The Crow Reboot Backlash Explained (& Why It's Ridiculous)
The recently confirmed reboot of The Crow film franchise has been met with great backlash, despite it being ridiculous. It was announced earlier in 2022 that filming on The Crow reboot would begin this summer with shooting locations that include the Czech Republic and Germany. Rupert Sanders will direct off a script written by King Richard's Zach Baylin. Bill Skarsgård is set to star as Eric Draven, the vengeful spirit that leads the series.
Fortunately for the mass of talent attached to this project, very little of the existing backlash has to do with the cast or crew themselves. The 1994 film adaptation of James O'Barr's The Crow comic reigns as a beloved cult classic thanks to the efforts of its leading man, Brandon Lee, and to the dark but stylish aesthetic that permeates throughout its runtime. Coupled with the general reboot fatigue being felt by modern audiences, Rupert Sanders' The Crow is off to a predictably challenging start. However, there are still plenty of reasons to believe that The Crow reboot can successfully rebuild the franchise.
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The proven experience of the cast involved and the strength of the original source material makes The Crow the one property that should be reimagined through the lens of modern Hollywood. Cinema's current entanglement with the superhero genre cannot be understated. While naysayers might claim that the 1994 movie should never be remade, the truth is that it's the original comic book that is being adapted again for the big screen. If celebrated comic book adaptations couldn't be revisited over the years, the Batman film franchise would never have seen Christopher Nolan's heralded Dark Knight Trilogy or Matt
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