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Inspired Casting For ‘The Crow’ Lead!
After going through tons of poor choices (Luke Evans, Bradley Cooper, etc.), it sounds as if Relativity Studios finally has a unique choice for The Crow, which would justify years of delays.
The studio has set its sights on Jack Huston to play the lead character in the Corin Hardy- directed remake of the James O’Barr come adaptation, Deadline reports.
These talks are in the early stage, but it should be noted that landing Huston would be a huge get. This is the second coveted job Huston has been chased to do since his standout portrayal as the masked, war-scarred assassin Richard Harrow on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire”.
Huston is right now playing the lead role in Ben-Hur, the massive pic inspired by the 1959 William Wyler-directed classic that starred Charlton Heston.
The remake of the 1994 Alex Proyas-directed adaptation of the James O’Barr graphic novel “The Crow” is about the murdered man who comes back for revenge has taken on its own pedigree of cool because of the emergence of its director Hardy. He made his live action feature directing debut on The Hallow (read our review), the thriller which got acquired at Sundance.
Huston is being courted for the role originated by Brandon Lee.
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Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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