This is some interesting quotage via Fangoria — Alex Proyas, who did pretty well for himself last weekend with the #1 box office earner (and Nic Cage vehicle) Knowing — has spoken out against Relativity Media’s plans to remake the Crow.
What many fans are up in arms about is the human cost of the last film — namely, star Brandon Lee’s death after being accidentally shot with a blank round. Proyas had to then perform a Herculean task of completing the film with his star dead. Many feel that remaking the actor’s final performance would be an insult to his memory.
Here’s what Proyas had to say:
“I have nothing to do with the remake of The Crow. That’s other people involved with that and I wouldn’t even dream of remaking the movie, because as far as I’m concerned that’s Brandon Lee’s movie and that’s why I finished the movie – in memory of Brandon. That’s the only reason I finished it actually.
So the whole notion of remaking it, to me, is just ridiculous and I’d have nothing to do with it, as I’ve had nothing to do with any of the sequels or the TV show or any of that stuff.”
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March 27th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Amen! I had nearly the same exact thoughts. Remakes have gotten quite ridiculous and out of hand recently. This is proof of that. Glad to know Proyas has some sense. Is James O’Barr on board with this remake at all?
March 27th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
The sequels have been remakes of the first film anyway, just with different characters plugged in. The TV show was a remake of the first film. Just do a sequel which doesn’t slavishly cover the same ground as the previous films.