The Raven Takes Flight for a New Release Date
January 24th, 2012
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a black bird! It's a black bird flying off with a new release date! Yep, that's right, kids. The Raven is the next flick to do the old release date shuffle.
James McTeigue's The Raven starring John Cusack, Luke Evans and Brendan Gleeson has been moved from March 9th to April 27th, 2012.
The Raven begins with Poe arriving in Baltimore as a serial killer is terrorizing the city, using the writer’s stories as the inspiration for his crimes. Poe is a suspect at first, but he eventually joins forces with a police inspector to solve the crimes and save the woman he loves.
Synopsis
In this gritty thriller, Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack, Being John Malkovich) joins forces with a young Baltimore detective (Luke Evans, Immortals) to hunt down a mad serial killer who’s using Poe’s own works as the basis in a string of brutal murders. Directed by James McTeigue (V for Vendetta), the film also stars Alice Eve (Sex and the City 2), Brendan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster).
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the crime resembles a fictional murder described in gory detail in the local newspaper—part of a collection of stories penned by struggling writer and social pariah Edgar Allan Poe. But even as Poe is questioned by police, another grisly murder occurs, also inspired by a popular Poe story.
Realizing a serial killer is on the loose using Poe’s writings as the backdrop for his bloody rampage, Fields enlists the author’s help in stopping the attacks. But when it appears someone close to Poe may become the murderer’s next victim, the stakes become even higher and the inventor of the detective story calls on his own powers of deduction to try to solve the case before it’s too late.
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Considering the fact the only trailer I've seen appear at my theater was in front of Devil Inside; not surprised. Plus March is so stacked with John Carter, Lorax, Wrath, Mirror Mirror, 21 Jump Street, Hunger Games and more....seems like a smart move.
Submitted by theGoldenSimatar on Tue, 01/24/2012 - 9:01am.