Release Date, Cast, Story & Everything We Know About The Bill Skarsgård Reboot

Summary

• The highly anticipated reboot of
  The Crow
  is finally in sight after being stuck in development for 15 years, and it’s set to blow people away.
• The new
  Crow
  movie will star Bill Skarsgård as the titular character, following in the footsteps of Brandon Lee, and will bring a modern take on the dark revenge story to life.
• The Crow
  reboot is just the beginning, with plans for future projects and a potential expansion of The Crow universe through video games, animated series, and more.

The Crow is returning to screens three decades after Alex Proyas’s 1994 original. After being stuck in development hell for 15 years, a release date for The Crow reboot is here and plenty has already been revealed about the cast and story of the reimagining of the 1989 graphic novel by James O’Barr. The new Crow movie will star Bill Skarsgård in the titular role, bringing the incredibly dark revenge story to life once again with a modern take on The Crow.

The 1994 The Crow movie starred Brandon Lee as Erik Draven, the undead antihero known as The Crow. Due to a tragic accident on set, Brandon Lee passed away while filming The Crow, an event that’s become synonymous with the film’s legacy. However, the movie still became a cult classic in its own right, and anticipation for The Crow reboot is, especially after it spent a decade and a half in development, incredibly high.

The Crow Reboot Latest News

A Release Date Is Announced

After years of development on the project, the reboot of The Crow has finally set a release date, and it has the chance to become a summer blockbuster. Taking over the scheduled spot that was previously held by the John Wick spinoff Ballerina, the modern take on The Crow will premiere on June 7th, 2024. The release date for The Crow comes more than 20 months after principal photography wrapped in September 2022.

The Crow Reboot Release Date

Erik Draven Returns On June 7th

The release date for the hotly anticipated reboot of The Crow has been a long time coming, and the film wrapped principal photography in September 2022. Despite the long wait, a release date has been announced for the reboot, and The Crow is scheduled to premiere on June 7th, 2024.

1994’s The Crow is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

The Crow Reboot Cast

The Crow reboot’s cast is perhaps one of the most speculated-about aspects of the movie, especially with the tragic death of original Erik Draven actor Brandon Lee hanging over the legacy of the franchise. Though much is still unknown about the reboot’s ensemble, celebrated character actor Bill Skarsgård will be stepping into the eponymous role, and he is best known for playing Pennywise the Clown in the recent adaptations of Stephen King’s It. Musician FKA Twigs has been tapped to play Erik’s fiancée Shelly Webster, and Isabella Wei will appear as Zadie.

The entire known cast of The Crow includes:

The Crow Reboot Story

The plot of The Crow reboot will follow the original movie and graphic novel. In The Crow, musician Erik Draven and his fiancée Shelley are attacked. Shelley is brutally sexually assaulted, and both she and Erik are killed. Erik is then resurrected by a mystical crow (with whom he shares a telepathic connection) to carry out vengeance. What follows is an incredibly dark revenge story in which the gothic antihero tracks down and kills his murderers one by one.

While The Crow reboot will reportedly deliver a modern take on the story, and is all but guaranteed to make a few changes. Though the core plot is expected to follow the 1994 movie and graphic novel, there are aspects of the 30-plus-year-old story that could use a modern refresh.