Director F. Javier Gutiérrez And Writer Jesse Wigutow Tapped For ‘The Crow’
Now that Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company haveresolvedtheir legal dispute over the remake ofAlex Proyas’The Crow, it looks like the companies aren’t wasting any time getting the ball rolling. Hot on the heels of yesterday’s resolution announcement comes news thatF. Javier Gutiérrezhas been tapped to helm the project, whileJesse Wigutowis on the verge of closing a deal to write the script. More details after the jump.
Wigutow is a relative lesser-known with just one produced feature on his resume, 2003’sIt Runs in the Family, but he’s got a few different projects in the works at the moment. HisIrreparable Harmis set up at HBO Films with Eugene Jarecki attached to helm, according to IMDb, while Universal is on board for another script of his calledBachelorized. He’s also recently completed arewriteof Robert Ludlum’sThe Osterman Weekendfor Summit, as well as an adaptation ofSteve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel(about the actor, not the filmmaker) for a biopic to be produced by Cross Creek’s Brian Oliver.
Wigutow and Gutiérrez are the just the latest of several people who’ve tried to tackle Proyas' goth classic since the project was first announced a few years ago. Norrington was originally set to write and direct, withNick Cave(The Wettest County) attached to do a rewrite andMark Wahlbergto star. That incarnation eventually gave way to another one with Fresnadillo directing, Cooper starring, andAlex Tsereworking the script, but all of them have since departed the project as well. Based onDeadline’s story, it sounds like Wigutow will be starting fresh with the script.Varietyreports that casting, a start date, and a release date are expected to be announced shortly.
