Corin Hardy: "I'm Obsessed with The Crow"

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Letting slip a few morsels about the beleaguered status of The Crow remake, director Corin Hardy sat down with Den of Geek to share a few new details and some of his sketches.

First introduced to James O’Barr’s iconic character when he was around 18, Hardy (The Hallow) became obsessed with the moody spirit of vengeance – to the point where he would fill art books with sketches of Eric Draven – the supernatural avenger.

“I was obsessed with The Crow, and I have been ever since. The Crow graphic novel and the film all came out at a time when I was at art school and I was in my late teens and it was the superhero that really appealed to me. I grew up on Spider-man and the Hulk, but the Crow was the one I connected most with. So it's a dream come true to be making it.”

Hardy is currently restarting production after Relativity Studios filed for bankruptcy – threatening the production which had been in motion up until June this year.

Speaking of his approach, Hardy is very much heading back to the graphic novel.

“Yeah, I mean, I probably wouldn't get involved if it was about remaking the movie. I don't like the idea of remaking movies. There are certain movies you can remake because they were a great idea but not done to a high standard, but I think The Crow is a really special movie.

But the graphic novel is an iconic piece of work by James O'Barr, and that was as inspiring as the movie they made. So I've gone back to that and found a lot more depth and details. My version is authentically replicating that.”

So much so, that once he signed on to produce the film, he started sketching.

“The minute I got involved, I started drawing, and obviously it's a great challenge. I didn't set out to do sequels or remakes but this is a very special project, so I want to make something as deep and dark and romantic and violent as you'd want from a Crow movie.”

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