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So why make a big deal here onThe Crow?
Even if, lets say, Lionsgate possibly breaks even in pics sixth ancillary cycle down the road?
However, if theres a takeaway here, its that some reboots of storied IP are better left unmade.
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In the original, Brandon Lees protag and his girlfriend Shelly are murdered at the onset.
The film reportedly was made for $23M.
ending its run at $17.9M.
It was flush the fans werent biting then, why would they even be interested again?
But Relativity would bob in and out of the various iterations in development up untilits bankruptcy.
But complications ensued chiefly, Im told, the filmmaker and producers did not see eye-to-eye.
When the production was looking to do a pickup shoot last spring, the writers strike hit.
Lionsgate promoted the movie during its CinemaCon presentation film as the studio doesnt orphan its non-homemade titles.
He soon followed that up with a Facebook post that read: I think the fans response speaks volumes.
[The Crow] is not just a movie.
It is his legacy.
Thats how it should remain.
From there, bad word-of-mouth spread like wildfire up until opening.
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Opera is not about logic, its about emotion.
