Audiences worldwide are getting ready to see one of the most talked-about, if controversial, remakes of the year as the 2024 film version of The Crow hits cinemas. The Crow, a dark 1989 comic book, was first introduced to viewers back in 1994, with Brandon Lee as the titular gothic superhero, a rock musician also known as Eric Draven who is resurrected from the dead to seek vengeance against the gang who murdered him and his fiancée. This time around, it’s Bill Skarsgård and FKA twigs in the lead roles, and Snow White and the Huntsman’s Rupert Sanders is in the director’s chair taking over from Alex Proyas .
When the original movie was released 30 years ago, it was met with positive reviews and gained a passionate cult following over the years. However, it was also marred by the tragic death of its 28-year-old star in a freak on-set accident. Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee , had followed in the footsteps of his famous father – who died when he was eight years old – by training in martial arts and studying acting.
He appeared in the movies Legacy of Rage, Laser Mission and the Dolph Lundgren buddy cop film Showdown In Little Tokyo. The rising star was then cast as Eric in the gothic fantasy film The Crow, which was set to be his breakthrough role, and was happily engaged to his girlfriend Eliza Hutton. Then, in March 1993, Lee had finished almost all of his scenes for the movie, and was filming a sequence where he is shot by thugs after entering an.