Mark Wahlberg Or Channing Tatum May Replace Bradley Cooper In ‘The Crow’
When newsbrokeearlier this year thatBradley Cooperwould be playingBrandon Lee’s role in a remake of 1994’sThe Crow, most of your reactions ranged between irritation and outrage — that is to say, they were generally negative. Well, now I ask you: IsMark Wahlbergbetter? How aboutChanning Tatum?
A new report suggests that Wahlberg and Tatum are among the possibilities to replace Cooper, who has since dropped out of the project due to a scheduling conflict with David O. Russell’sSilver Linings Playbook.Juan Carlos Fresnadillo(28 Weeks Later) is still set to direct. More details after the jump.
Tatum, best known for his work inG.I. JoeandStep Up, is the other name being floated. He recently finished shooting a big-screen remake of21 Jump Street, co-starring Jonah Hill, and will begin work soon onG.I. Joe 2: Retaliation.
The Hollywood Reporterwarns that it’s too early at this point to tell whether Wahlberg or Tatum will eventually get the part, or whether other actors might be considered. The fact that Cooper, Wahlberg, and Tatum were among the top choices seems to suggest that Fresnadillo and the studio have a certain physical type in mind. At any rate, Relativity should be making a move soon, as it hopes to begin shooting in the first quarter of 2012 — assuming all goes well with regard to thatongoing legal disputeover the property’s distribution rights.
Like the originalCrow, the"gritty reboot"(aren’t they all?) will be based on the story fromJames O’Barr’s 1989 comic book. The plot centers around a musician who dies while trying, unsuccessfully, to save his fiancee from an attack, only to be brought back to life to avenge his own murder.
Discuss:Do you think Wahlberg and Tatum are good choices to take over the part? If not, who would be your pick? (Bonus points if you manage to think outside the Cillian Murphy / Joseph Gordon-Levitt box — though yes, I agree that Murphy in particular would be an excellent option.)
