'The Crow' Creator James O'Barr Calls Remake "Kind of Ridiculous"

Dallas Observer
has run a wonderful in depth interview James O'Barr, creator of "The
Crow" comic, to look back on the book's 20th anniversary. While we're
going to focus
on remake talk - Relativity has locked Juan Carlos Fresnadillo to
direct with Bradley Cooper cast as the new Eric Draven - I highly
suggest clicking the link to read an emotional reflection on the story
that was originally meant as a cathartic response to the death of the author's fiance.

As for the remake, "I have kind of divorced myself from all of that," said O'Barr. "I
was heavily involved with the first film, and Brandon [Lee] was my
friend. I kind of feel like I made my movie, and I really have nothing
else to say with that character or that scenario. It was never designed
to be a 'Star Trek' or 'James Bond' franchise, which is what they keep
trying to turn it into. Initially, I thought that they would cheapen
the first film by making these bad sequels but in reality all they did
was make it look that much better.

"Remaking 'The Crow,' a film that is only 15 years old, is kind of ridiculous at this point," he continues. "I
don't think anyone sets out to make a bad film, but the first 'Crow'
was a $10 million movie. I don't think it matters how much money you
throw at it or what stars you put in it -- no one is going to top what
Brandon and Alex Proyas did in the first film."

Frankly, I can't think of any actor that is going to have Brandon's
physicality and his charisma. I just can't think of anyone that can pull
that off. I actually think of Brandon when I think of 'The Crow' now."

Click the link above for the rest of one of the best interviews out of the San Diego Comic-Con.

I agree with him, there should be no remake. Let's call this what it is, this is nothing more than Hollywood being too lazy to write something original; so now their going to shit out some stupid remake/reboot in order to cash in on the fans who'll see it because of the name.


And Bradly Cooper as Eric Draven; that's some "What the fuck?!" casting if there ever was any.