| The Crow | |
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| Created by | James O'Barr |
| Original work | The Crow (1989) |
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| Comics |
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| Films and television | |
| Film(s) |
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| Television series | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998–1999) |
| Games | |
| Video game(s) | The Crow: City of Angels (1997) |
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The Crow is an American media franchise based on the limited series of the same name by James O'Barr.
Films
- The Crow (1994)
- The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
- The Crow: Salvation (2000)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
- The Crow (2024)
Television
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998–1999)
Unmade films
The Crow: 2037
Initial development on a third Crow film was announced in August 1997, when Rob Zombie was attached to make a directorial debut with The Crow: 2037.[1] White Zombie covered the KC and the Sunshine Band hit "I'm Your Boogie Man" for the soundtrack of The Crow: City of Angels, and after seeing Rob Zombie's work on the video he produced for the song, Edward Pressman offered Zombie the opportunity to helm the third Crow film.[1] Had the film been made, Zombie planned to shift focus in tone from the revenge angle of the previous two entries, to a more horror based approach. The film would've began in 2010, when a young boy and his mother are murdered on Halloween night by a Satanic priest. A year later, the boy is resurrected as the Crow. Twenty-seven years later, and unaware of his past, he has become a bounty hunter on a collision course with his now all-powerful killer.[1]
The Crow: Lazarus
In July 2000, rapper DMX had been in discussions with producers about a fourth Crow film titled The Crow: Lazarus about a rapper who chooses to leave the music scene for the love of a woman and is killed during a drive-by shooting. The rapper is then reincarnated as The Crow in order to take revenge on the gang responsible for his death.[2] Production had been slated to begin in November of that year, but the project ultimately never came to be.[3]
Cast
| Characters | Films | Television | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crow | The Crow: City of Angels |
The Crow: Salvation |
The Crow: Wicked Prayer |
The Crow | The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | ||
| 1994 | 1996 | 2000 | 2005 | 2024 | 1998 – 1999 | ||
| Eric Draven | Brandon Lee | Bill Skarsgård | Mark Dacascos | ||||
| Sarah Mohr | Rochelle Davis | Mia Kirshner | Katie Stuart | ||||
| Albrecht | Ernie Hudson | Marc Gomes | |||||
| Top Dollar | Michael Wincott | John Pyper-Ferguson | |||||
| Shelly Webster | Sofia Shinas | FKA Twigs | Sabine Karsenti | ||||
| Darla | Anna Levine | Lynda Boyd | |||||
| Tin-Tin | Laurence Mason | Darcy Laurie | |||||
| Funboy | Michael Massee | Ty Olsson | |||||
| Ashe Corven | Vincent Pérez | ||||||
| Judah Earl | Richard Brooks | ||||||
| Curve | Iggy Pop | ||||||
| Alexander Frederick "Alex" Corvis | Eric Mabius | ||||||
| Erin Randall | Kirsten Dunst | ||||||
| Lauren Randall | Jodi Lyn O'Keefe | ||||||
| Police Captain John L. Book | Fred Ward | ||||||
| James "Jimmy" Cuervo | Edward Furlong | ||||||
| Luc "Death" Crash | David Boreanaz | ||||||
| Lola Byrne | Tara Reid | ||||||
| Lilly "Ignites the Dawn" | Emmanuelle Chriqui | ||||||
| El Niño | Dennis Hopper | ||||||
Crew
| Crew | Film | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Crow | The Crow: City of Angels |
The Crow: Salvation | The Crow: Wicked Prayer |
The Crow | |
| 1994 | 1996 | 2000 | 2005 | 2024 | |
| Director(s) | Alex Proyas | Tim Pope | Bharat Nalluri | Lance Mungia | Rupert Sanders |
| Producer(s) | Jeff Most Edward R. Pressman |
Victor Hadida Malcolm Gray Edward R. Pressman Molly Hassell John Jencks | |||
| Writer(s) | Screenplay by David J. Schow John Shirley |
David S. Goyer | Chip Johannessen | Screenplay by Lance Mungia Jeff Most Sean Hood |
Zach Baylin Will Schneider |
| Composer(s) | Graeme Revell | Marco Beltrami | Jamie Christopherson | TBA | |
| Director(s) of photography | Dariusz Wolski | Jean-Yves Escoffier | Carolyn Chen | Kurt Brabbee | TBA |
| Editor(s) | Dov Hoenig M. Scott Smith |
Michael N. Knue Anthony Redman |
Howard E. Smith | Dean Holland | TBA |
Reception
Box office performance
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Budget | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US/Canada | Other territories |
Worldwide | ||||
| The Crow | May 13, 1994 | $50,693,129 | $43,000,000 | $93,693,129 | $23 million | [4][5] |
| The Crow: City of Angels | August 30, 1996 | $17,917,287 | $6,931,174 | $24,848,461 | $13 million | [6] [7] |
| The Crow: Salvation | January 23, 2000 | — | — | — | $10 million | |
| The Crow: Wicked Prayer | June 3, 2005 | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | $68,610,416 | $49,931,174 | $118,541,590 | $46 million | ||
Critical response
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| The Crow (1994) | 84% (63 reviews)[8] | 71 (14 reviews)[9] |
| The Crow: City of Angels | 11% (36 reviews)[10] | — |
| The Crow: Salvation | 18% (11 reviews)[11] | — |
| The Crow: Wicked Prayer | 0% (8 reviews)[12] | — |
References
- 1 2 3 "Third 'Crow' to fly". Variety. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ↑ "Edward Furlong To Star In 'The Crow: Wicked Prayer'". MTV. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ↑ "DMX Signs On To Resurrect "The Crow" Film Series". MTV. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
- ↑ "The Crow (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.
- ↑ "The Crow: City of Angels". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Crow: City of Angels (1996)". JPBox-Office.
- ↑ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Crow (1994)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Crow: City of Angels". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Crow - Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ↑ "The Crow: Wicked Prayer". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 3, 2018.