Luke Evans Drops Out Of The Crow Reboot

It’s official: Luke Evans will not don the leather trousers and black and white face paint of supernatural avenger Eric Draven, as - after months of speculation - his withdrawal from the reboot of ‘The Crow’ has been confirmed.

While the news was just confirmed to The Wrap by Evans’ publicist, it would seem the Welsh actor actually made his decision some time ago, following the box office success of Universal’s ‘Dracula Untold’ (in which he played the lead), and the withdrawal of ‘The Crow’ reboot’s original choice of director F. Javier Gutierrez.

British director Corin Hardy has now boarded the project, and will be on the lookout for his new Crow shortly.

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Bradley Cooper, Mark Wahlberg and Tom Hiddleston were among the actors to be in line for the role of Eric Draven, made famous by the late Brandon Lee in the 1994 original - but all declined, before Evans said yes.

Evans has been quite a busy actor in recent years, with major roles in ‘The Hobbit,’ Fast & Furious 6,’ ‘No One Lives’ and the aforementioned ‘Dracula Untold’ (for which sequels might very well be on the cards, given that film was designed to launch a new monster movie universe for Universal).

It would seem this left Evans simply too busy to wait for ‘The Crow’ to take flight. The actor himself told Den of Geek in December, “I’m sure it’s going to go ahead at some point, but I have other projects that are greenlit and ready to go… I can’t wait much longer!”

'The Crow' had been reported to start shooting this spring, though it seems fair to assume there may be further delay now. There's still no confirmed release date either. 

Who would you like to see take over as Eric Draven now that Evans has dropped out? Feel free to offer your suggestions in the comments section below.

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Picture Credit: Universal, Edward R Pressman Film