cool Edgar Allen Poe factoids.
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Horrific Game of Cat and Mouse in Awesome Trailer for ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 07, 2011 @ 8:02am
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Horrific Game of Cat and Mouse in Awesome Trailer for The Raven

As promised, inside you’ll now find the trailer premiere for Relativity Media’s The Raven, which arrives in theaters March 9, 2012. James McTeigue’s (V for Vendetta) thriller is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. The trailer, featuring a game of cat and mouse between an unknown killer and Poe, can best be described as From Hell meets Sherlock Holmes – it’s kinda dope.

“Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.”

Check out the trailer and the official “long” synopsis after the break.
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First Look at Luke Evans as a Detective in ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on October 06, 2011 @ 9:13pm
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theraven072111 First Look at Luke Evans as a Detective in The Raven

Relativity Media has unleashed two new stills from The Raven, which arrives in theaters March 9, 2012. The first pic found after the break brings you a first look at Luke Evans as Detective Emmett Fields, with the second displaying Director James McTeigue discussing a scene with star John Cusack.

James McTeigue’s thriller is set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

Click the above image for the gallery.
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First Look at ‘Entourage’ Beauty in ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on September 16, 2011 @ 11:18pm
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Relativity Media provided Bloody Disgusting with your first look at “Entourage” beauty, Alice Eve (pictured inside), from the tentatively titled The Raven, which arrives in theaters March 9, 2012.

James McTeigue’s thriller is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s (John Cusack) life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

theraven072111 First Look at Entourage Beauty in The Raven

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 21, 2011 @ 10:40pm
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Relativity knocked it out of the park with their Shark Night 3D poster, which is why I find the official one sheet for The Raven so puzzling. It’s arty, yet pretty crappy.

John Cusack stars as Edgar Allan Poe in Relativity Media’s flick arriving in theaters March 9, 2012. James McTeigue’s thriller is set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

Click the image below for the new gallery.

theraven072111 Comic Con 11: A Kind of Arty, Yet Crappy The Raven Poster

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Posted by MrDisgusting on July 21, 2011 @ 4:37am
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Screening footage at the ongoing San Diego Comic-Con, we present to you another few looks at John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in Relativity Media’s tentatively titled The Raven, which arrives in theaters March 9, 2012.

James McTeigue’s thriller is set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation.

Click the image below for the new gallery.

theraven072111 Comic Con 11: Edgar Allan Poe Investigates Remains in The Raven

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Posted by THEoDEAD on May 23, 2011 @ 11:14pm
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There is part of me that loves the re-representations of some of my favorite horror tales from popular prose, and then there is the other half that absolutely abhores it. However, when it comes to IDW Publishing they usually hit the nail on the head, and we can all hope that that will be the case come August when they release the Sam Keith illustrated “EDGAR ALLAN POE: THE RAVEN AND OTHER STORIES”. The 300 page graphic novel is still a ways off, but below you can check out all the details we have thus far.

WRITTEN BY: Edgar Allan Poe
ILLUSTRATIONS AND COVERS BY: Sam Kieth

“Master horror scribe Edgar Allan Poe’s works are re-presented in this illustrated collection of “The Raven” and other tales. Legendary comics artist Sam Kieth (Sandman, The Maxx) provides haunting interior and cover illustrations. Prepare yourself for telltale terror the likes of which only Poe and Kieth could command.”

“EDGAR ALLAN POE: THE RAVEN AND OTHER SHORT STORIES” Hits Stores This August From IDW Publishing! (MSRP -$16.99)
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‘The Raven’ Soars Into 2012

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Posted by David Harley on May 04, 2011 @ 3:35am
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Currently in the midst of post-production, Relativity Media has picked a theatrical release date of March 9, 2012 for The Raven… but not necessarily under that name. The distributer announced that the title has been changed to James McTeigue’s Edgar Allan Poe project for the time being (a similar fate recently befell The Dibbuk Box). It could technically revert back to its original title by the time it’s released, but odds are it’ll end up being named something like ‘Poe’.

Starring John Cusack, Luke Evans, and Alice Eve, The Raven (as it was once called…) begins with Poe’s arrival in Baltimore as a serial killer is terrorizing the city, using the writer’s stories as the inspiration for his crimes. Poe is a suspect at first, but he eventually joins forces with a police inspector to solve the crimes and save the woman he loves.
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The Raven

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on April 27, 2011 @ 12:00am
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Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.

‘The Raven’ Producer Reveals New Plot Details

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Posted by MrDisgusting on April 26, 2011 @ 2:57pm
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A lengthy article at Screen Daily talks about Producer Mark D Evans and how he took The Raven to Hungary and Serbia to create James McTeigue’s dark vision of 19th century Baltimore — at a considerable saving. Within the article, Evans reveals more plot details from the thriller starring John Cusack, Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans and Alice Eve.

“Historically what happened was Poe had disappeared, then turned up on a park bench in someone else’s clothes, fell into a coma and died,” said Evans. “We’re playing with the historical happenstance of what could have happened in those missing days.”

The Raven begins with Poe (played by Cusack) arriving in Baltimore as a serial killer is terrorizing the city, using the writer’s stories as the inspiration for his crimes. Poe is a suspect at first, but he eventually joins forces with a police inspector to solve the crimes and save the woman he loves.

“It’s hard to replicate 1849 Baltimore in Baltimore,” he continued. “It became apparent that we’d have to create our own vision of the city. James [McTeigue, director] was trying to show Baltimore through Poe’s eyes, which is a darker, macabre vision of the city. That gave us some creative latitude to look domestically and internationally for a location that would allow us to get as much money on the screen as possible.”

The Raven is currently in post in Los Angeles and London. Relativity Media will release the film.
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Forevermore, Films: Relativity Media Adds ‘The Raven’ to Their Line-Up

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Posted by MrDisgusting on January 20, 2011 @ 6:41pm
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With production now wrapped out of Serbia, Relativity Media has acquired distribution rights to Intrepid Pictures’ The Raven, the Edgar Allan Poe tale getting pretty hefty hype here on BD. Directed by James McTeigue, the thriller is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (John Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work. Ewan McGregor also stars.
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First Look: John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe in ‘The Raven’!

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 13, 2010 @ 9:08pm
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I just got a heaping case of goosebumps, right down my arms, and straight up my back. Why? Because the Huffington Post just revealed a stunning first look at John Cusack as the infamous Edgar Allan Poe in James McTeigue’s forthcoming The Raven. Cusack, holding a raven on his extended arm, stands tall and proud in this gorgeous black and white image. The thriller set in the last days of Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Luke Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Alice Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work. Ewan McGregor also stars.
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Police State Terror in Mark Wahlberg’s ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on December 08, 2010 @ 6:45am
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I love a cool concept, especially something that’s quasi-unique. The Fighter (and The Happening, LOL) star Mark Wahlberg apparently agrees as he’ll be producing a feature-length version of Ricardo De Montreuil’s short film The Raven (watch it inside) for Universal Pictures. Justin Marks will write the script that will focus on a young man with powers being chased around downtown Los Angeles by robotic police drones, while a giant police ship coordinates the effort from the skies above. The concept has a little of They Live, Eagle Eye, I, Robot, and a whole lotta awesome. There’s nothing more terrifying than the idea of a police state. Universal’s Raven is not to be confused with FilmNation and Intrepid Pictures’ project with the same title that tells the tale of Edgar Allan Poe.
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First Look at John Cusack in ‘The Raven’

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Posted by MrDisgusting on November 15, 2010 @ 6:23pm
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Hanging around on set, Gawker snagged a spy pic of star John Cusack in full Edgar Allan Poe gear on the set of The Raven, a new thriller from director James McTeigue that’s now in production. Also starring Ewan McGregor, Luke Evans and Alice Eve, the pic is set in the last days of Edgar Allan Poe’s life, when he gets wrapped up in a serial killer investigation. Evans will play a detective who partners with Poe (Cusack) to search for a serial killer who has kidnapped the author’s fiancee (Eve) and has gone on a murder spree that mimics the author’s work.
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The Raven

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on January 25, 1963 @ 12:00am
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In this tongue-in-cheek movie inspired by Poe’s poem, Dr. Craven is the son of a great sorcerer (now dead) who was once himself quite skilled at that profession, but has since abandoned it. One evening, a cowardly fool of a magician named Bedlo comes to Craven for help- the evil Scarabus has turned him into a raven and he needs someone to change him back. He also tells the reluctant wizard that Craven’s long-lost wife Lenore, whom he loved greatly and thought dead, is living with the despised Scarabus.

The Raven

Posted by Bloody Disgusting Staff on July 08, 1935 @ 12:00am
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A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his “Lenore,” and cooks up a scheme to kidnap the woman and torture and kill her fiance’ and father in his Poe-inspired dungeon. To do his dirty work, Vollin recruits a wanted criminal (Karloff), and turns him into a hideous monster to guarantee his subservience.