Lionsgate’s ‘The Crow’ reboot is a box office bomb after opening to $4.6 million on a reported budget of $50 million. One person who isn’t particularly upset about the flop is filmmaker Alex Proyas, who directed the original “The Crow” film in 1994. Proyas has long spoken out against the reboot, saying its star Brandon Lee was killed on the set of the original. film. He has been delighted on his Facebook page about the reboot flopping at the box office.
“I thought the remake was a cynical cash grab. It seems like there is not much money to be made,” says Proyas wROTe about the box office of the reboot.
The director has also been there share negative reviews of restarting. One review called ‘The Crow’ reboot “the worst movie of the year,” to which Proyas wrote, “The review we’ve all been waiting for.” It seems a bit like beating a dead horse now, so I think I’ll stop after this… until another funny horse comes along.”
Proyas has been critical of the “The Crow” reboot since the trailer dropped in March, arguing that the legacy of “The Crow” should remain solely with Brandon Lee and not become tainted with an update. The reboot stars “It” and “John Wick 4” starring Bill Skarsgard.
“It really doesn’t make me happy to see negativity about the work of fellow filmmakers,” says Proyas wrote on social media in March, while pointing out the negative likes on the reboot’s trailer. “And I’m sure the cast and crew really all had good intentions, as we all do with any film. So it pains me to say more on this subject, but I think the fan reaction speaks volumes. ‘The Crow’ is not just any movie. Brandon Lee died making it, and it was completed as a testament to his lost genius and tragic loss. It’s his legacy. That’s how it should stay.”
The reboot’s co-screenwriter, William Schneider, defended the new film in an interview with THR, saying that the team behind the reboot deliberately didn’t “take the same route” as Proyas in his story “because we felt like that would ruin the movie.” did a disservice. .”
“Instead, we wanted to chart our own course, almost as a way to celebrate and say, ‘Hey, we’ve found a new path in the story, and we want them both to exist in their own voices, with their own set. of fans,” he added. “I hope everyone puts this film behind them and reinvests in the people they love and care about. Because yes, it’s about grief, it’s about loss, but it’s also about sacrifice and what you’re willing to do for the person you love.”
“The Crow” is playing in theaters across the country.
