The Crow
Created byJames O'Barr
Original workThe Crow (1989)
Print publications
Novel(s)
  • The Crow (1995)
  • The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
  • The Crow: Quoth the Crow (1998)
  • The Crow: The Lazarus Heart (1998)
  • The Crow: Clash by Night (1998)
  • The Crow: Temple of Night (1999)
  • The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2000)
  • The Crow: Hellbound (2001)
Comics
  • The Crow (1989)
  • The Crow: Dead Time (1996)
  • The Crow: Flesh & Blood (1996)
  • The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
  • The Crow: Wild Justice (1996)
  • The Crow: Waking Nightmares (1997–1998)
  • The Crow/Razor: Kill the Pain (1998)
  • The Crow (1999)
Films and television
Film(s)
Television seriesThe Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998–1999)
Games
Video game(s)The Crow: City of Angels (1997)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)

The Crow is an American media franchise based on the limited series of the same name by James O'Barr.

Films

Television

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 Original Films Reboot 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 Mentioned   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  
Nathan Randall William Atherton
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 for the Crow film and television series
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[citation needed]
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. ^ a b c "Third 'Crow' to fly". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Edward Furlong To Star In 'The Crow: Wicked Prayer'". MTV. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  3. ^ "DMX Signs On To Resurrect "The Crow" Film Series". MTV. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Crow (1994)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Worldwide rentals beat domestic take". Variety. February 13, 1995. p. 28.
  6. ^ "The Crow: City of Angels". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Crow: City of Angels (1996)". JPBox-Office. Archived from the original on 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  8. ^ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on October 12, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "The Crow (1994)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "The Crow: City of Angels". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  11. ^ "The Crow - Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "The Crow: Wicked Prayer". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
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