The Raven


When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) 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.

CURRENT STATUS: 
Now On DVD
When a mother and daughter are found brutally murdered in 19th century Baltimore, Detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) 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.

CATEGORY
Killers

RELEASE DATE
April 27, 2012
October 9, 2012 (DVD)
CURRENT STATUS
Now On DVD
LANGUAGE
English
PRODUCED BY
Intrepid Pictures
FilmNation Entertainment
Galavis Film
Pioneer Pictures
MPAA RATING
R "bloody violence and grisly images."
DIRECTED BY
James McTeigue
WRITTEN BY
Ben Livingston
Hannah Shakespeare
STARRING
John Cusack
Luke Evans
Alice Eve
Brendan Gleeson
Oliver Jackson-Cohen

PROJECT DETAILS
  • Originally slated for a March 9th 2012 theatrical release.
  • Director James McTeigue also helmed V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin.
  • John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Joaquin Phoenix was at one point in negotiations to star in the project together with Jeremy Renner. Phoenix would have played Poe to Renner's police inspector Fields, but the deal fell through when Renner decided to do Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol instead.
  • Ewan McGregor was at one point said to be in negotiations to star as Poe.
  • The film's title, The Raven, is named after one of Poe's infamous poems.
  • This film is a fictionalized account of the final days of gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe as he tracks a serial killer whose crimes mirror works by the famous author.
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